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Banzai Vitale

  • Stunts
  • Actor
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Banzai Vitale is known for The One (2001), Dragonfly (2002) and Dude, Where's My Car? (2000).
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination

Known for

Kiran in The One (2001)
The One
5.9
  • Stunts
  • 2001
Dragonfly (2002)
Dragonfly
6.1
  • Stunts
  • 2002
Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Marla Sokoloff, and Sydney in Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Dude, Where's My Car?
5.5
  • Stunts
  • 2000
Josh Stewart and Emma Fitzpatrick in The Collection (2012)
The Collection
6.1
  • Stunts(Arkin)
  • 2012

Credits

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Stunts

  • Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    • Additional Stunt Coordinator
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Promised Land (2022)
    Promised Land
    • stunts
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in Big Little Lies (2017)
    Big Little Lies
    • additional stunt coordinator (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Paul Guilfoyle in Turnover (2019)
    Turnover
    • stunt coordinator
    • 2019
  • Visit us online at www.IntentMovie.com
    Intent
    • stunt coordinator
    • Video
    • 2017
  • Outcast (2016)
    Outcast
    • additional stunt coordinator
    • stunts
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • Elliott Gould, Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, Dreama Walker, and Kobi Libii in Doubt (2017)
    Doubt
    • additional stunt coordinator
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • The Last Contract (2017)
    The Last Contract
    • stunt coordinator
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Happy Birthday (2016)
    Happy Birthday
    • stunt coordinator
    • 2016
  • Cameron Boyce in Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (2015)
    Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything
    • stunt double: Wendall
    • stunt double: Wendell
    • stunt double: wendall
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man (2016)
    Swiss Army Man
    • utility stunts
    • 2016
  • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)
    The Revenant
    • stunts
    • 2015
  • Casey Simpson, Mace Coronel, Aidan Gallagher, and Lizzy Greene in Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (2014)
    Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
    • stunt coordinator
    • additional stunt coordinator
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2015
  • The Hunted (2015)
    The Hunted
    • stunts
    • 2015
  • Scott Baio, Alanna Ubach, Ryan Whitney, Jackson Brundage, and Bailey Michelle Brown in See Dad Run (2012)
    See Dad Run
    • additional stunt coordinator
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2014

Actor

  • The Last Contract (2017)
    The Last Contract
    • 4- Wheeler goon
    • Short
    • 2017
  • The Hunted (2015)
    The Hunted
    • Meter Maid
    • 2015
  • Neil Patrick Harris, John Cho, and Kal Penn in A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)
    A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
    • Angry Protester (uncredited)
    • 2011
  • Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Christopher Walken, and Ray Stevenson in Kill the Irishman (2011)
    Kill the Irishman
    • Deadbeat Gambler (uncredited)
    • 2011
  • Wesley Snipes in Game of Death (2011)
    Game of Death
    • Mental Patient #3
    • 2011
  • Robert De Niro, Milla Jovovich, and Edward Norton in Stone (2010)
    Stone
    • ND Driver (as Bonzai Vitale)
    • 2010
  • Michael Rapaport in Special (2006)
    Special
    • Grocery Store Patron #2 (as Bonzai Vitale)
    • 2006
  • David Caruso, Eva LaRue, Rex Linn, Omar Benson Miller, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, and Jonathan Togo in CSI: Miami (2002)
    CSI: Miami
    • Demon Boy
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Marla Sokoloff, and Sydney in Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
    Dude, Where's My Car?
    • Zabu - Cult Member (uncredited)
    • 2000
  • Desperation Rising (1989)
    Desperation Rising
    • 'Banzai' the Gang Leader
    • 1989

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Lena Pousette, Linda Palmer, Gabrielle Stone, Deon van Rooyen, and Andrew Onochie in Cat Dexx: Inkosi (2018)
    Cat Dexx: Inkosi
    • second unit director
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Marcie Barkin, Michael Gross, and Amanda Serra in Carbon Dating (2015)
    Carbon Dating
    • second unit director
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • The Ranch
    • assistant director
    • first assistant director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Speak No Evil (2014)
    Speak No Evil
    • first assistant director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Grey Skies (2010)
    Grey Skies
    • second unit director
    • 2010

Personal details

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    • Stunt Performers Academy
  • Alternative names
    • Bonzai Vitale
  • Height
    • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
  • Other works
    Published his first book, "The Burning Spirit: the Spiritual Adventure of a Hollywood Stuntman," in 2011.

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