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Banzai Vitale

  • Stunts
  • Actor
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Banzai Vitale
Banzai Vitale is known for The One (2001), Stranger Things (2016) and Dragonfly (2002).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    The One (2001)
    The One
    5.9
    • Stunts
    • 2001
    Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Stunts
    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

    Credits

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    Stunts

    • The Naked Gun
      • stunts
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • additional stunt coordinator
      • 2022
    • Promised Land (2022)
      Promised Land
      6.6
      TV Series
      • stunts
      • 2022
    • Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in Big Little Lies (2017)
      Big Little Lies
      8.4
      TV Series
      • additional stunt coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Paul Guilfoyle in Turnover (2019)
      Turnover
      6.8
      • stunt coordinator
      • 2019
    • Visit us online at www.IntentMovie.com
      Intent
      7.6
      Video
      • stunt coordinator
      • 2017
    • Reg E. Cathey, Patrick Fugit, and Madeleine McGraw in Outcast (2016)
      Outcast
      7.3
      TV Series
      • additional stunt coordinator
      • stunts
      • 2016–2017
    • Elliott Gould, Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, Dreama Walker, and Kobi Libii in Doubt (2017)
      Doubt
      5.9
      TV Series
      • additional stunt coordinator
      • 2017
    • The Last Contract (2017)
      The Last Contract
      Short
      • stunt coordinator
      • 2017
    • Happy Birthday (2016)
      Happy Birthday
      5.2
      • stunt coordinator
      • 2016
    • Cameron Boyce in Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (2015)
      Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything
      5.3
      TV Series
      • stunt double: Wendall
      • stunt double: Wendell
      • stunt double: wendall
      • 2015–2016
    • Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man (2016)
      Swiss Army Man
      6.9
      • utility stunts
      • 2016
    • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)
      The Revenant
      8.0
      • stunts
      • 2015
    • Casey Simpson, Mace Coronel, Aidan Gallagher, and Lizzy Greene in Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (2014)
      Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
      5.5
      TV Series
      • stunt coordinator
      • additional stunt coordinator
      • 2014–2015
    • The Hunted (2015)
      The Hunted
      6.1
      • stunts
      • 2015
    • Scott Baio in See Dad Run (2012)
      See Dad Run
      5.0
      TV Series
      • additional stunt coordinator
      • 2013–2014

    Actor

    • The Fall Guy's Fight (2024)
      The Fall Guy's Fight
      Short
      • Interviewee
      • 2024
    • The Last Contract (2017)
      The Last Contract
      Short
      • 4- Wheeler goon
      • 2017
    • The Hunted (2015)
      The Hunted
      6.1
      • Meter Maid
      • 2015
    • Neil Patrick Harris, John Cho, and Kal Penn in A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)
      A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
      6.2
      • Angry Protester (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Christopher Walken, and Ray Stevenson in Kill the Irishman (2011)
      Kill the Irishman
      7.0
      • Deadbeat Gambler (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Wesley Snipes in Game of Death (2011)
      Game of Death
      4.7
      • Mental Patient #3
      • 2011
    • Robert De Niro, Milla Jovovich, and Edward Norton in Stone (2010)
      Stone
      5.4
      • ND Driver (as Bonzai Vitale)
      • 2010
    • Michael Rapaport in Special (2006)
      Special
      6.7
      • 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
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Demon Boy
      • 2005
    • 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
      • Zabu - Cult Member (uncredited)
      • 2000
    • Desperation Rising (1989)
      Desperation Rising
      7.0
      • '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
      9.9
      Short
      • second unit director
      • 2018
    • Marcie Barkin, Michael Gross, and Amanda Serra in Carbon Dating (2015)
      Carbon Dating
      7.7
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2015
    • The Ranch
      Short
      • assistant director
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • Speak No Evil (2014)
      Speak No Evil
      6.2
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • Grey Skies (2010)
      Grey Skies
      3.4
      • second unit director
      • 2010

    Verified affiliations

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    SAG-AFTRA

    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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