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Rick Sordelet

  • Stunts
  • Additional Crew
  • Actor
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Rick Sordelet is the top Fight Director in the country.

He has 72 Broadway shows to his credit. He has staged many Disney Theatrical productions including Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, Aida, and The Little Mermaid.

Hundreds of productions Off-Broadway and in Regional Theater.

62 first class productions worldwide including Ben Hur Live at the O2 Arena in London, all over Europe and Rome.

He has staged the fights for 94 different productions of Romeo and Juliet and 68 different productions of Hamlet. He has an extensive background in stage and theatrical sword fighting and edged weapons tactics.

He is the only Fight Director to ever stage the fights for a Superbowl Halftime Show (XXIX).

Has been an instructor at Yale School of Drama since 1998. He has also taught at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the New School of Drama in New York City.

He sits on the board for the ShakespeareTheater of New Jersey.

Rick has staged stunts and fights for over a thousand episodes of Guiding Light during his 12 years as their Chief Stunt Coordinator.
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    Known for

    Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life (2007)
    Dan in Real Life
    6.8
    • Stunts
    • 2007
    Dwayne Johnson, Brian White, Jamal Duff, Hayes MacArthur, and Madison Pettis in The Game Plan (2007)
    The Game Plan
    6.4
    • Stunts
    • 2007
    Queen of Magic
    Queen of Magic
    • Stunts
      Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges in Ben Is Back (2018)
      Ben Is Back
      6.7
      • Stunts
      • 2018

      Credits

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      Stunts



      • Queen of Magic
        • stunt coordinator
        • Completed



      • Bella DeLong in Don't Turn Out the Lights (2023)
        Don't Turn Out the Lights
        3.6
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2023
      • One True Loves (2023)
        One True Loves
        5.5
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2023
      • Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges in Ben Is Back (2018)
        Ben Is Back
        6.7
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2018
      • Kevin James and Leah Remini in Kevin Can Wait (2016)
        Kevin Can Wait
        5.6
        TV Series
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2016–2017
      • Harris Yulin, Catherine Eaton, and Teddy Sears in The Sounding (2017)
        The Sounding
        6.5
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2017
      • Tony Hale, Sam Jaeger, and Anna Camp in Brave New Jersey (2016)
        Brave New Jersey
        5.3
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2016
      • Brother of Abraham (2016)
        Brother of Abraham
        Short
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2016
      • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
        The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
        8.8
        TV Series
        • fight director
        • 2010
      • Karolina Wallace in Archangel (2010)
        Archangel
        6.4
        Short
        • fight choreographer
        • 2010
      • Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life (2007)
        Dan in Real Life
        6.8
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2007
      • Guiding Light (1952)
        Guiding Light
        6.6
        TV Series
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2007
      • Dwayne Johnson, Brian White, Jamal Duff, Hayes MacArthur, and Madison Pettis in The Game Plan (2007)
        The Game Plan
        6.4
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2007
      • The Reconcilers (2002)
        The Reconcilers
        7.6
        Short
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2002
      • Just a Kiss (2002)
        Just a Kiss
        4.9
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2002
      • Hamlet (2000)
        Hamlet
        6.3
        TV Movie
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2000

      Additional Crew



      • Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
        Live from Lincoln Center
        8.5
        TV Series
        • fight choreographer
        • 2014
      • The Reconcilers (2002)
        The Reconcilers
        7.6
        Short
        • sword master
        • 2002
      • Hamlet (2000)
        Hamlet
        6.3
        TV Movie
        • sword master
        • 2000

      Actor



      • The Reconcilers (2002)
        The Reconcilers
        7.6
        Short
        • Guard#1
        • 2002

      Personal details

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      • Height
        • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
      • Other works
        Directed the fight scenes in the Nilo Cruz play "Beauty of the Father" Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage II, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

      Did you know

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      • Trivia
        Has background in collegiate fencing, martial arts, Aikido, and Tai Chi.

        He carries an MFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where he was trained by the famous acting teacher, Bill Esper

        Father to Christian Kelly-Sordelet, Kaelan Kelly-Sordelet and Collin Kelly-Sordelet.
      • Nickname
        • Richard

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