- Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 - October 311926), whose real name was Ehrich Weiss (which was changed from Erich Weisz when he emigrated to America), was a Hungary-born American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as an investigator of spiritualists, film producer, actor, and an amateur aviator.
- Jackie Chan
Chan Kong-Sang, also known as Sing Lung or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese actor, director, martial artist, film producer, screenwriter, singer and stunt performer. Chan is one of the best known names in kung fu and action movies worldwide for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, usage of improvised weapons and his innovative stunts.
- Criss Angel
Criss Angel (born Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos on December 19 1967) is a Greek-American magician, musician, mentalist, hypnotist, escapologist, stunt performer, and actor. He is best known for starring in his own television show, "Criss Angel Mindfreak".
- Gene Lebell
Gene LeBell (born October 9, 1932) is a former American judo champion, instructor, stuntman and professional wrestler. At present, he is associated with Gokor Chivichyan's Hayastan MMA Academy where he teaches MMA/grappling classes. Competing in the heavyweight division at only 165 pounds, LeBell won the AAU National Judo Championships both in 1954 and 1955. He has authored a number of books, including "The Handbook of Judo" (1962), …
- Tony Snegoff
Tony Snegoff (born January 19, 1958 in Hollywood, California) is a stunt coordinator and stuntman. His mother is actress Alexandra Kenworthy, and his brother is voice actor and writer Gregory Snegoff. Both his father, Marc Snegoff, and his grandfather, Leonid Snegoff, were directors and actors. Tammy Neill, his wife, is a commercial agent.
- Caryn Mower
Caryn Lynn Mower is a former professional wrestler and a stunt performer.
- Brandon Molale
Brandon Molale (born November 24, 1971), is an American actor. At 6' 5" (1.96 m), Brandon is no stranger to standing out on the big screen. Molale is best known from his scene-stealing performance as Kevin Ward, the arrogant New York Jets quarterback in "Mr. Deeds" starring Adam Sandler. Brandon is often cast in very physical roles. He has appeared in over a dozen feature films: "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story", "The Longest Yard", …
- David Blaine
David Blaine (born David Blaine White on April 4, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American illusionist and stunt performer. He made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. His father was Spanish-Puerto Rican and his mother, Patrice White, was of Jewish and Russian origin.
- Martin Klebba
Martin Klebba (born June 23, 1969 in Troy, Michigan) is an American actor and stunt performer. Klebba has dwarfism and is 4'1" tall. He grew up in Troy, Michigan, graduating from Athens High School. Klebba has had a recurring guest role in the television show "Scrubs" as Randall. He was cast in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl", and its sequels; "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", …
- Dane Farwell
Dane Farwell is an American stuntman and actor. Born Dana Smith, graduated from Coldwater High School (Michigan) changed his name to Dane Farwell (Mother's last name) due to an actress with the same name. His roles are usually as a stuntman.
- Tanoai Reed
Tanoai Reed (born February 10, 1974 in Honolulu) is a Hollywood stunt man. He is the cousin of actor/wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He is featured in the video "Pump it" by The Black Eyed Peas in which he is one of the bad guys Fergie is fighting.
- Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor (1981-August 8 2004) was a Welsh inline skating and freestyle skiing champion. Taylor, from Barry in Wales, learned to skate because he wanted to become a stuntman. He turned professional at the age of 15 after winning the World Amateur International Inline Skate Series (IISS)and qualifying 6th in the Professional Competition in Amsterdam 1996. He went on to win the UK National In-Line skating championship twice.
- Art Scholl
Art Scholl (24 December 1931 - 16 September 1985) was a renowned American aerobatic pilot, aerial cameraman, flight instructor and educator based in Southern California. He died during filming of "Top Gun" when his Pitts S-2 camera plane never recovered from an inverted flat spin and plunged into the Pacific Ocean. Scholl's last words were "I have a problem -- I have a real problem." The exact cause of the fatal crash remains unknown, as neither the plane, …
- Ron Balicki
Ron Balicki is an actor and stuntman for various films and television series. He is also a well known martial arts practitioner, teacher and author. He is a student and the son-in-law of Dan Inosanto.
- Ken Kirzinger
Ken Kirzinger is a veteran Canadian stunt man and actor who portrayed Jason Voorhees in "Freddy vs. Jason" (2003). Standing at 6 ft 5.5 in (197 cm), he is the tallest stunt man or actor to have ever played Jason. Kirzinger had ties to the character and the "Friday the 13th" long before he took over the role of Jason Vorhees from Kane Hodder.
- Nick Dimitri
Nick Dimitri is a stuntman and actor best known as Charles Bronson's veteran bare-knuckle opponent in the climax of "Hard Times", one of the best fights ever put on film. The 6'2", 200 pound Dimitri was a U.S. Navy veteran and former muscleman in a Mae West Las Vegas Revue. He played many tough guy parts from the late 1950's on, joining the Stuntmen's Association in the late 1960's. In addition to fisticuffs, his speciality was dying violently on screen.
- Dick Warlock
Dick Warlock (born August 30, 1940 in Oakley, Ohio) is an American actor and stuntman. He was Kurt Russell's personal stunt double for over 25 years and remains good friends with Russell. Dick Warlock has two sons, Billy Warlock and Lance Warlock and one daughter.
- Monica Staggs
Monica Staggs is an American stuntwoman and actress.
- Patricia Tallman
Patricia Tallman (born 4 September 1957) is an American actress and stunt performer, sometimes credited as Pat Tallman. She received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University's highly regarded Theater Arts Program. In television, Tallman worked on the soap opera, "Generations". Later, she had guest-starring roles on "Tales from the Dark Side", and the science fiction shows, "Star Trek: The Next Generation", …
- Ilram Choi
Ilram Choi is an American actor of Korean descent. He was born June 30, 1974 in Washington, D.C.. He states in his biography that "I was made in Korea by my loving parents Hwang il Choi (DAD) and Kab Duk Choi (MOM) but later was born in Washington, D.C." When he was 9 months old his family moved to Louisville, Kentucky. He learned where he attended the Korean Community Church and later studied at a martial arts school. He has also studied the martial arts styles of aikido, …
- Brad Loree
Brad Loree was born December 20, 1979 in Athens, Greece to a Greek mother and a Canadian father, Brad moved to America in 1996 at the age of 17 with his girlfriend Lisa Asson, to do stuntwork and modeling. In January of 2002, Brad was cast as the silent Michael Myers in "Halloween: Resurrection". He resides in Key West Florida.
- Riky Ash
Stuntman Riky Ash born in Nottingham England is a member of the Elite Equity Stunt Register, Ash has amassed over 350 Television and Film credits and has safely performed over 1000 stunts. Riky is also featured in the 2000 edition of the Guinness Book Of Records for his amazing stunt achievements, Riky has doubled every height range from 3ft 6in right through to 6ft 4in and also doubled actors ranging from 6 years-of-age right through to 89.
- Danny Aiello III
Danny Aiello III (b. 1960) is a stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director and actor in film and television. He and his brother Rick Aiello are sons of actor Danny Aiello.
- Branscombe Richmond
Branscombe Richmond (sometimes credited in films as Richmond Branscombe, Ranscombe Richmon or Branscom Richmond) is a Native American character actor, stuntman, and lead singer in a band called "The Renegade Posse". He was born in Los Angeles, California on August 8,1956. Branscombe is well known for playing villains and thugs in a lot of movies, and has made a lot of guest appearances on TV shows.
- Steve Dent
Steve Dent was originally an animal handler based in the United Kingdom. He has redirected his career to being a stunt coordinator. His film credits range from 1986's "Shanghai Surprise" to 2005's "Kingdom of Heaven".
- Steve Truglia
Steve Truglia is a Stunt Co-ordinator, Stunt Performer and Action Unit Director in the UK. He has stunts credits on major motion pictures such as Saving Private Ryan, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Entrapment and Kenneth Brannagh's As You Like It. He also has dozens of credits on a variety of major television shows and commercials. He is a registered Full member of the UK Equity Stunt Register as a Stunt Action Co-ordinator, …
- Nick Gillard
Movie stunt man and coordinator, Nick Gillard (born 1959) is best known as the stunt coordinator for the Star Wars prequels. He had a minor role in "Revenge of the Sith" as Jedi Master Cin Drallig ("Nic Gillard" spelled backwards) and was Mark Hamill's first choice as his stunt double for "Return of the Jedi". Among his movie credits are "Star Wars", "Sleepy Hollow", "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", …
- Dick Durock
Dick Durock (born Richard Durock in 1938) is an American stuntman and actor who has appeared in over eighty films and television shows. He is known for playing Swamp Thing in both the feature films "Swamp Thing" and "The Return of Swamp Thing" and the subsequent television show. Durock also played a Hulk-like creature on the television series "The Incredible Hulk", two part episode titled "The First", …
- Dennis Madalone
Dennis 'Danger' Madalone is an American Stunt-Coordinator-turned-musician. He is probably best known for his work on three of the Star Trek spin-offs - "Star Trek: the Next Generation", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager". In 2002, he released his song and music video "America We Stand As One" on his website, America We Stand As One.
- Debbie Lee Carrington
Debbie Lee Carrington (December 14, 1959) is an American actress known for her diminutive size (little person). She has appeared in many films and TV shows, including Return of the Jedi, Total Recall, Men in Black, Seinfeld, Baywatch and Boston Legal. She is also an accomplished stuntwoman. Carrington was born Deborah Lee Carrington in San Jose, California. Her father was an insurance manager and her mother was a schoolteacher.
- George Sartiano
George Anthony Sartiano was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1971. In the late 90s, Sartiano worked on over thirty movies as a world-leading costumer while working for Global Effects, Incorporated. He made contributions to "The Core", "The Last Samurai", "The Day After Tomorrow", "Planet of the Apes", "Black Knight", "Firefly", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and "Charmed".
- Ray Austin
Ray Austin (December 5 1932-) is a British television director. He has worked on episodes as a director for some 50 different television series between 1968 and 1998. He started his career as a stunt man and stunt coordinator between 1965 and 1967 most notably for 50 episodes of "The Avengers" in 1965, but became gradually involved as a director for TV then film. Perhaps due to his background as a stuntman, …
- Michael Papajohn
Michael Papajohn (born November 7, 1964) is an actor, stuntman and former college baseball player for the LSU Tigers baseball team.
- Steve-O
Steve-O (born Stephen Gilchrist Glover on June 13, 1974 in Wimbledon, London, UK to an American father and a Canadian mother) is a daredevil performer and television personality. He is best known as one of the performers on the TV series "Jackass".
- Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1896 - May 24, 1986) was an American actor and stuntman in Hollywood movies from the 1920s through the 1950s. He was born Enos Edward Canutt in the Snake River Hills, near Colfax, Washington. As a young man, he gained fame as a very successful rodeo rider. He got his nickname when he was caught fraternizing with several rival rodeo performers from Yakima, Washington. His friends never let him forget and the name stuck.
- Sven-Ole Thorsen
Sven-Ole Thorsen (born September 24, 1944) is a Danish actor, stuntman, and athlete. Most of his characters are either strong silent types or foreigners, because of Thorsen's thick Danish accent, which has in some cases (like "Hard Target") led to his voice being dubbed.
- Manny Perry
Manny Perry is a famous stunt coordinator and stuntman, having a part in dozens of films such as "Armageddon", "Con Air", and "The Mighty Ducks", to name a few. He has also had some smaller roles as an actor such as a cop in the television series "24". Of all of his works, Perry is probably most famous for his part in a campaign against movie piracy. In this campaign he compares the crime of stealing a candy bar with that of downloading a movie off of the internet.
- Kirby Morrow
Kirby Morrow (born August 28, 1973 in Jasper, Alberta) is a voice actor, stand-up comedian, and television and stage actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has voiced various roles in anime.
- Eunice Huthart
Eunice Huthart (born 2 November 1966) is best known for winning Gladiators and then being invited to return to the show as a Gladiator herself, "Blaze". She later went on to present late night TV shows, and also became a stunt double for such stars as Angelina Jolie and Uma Thurman.
- Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville (born Philip John Clapp on March 11, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American comic actor and daredevil. Knoxville has been featured in a number of films, but is best known as the co-creator and principal star of the MTV series "Jackass" and its subsequent films.