Most Famous Stunt Doubles in Hollywood
These men and women are the famous stunt doubles who make the heroes look good in the action movies from the Hollywood scene.
Bold, courageous and with attitude they represent the real heroes in movies, because at the end of the day they are the only one who actually jump from moving cars, survive explosions or are burned alive.
No matter what the danger, these trained professionals make a living from risking their life’s for famous actors.
The great thing about being a stunt double is that these characters look a little bit like the star they’re impersonating.
Paid big money and knowing they are responsible for a double midair flip with a car, or jumping from a 700 meters building, the famous stunt doubles could easily be real life heroes.
So guys lets see what famous stunt doubles appear behind the amazing fighting scenes, car chase scenes, or any other type of stunt needed on the big movie sets.
10. Ilram Choi
From the series “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” we bring the guy who was the real spidey behind the mask.
Ilram Choi, a professional stunt man, actor, stunt coordinator and a multi-martial arts expert, performed in numerous movies as a stunt man or as an extra.
Recent activity placed him in martial art stunt for the Undisputed 3: Redemption or in The Expendables where he doubles for Jet Li.
From the man behind the mask of Spider-Man, stunt man in Star Trek or coordinator for different stunts, Ilram Choi say’s that being a professional stunt man is hard work.
That means guys, that for the Amazing Spider-Man franchise, he was tossed around a lot, hanged upside down and many other types of activities that were specifics for the role that he share with Andrew Garfield.
9.
Ingrid Kleinig
One of Australia’s most famous and successful stunt performers, Ingrid Kleinig is our number nine on the list of the most famous stunt double.
Coming from a world where stunt female are not a daily TV or movie necessity, she came abroad to take on the Hollywood scene.
So, from your basic TV commercials, to victims in TV series, the stunt woman was been seen on larger movie sets.
This pretty lady did stunts in the Great Gatsby, Pacific Rim and her most important role being in The Hobbit.
With no fear of giant spiders, orcs and knowing how to handle a bow, the blonde doubled for the role of Evangeline Lilly, in the franchise The Hobbit.
So she basically flew through the air, handled with precise hands a dagger while using a bow and many other specific camera duties for the role of the blonde elf.
8.
Aja Frary
The girls in the business of stunts are pretty amazing and Aja Frary is one of those girls who get to double the beauties of Hollywood.
Beside doubling Megan Fox in the highly awaited Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles she is also a stunt instructor at one of the best stunt schools in America.
She has collaborations for big movies like doubling for Dania Ramirez, girlfriend of the star of the Premium Rush movie, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, where she rides bikes and does a lot of tricks with them.
She also doubled for Tracie Thoms in the horror Annie, or for Zoe Saldana in the 1970’s drama Blood Ties and many more movies where she was needed to double a young hot creole star.
7.
Buster Reeves
This guy is basically in every big movie where you can imagine there is a big fight.
Coordinating, participating or teaching fight choreographic’s to other stunt men, Buster Reeves, is the man behind some important characters that we all love an watched in spectacular movies.
Doubling for Sam Worthington in the Clash of the Titans, or fighting for Christian Bale in The Dark Knight and after that for Tom Hardy in the Dark Knight Rises, Buster Reeves is the guys who started at a young age to fight professionally.
With other impressive work, with training stars for important fighting roles, handling different weapons and choreographing the Hollywood elite to make a realistic hand combat scene, this professional stunt man is pretty famous, you could ask Brad Pitt about him, a man which he doubled in the movie Troy.
6.
Helen Steinway Bailey
Trained Wu Shu master and winner of the British Championship, former gymnast and skillet stuntman, Helen Steinway Bailey is one tough chick who can easily perform dangerous stunts.
Her latest work where she doubles Scarlett Johansson’s character Black Widow in the Avengers: Age of Ultron, implies acrobatics and an elastic body.
With other impressive work for movies like Mortdecai, The Theory of Everything, The Invisible Woman or Snow White and the Huntsman, Helen Steinway Bailey is the perfect stunt double when it comes to activities like high diving, gymnastics, horse riding, trampolining, or swimming.
The tiny brunette has also an acting career, where she plays roles of female warriors beside a full cast of stunt men and women.
5.
Clay Donahue Fontenot
You can’t recognize this guy without the suit, or maybe we should say that the suit was actually made for him.
What suit are we talking about? The Iron Man suit, of course, and Clay Donahue Fontenot is the man who does all the stunts for Robert Downey Jr. when he decides to be Iron Man.
Don’t get this wrong, but for this gig, Clay had a specially designed suit for him and his body.
But this is not his only double, Clay making stunts for Denzel Washington in The Equalizer, killing for Denzel in 2 Guns or the Book of Eli.
Wesley Snipes is another star that could thank Clay Fontenot, doubling for him in many movies, some of them being dangerous and life risking, most of them done for The Blade franchise.
4.
Richard Bradshaw
Ever wondered who is the guys behind wolverines stunts, the dude with an identical body with Hugh Jackman.
We have the answer for you, it’s his brother in law.
It’s not a joke, Richard Bradshaw a professional stuntman is related to famous actor Hugh Jackman and also did all his stunts, doubling for him in movies where The Wolverine was present.
With an impressive career, being in the business for more than 20 years, he has brought to the fighting and stunt scene a great contribution coordinating, being fight choreographer and a performer in many titles like Jack Ryan, White House Down, Fast and Furious 5 Total Recall,World War Z, Underworld IV and many others.
He doubled famous stars like Hugh Jackman, Guy Pierce, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Matthew McConaughey, Colin Firth, Ted Danson and Hugh Grant.
3.
Stuart F. Wilson
Number 3 on the list of the most famous stunt doubles is a man who did almost all the stunt doubles for the bald dude who is always in trouble, shot at, or is trying to retire and can’t.
If you didn’t guess, well Stuart F. Wilson, plays the stunt double of Bruce Willis in all his movies, starting the year 2000.
Being an almost identical double, created for Stuart F. Wilson an opportunity to follow Bruce in a large variety of movies.
But if this wasn’t enough for him, we can see him on the big screen as an actor playing the part of numerous villains who try to stop the main character in movies like Supreme Champion, Blood and Bone, Underdog, The Rundown and Lionheart.
So when in doubt, remember that when Bruce Willis, fights in the movie Red or he goes through a window in A Good Day to Die Hard, it’s in fact Stuart Wilson doing all the hard work.
2.
Mark Vanselow
Down to number two we are passing our respect to a stuntman who doubled for a famous Hollywood star since 1998.
Doubling Liam Neeson and all his action movies must be a challenge for Mark Vanselow, but in a recent interview for mensfitness.co.uk he tell’s the audience that his work with the star is pretty easy.
Being the double for Liam in more than 16 movies, made a great connection between the two and Mark Vanselow, says that they are a great physical fit.
The stunt man also did double for Holt McCallany in Gangster Squad, for Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy The Proposal and numerous stunt coordinator jobs and utility stunts for big Hollywood pictures.
1.
Bobby Holland Hanton
This is the all star of iconic doubling in the movie industry, with stunt performances for so many stars.
Doubling for Chris Hemsworth in Thor, for Channing Tatum in Jupiter Ascending, for Batman in The Dark Knight Rises or for Ryan Reynolds in Green Lantern, Bobby Holland also made a unique appearance.
In the latest Avengers movie he doubles both for Thor and Captain America and he is also know to double for Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace and for Jake Gyllenhaal in the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie.
So he practically played only super heroes, secret agents or characters where ability, strength and fighting skills are essential, making him the real super hero we all look for.
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