stunt man
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stunt man
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Example Sentences
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He was working on the battle scenes with Hollywood stunt man and gunfight co-ordinator Ray Mendoza.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
Directed once again by Chad Stahelski, the one-time stunt man who has become a first-rate visual stylist and master of pacing over the years of directing “Wicks,” “Chapter 4” is dazzling.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
So while the images in “Nope” aren’t, strictly speaking, the horse ride that gave birth to cinema, the pioneering actor, animal wrangler and stunt man shown in them probably is unknown.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
"Dave actually was my stunt man in '98...We met on 'Fight Club' and he trained me for the fight and it worked so well," Pitt told a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday, about Leitch.
From Reuters ● Jul. 19, 2022
They said one discharge on the “Rust” set was connected to the prop master, and the other to a stunt man who Gutierrez Reed had informed that his gun was “hot with blanks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
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