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stuntman

British  
/ ˈstʌntmən /

noun

  1. a person who performs dangerous acts in a film, television programme, etc in place of an actor

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At the end of his routine he was greeted rinkside by actor, martial artist and stuntman Jackie Chan at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

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In Salem: In the original “Thomas Crown Affair,” a stuntman for Steve McQueen takes an acrobatic thrill ride in a glider to the film’s title track, “The Windmills of Your Mind.”

From The Wall Street Journal

When his ski double learned to slalom down a bobsled track, the stuntman kept doing it long after the film wrapped.

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A stuntman on “For Your Eyes Only,” he was dragged into the project after receiving a phone call from Bogner in Monaco.

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The first suspect -- the motorbike stuntman -- was identified after his DNA was found on broken glass and objects abandoned on site, while the second left genetic clues on a scooter as he fled.

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