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Rick Avery
Biography
Life and career
Rick Avery is an American stuntman, stunt coordinator, actor, director and author. He has worked on more than 400 films and television projects, including The Crow, The Prestige, The Dark Knight Rises, Gangster Squad, and American Sniper. He is also notable for having doubled for Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Gere and John Travolta.
Filmography
116 films

One Battle After Another
2025Stunts

White Noise
2022Stunt Driver

The Comeback Trail
2020Stunt Double

The War with Grandpa
2020Stunt Double

The Laundromat
2019Stunts

Bumblebee
2018Stunts

Dunkirk
2017Stunts

Hands of Stone
2016as Gil ClanseyStunt CoordinatorSecond Unit Director

Dirty Grandpa
2016Stunt Double

Joy
2015Stunt Double

The Intern
2015Stunt Double

Ant-Man
2015as Helicopter PilotStunts

American Sniper
2014Stunt Double

Grudge Match
2013Stunts

R.I.P.D.
2013Stunts

Killing Season
2013Stunt Double

Gangster Squad
2013Stunts

The Dark Knight Rises
2012Stunts

Men in Black 3
2012Stunt Driver

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012Pilot

Captain America: The First Avenger
2011Utility Stunts

Horrible Bosses
2011Stunts

Edge of Darkness
2010as Robinson Jr.Stunts

Role Models
2008Stunts

Frost/Nixon
2008Stunt Coordinator

The Dark Knight
2008as Masked Thug (uncredited)Stunts

Get Smart
2008Stunt Driver

Superhero Movie
2008Stunt Coordinator

Charlie Wilson's War
2007Stunt CoordinatorSecond Unit Director

Ocean's Thirteen
2007Stunts

Smokin' Aces
2006Stunts

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006Second Unit DirectorStunt Coordinator

The Prestige
2006Stunt Coordinator

World Trade Center
2006Stunts

Waist Deep
2006Stunt Driver

Poseidon
2006Stunt Coordinator

Date Movie
2006Stunts

Elizabethtown
2005Stunts

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005Stunts

Walk the Line
2005Stunt Coordinator

Batman Begins
2005as Gotham Car Cop (uncredited)Stunts

Cursed
2005Second Unit Director

Meet the Fockers
2004Stunts

Taxi
2004Stunt Driver

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004Second Unit DirectorStunt Coordinator

The Whole Ten Yards
2004Stunt Coordinator

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003Stunts

Hulk
2003as Soldier (uncredited)Stunts

The Italian Job
2003Stunts

Identity
2003Second Unit DirectorStunt Coordinator

House of 1000 Corpses
2003Stunts

The Core
2003Stunt Coordinator

Men in Black II
2002as Subway Passenger (uncredited)Stunts

Spider-Man
2002as Cop (uncredited)Stunts

The Sweetest Thing
2002Stunt CoordinatorSecond Unit Director

Clockstoppers
2002Stunt CoordinatorSecond Unit Director

Showtime
2002Stunts

John Q
2002Stunt Coordinator

Orange County
2002Stunts

Ocean's Eleven
2001Stunt Driver

The Animal
2001Stunts

Blow
2001Stunt Coordinator

Traffic
2000as DEA Agent - Public StorageStunts

Dude, Where's My Car?
2000Stunts

Brother
2000Stunts

Erin Brockovich
2000Stunt Driver

What Planet Are You From?
2000as Airlane Passenger (uncredited)

Scream 3
2000Second Unit DirectorStunt Coordinator

House on Haunted Hill
1999Stunts

Stigmata
1999Stunts

Star Trek: Insurrection
1998StuntsStunt Coordinator

Rush Hour
1998Stunts

BASEketball
1998Stunts

Titanic
1997Stunts

Kiss the Girls
1997Stunts

L.A. Confidential
1997Stunts

Air Force One
1997Stunts

Set It Off
1996Stunts

Escape from L.A.
1996Stunts

Independence Day
1996Stunts

The Craft
1996Stunt Driver

Broken Arrow
1996Stunts

Heat
1995as Armored Guard #2Stunts

Casino
1995Stunts

Money Train
1995Stunts

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995as Cowboy Thug Fighting Grandpa at Indian Ceremony (uncredited)Stunts

Airheads
1994Stunts

Beverly Hills Cop III
1994as ClineStunt Coordinator

The Crow
1994Stunts

The Good Son
1993Stunts

Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993Stunts

Innocent Blood
1992as Cab Driver

3 Ninjas
1992as FBI Agent (uncredited)Stunt Coordinator

Batman Returns
1992Stunts

Article 99
1992Stunt Coordinator

Oscar
1991as Vendetti's DriverStunt Coordinator

Hook
1991Stunts

The Perfect Weapon
1991Stunt Coordinator

Look Who's Talking Too
1990as BurglarStunt Coordinator

Mr. Destiny
1990Stunts

Men at Work
1990Stunts

Lionheart
1990Stunt DoubleStunt Coordinator

Pretty Woman
1990Stunt DoubleStunt Coordinator

Internal Affairs
1990Stunts

The Abyss
1989Stunts

They Live
1988Stunts

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988Stunts

The Blob
1988as Soldier with Cracked Faceplate

Ironweed
1987Stunts

The Hidden
1987Stunts

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986Stunts

Firewalker
1986Stunts

Perfect
1985Stunts

The River
1984Stunts

WarGames
1983Stunts

Blow Out
1981Stunt Double