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Wayne Michaels

Acting · Born 1959-01-22 · Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Wayne David Michaels (born 22 January 1959 in Blackpool) is an English stuntman and stunt arranger. Michaels attended Millfield School from 1972 to 1977. He is married to Tracey Eddon since 1990 and have one child.He performed the bungee jump in the opening scenes in the James Bond film GoldenEye. The opening 220 m bungee jump, shot at the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland, was voted the best movie stunt of all time as of 2002 and set a record for the highest bungee jump off a fixed structure. Apart from his work on a number of James Bond films, he has performed stunts on more than 60 British and international film and television projects during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s.

Known for

Filmography

2007I Could Never Be Your WomanStunt Coordinator
2006Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
1997Tomorrow Never DiesStunts
1997Prince ValiantStunt Coordinator
1995Goldeneye: The Secret FilesSelf
1995GoldenEyeStunts
1995The World of James BondSelf
1994Pie in the SkyStunt Coordinator
1992The Crying GameStunt Driver
1991BottomParty Guest
1990Total RecallStunts
1990NightbreedStunts
1989BatmanNapier Hood
1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeGerman Agent (uncredited)
1988The Lady and the HighwaymanRory
1988The Bourne IdentityMan in Elevator
1987East of IpswichSecond biker
1986LovejoyStunts
1985Dempsey and MakepeaceEx-Paratrooper
1985Screen TwoSecond Motorbiker
1984DuneStunts
1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomStunts
1984Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the SorcererAilric of Loxley
1984Robin of SherwoodAilric of Loxley
1984Sherlock HolmesStunts
1981BergeracRamsay

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