Wayne Michaels
Born: 1959-01-22 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2007
- I Could Never Be Your Woman ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1997
- Tomorrow Never Dies ... (Stunts)
- Prince Valiant ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1995
- GoldenEye ... (Stunts)
- The World of James Bond as Self
- Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
1994
- Pie in the Sky ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1992
- The Crying Game ... (Stunt Driver)
1991
1990
- Total Recall ... (Stunts)
- Nightbreed ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1989
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as German Agent (uncredited)
- Batman as Napier Hood
1988
- The Bourne Identity as Man in Elevator
- The Lady and the Highwayman as Rory
1987
- East of Ipswich as Second biker
1986
- Lovejoy ... (Stunts)
1985
- Dempsey and Makepeace as Ex-Paratrooper
1984
- Sherlock Holmes ... (Stunts)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ... (Stunts)
- Dune ... (Stunts)
- Robin of Sherwood as Ailric of Loxley
- Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer as Ailric of Loxley
1981
- Bergerac as Ramsay