Mark De Alessandro
Known For: Crew
Biography
Mark De Alessandro is an American SAG-AFTRA stunt coordinator, stuntman, character actor, and action director with over 30 years of experience and credits in 400+ feature films, television shows, and commercials. He graduated from Tarleton State University and Sam Houston State University, and has served as the personal stunt double and stunt coordinator for Sylvester Stallone since 1982, appearing in over 30 of Stallone's films including the Rocky and Rambo series. He has also doubled for Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Adam Sandler, Charlie Sheen, and Michael Caine, among others. He was part of the original cast of American Gladiators (1989–1990) and has received SAG Stunt Ensemble nominations for Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Amazing Spider-Man, as well as a Taurus World Stunt Award nomination for Rocky Balboa. He has been married to fellow stuntwoman Chandra De Alessandro since 2000. His notable acting credits include Nefarious (2023) (Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi), What Josiah Saw (2021) (Robert Patrick, Scott Haze), Colombiana (2011) (Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan), Super (2010) (Rain, Emile Hirsch), Spider-Man (2002) (Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst), Soldier (1998) (Jason Statham, Christian Slater), Daylight (1996) (Harrison Ford, Courtney Love), Lionheart (1990) (Steven Seagal, Michael Dudikoff), and Rocky IV (1985) (Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren). As a stunt coordinator he has worked on Rocky Balboa (2006), Cliffhanger (1993), Get Carter (2000), and Nefarious (2023), and performed stunts on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), The Maze Runner (2014), Starship Troopers (1997), and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).
Filmography
2023
- Nefarious as Dr. Alan Fischer
2021
- The Matrix Resurrections ... (Stunt Double)
- What Josiah Saw as Sully Gangster
2018
- Tiger ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2016
- I Am Wrath ... (Stunt Double)
- Pet ... (Stunt Double)
- Vigilante Diaries ... (Stunts)
2015
- Terminator Genisys ... (Stunts)
- Wild Card ... (Stunts)
- Daddy's Home ... (Stunts)
- Dancer and the Dame as Thug
2014
- The Maze Runner ... (Stunts)
- American Heist ... (Stunts)
- The Bag Man ... (Stunt Double)
- Force of Execution ... (Stunt Double)
- Chu and Blossom ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2013
- Star Trek Into Darkness ... (Stunts)
- Escape Plan ... (Stunt Double)
- Homefront ... (Utility Stunts)
- Olympus Has Fallen ... (Stunts)
- Blood of Redemption ... (Stunts)
2012
- The Iceman ... (Stunts)
- Casa de Mi Padre ... (Stunts)
- Playing for Keeps ... (Stunt Double)
- Hijacked ... (Stunts)
- For Ellen ... (Stunt Driver)
- The Last Ride ... (Stunt Double)
2011
- The Mechanic ... (Stunts)
- Colombiana as SWAT
- Season of the Witch ... (Stunts)
- The Green Hornet ... (Stunts)
2010
- Due Date ... (Stunts)
- Super as Thug Jumped On By Boltie
- Jonah Hex ... (Stunts)
- Terror Trap as Killer 2 (as Mark DeAlessandro)
- Operation: Endgame ... (Stunts)
- Cool Dog ... (Stunts)
2009
- Law Abiding Citizen ... (Stunts)
- The Keeper ... (Stunts)
2008
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay ... (Stunts)
- Appaloosa ... (Stunts)
- Stiletto as Restaurant Body Guard #2
- Pulse 3 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Crazy ... (Stunt Double)
- Pulse 2: Afterlife ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Crazy Girls Undercover ... (Stunts)
2007
- Burn Notice as Police Officer
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ... (Stunts)
- The Mist ... (Stunts)
- The Hitcher ... (Stunts)
- Walking Tall: Lone Justice ... (Stunts)
- Missionary Man ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2006
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ... (Stunts)
- Rocky Balboa ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Miami Vice ... (Stunt Driver)
- I See You ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2005
- War of the Worlds ... (Stunts)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith ... (Utility Stunts)
- Transporter 2 ... (Stunts)
- Just Like Heaven ... (Stunt Double)
2004
- National Treasure ... (Stunts)
- The Last Shot ... (Stunts)
- The Last Ride ... (Stunts)
2003
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ... (Stunts)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ... (Stunts)
- Shade as Hitman #1
- A Painted House ... (Stunts)
2002
- Spider-Man as Cop (uncredited)
- Star Trek: Nemesis ... (Stunt Double)
- Punch-Drunk Love ... (Stunt Double)
- We Were Soldiers ... (Stunts)
- D-Tox ... (Stunt Double)
- Red Skies ... (Stunts)
- The 4th Tenor as Man in Lake
- Shattered Lies ... (Stunts)
2001
- Ocean's Eleven ... (Stunts)
- Driven ... (Stunt Double)
- Soulkeeper ... (Utility Stunts)
2000
- Charlie's Angels ... (Stunts)
- Brother ... (Stunts)
- Me, Myself & Irene ... (Stunts)
- Get Carter ... (Stunt Double)
- The Crew ... (Stunts)
- Hot Boyz ... (Stunts)
- Luck of the Draw ... (Stunts)
- Rangers ... (Stunts)
1999
- Storm Catcher ... (Stunts)
- Interceptors ... (Stunts)
- Hard Time: Hostage Hotel ... (Stunts)
- Velocity Trap ... (Stunts)
- No Tomorrow ... (Stunts)
- The Yakuza Way
- Memorial Day ... (Stunts)
1998
- V.I.P. as Thug
- Blade ... (Stunt Double)
- Soldier as Goines
- Six Days Seven Nights ... (Stunts)
- Star Trek: Insurrection ... (Stunts)
- The Replacement Killers ... (Stunts)
- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Recoil ... (Stunts)
- Susan's Plan ... (Stunts)
- Free Enterprise ... (Stunts)
1997
- Titanic ... (Stunts)
- Men in Black ... (Stunts)
- Starship Troopers ... (Stunts)
- Boogie Nights ... (Stunts)
- Face/Off ... (Stunts)
- Alien Resurrection ... (Stunts)
- Cop Land ... (Stunt Double)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control ... (Stunts)
- McHale's Navy ... (Stunts)
- The Apostle ... (Stunts)
- The Manson Family ... (Stunts)
- The Corporate Ladder ... (Stunts)
1996
- Star Trek: First Contact ... (Stunts)
- Daylight as Gem Thieves Pursuing Officer #1
- The Sweeper ... (Stunts)
- Riot ... (Stunts)
- Deadly Outbreak as Air Controller #1
1995
- Showgirls ... (Stunts)
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory ... (Stunts)
- Assassins ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Last Man Standing ... (Stunts)
- Rage ... (Stunts)
- Hard Justice ... (Stunts)
- For Better or Worse ... (Stunts)
- Timemaster ... (Stunts)
1994
- Stargate ... (Stunts)
- The Client ... (Stunts)
- The Specialist ... (Stunt Double)
- Twin Sitters ... (Stunts)
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Vincent Neal
- Demolition Man ... (Stunt Double)
- Cliffhanger ... (Stunt Double)
1992
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot ... (Stunt Double)
- Toys ... (Stunts)
- Rapid Fire ... (Stunts)
1991
- The Rocketeer ... (Stunts)
- Mannequin Two: On the Move ... (Stunts)
1989
- Tango & Cash ... (Stunt Double)
- Lock Up ... (Stunt Double)
- The Vineyard as Mark
1988
- Rambo III ... (Stunt Double)
1987
- Over the Top ... (Stunt Double)
- Dragnet ... (Stunts)
1986
- Cobra ... (Stunt Double)
1985
- Rambo: First Blood Part II ... (Stunts)
- Rocky IV as Russian Cornerman