Rocky Taylor
Born: 1945-02-28 in Bermondsey, London, England, UK
Known For: Crew
Biography
Rocky Taylor (born Laurie Taylor; February 28, 1945) is an English stuntman and actor. His first appearance as a stuntman was an uncredited role in Dr. No. He has since been a stuntman for many famous and successful films including multiple James Bond and Indiana Jones films, A Bridge Too Far, Titanic, The Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and the HBO television series Game of Thrones. He has also had minor acting roles in 40 films, including doubling for Roger Moore and Sean Connery in James Bond films. He is also known for playing the original Honey Monster in a series of commercials for Sugar Puffs. Taylor currently holds the record for being the oldest stuntman in Britain, with 35 years as a stunt performer and 20 years as a stunt coordinator. He appeared on Russell Howard's Good News in 2011 to discuss his career.
Filmography
2023
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as Orient Express Train Driver (uncredited)
2022
2021
- Mothering Sunday ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman as Self
2019
- Spider-Man: Far From Home ... (Stunts)
2017
- The Foreigner ... (Stunts)
2013
- Utopia ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Fast & Furious 6 ... (Stunts)
2011
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ... (Stunts)
- Unwatchable ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2009
- Doghouse ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2007
- Rise of the Footsoldier ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2006
- V for Vendetta ... (Stunts)
- Children of Men ... (Stunts)
- The History Boys ... (Stunt Double)
- Are You Ready for Love? as Van Driver
2005
- BloodRayne as Monetary Guard
2004
- The Defender ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2002
- Black Plague ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2001
- The Mummy Returns as Man in Alley (uncredited)
- Sexy Beast as Raymond
1999
- The Last Seduction II as Gabriel
1998
- Elizabeth ... (Stunts)
1997
- Titanic as Bert Cartmell
- Tomorrow Never Dies ... (Stunts)
1996
- Evita ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1994
- Pie in the Sky ... (Stunts)
1993
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Head Ruffian
1992
- Go With Virgo! as Self
1991
- Highlander II: The Quickening ... (Stunts)
1990
- Nuns on the Run ... (Stunts)
1989
- Batman as Napier Hood
- The Paradise Club as Getaway Driver
- Slipstream ... (Stunts)
1988
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit ... (Stunts)
- Without a Clue ... (Stunts)
- Buster ... (Stunts)
1985
- Dempsey and Makepeace as Warder
- Death Wish 3 ... (Stunts)
- Spies Like Us ... (Stunts)
- My Beautiful Laundrette ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1984
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ... (Stunts)
- Gabrielle and the Doodleman ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1981
- Raiders of the Lost Ark as German Soldier (uncredited)
- An American Werewolf in London ... (Stunts)
1979
- Minder as Sex Shop Thug (uncredited)
1978
- Blake's 7 ... (Stunts)
1977
- The Professionals ... (Stunt Double)
- A Bridge Too Far ... (Stunts)
- Candleshoe as Hood (uncredited)
1976
- The New Avengers as Cybernaut
- The XYY Man as Motorcyclist
- The Slipper and the Rose as Prince's Guard
- Confessions of a Driving Instructor as Monks Hill Rugger Team
1975
- The Sweeney ... (Stunts)
1974
- The Man with the Golden Gun as Beirut Thug (uncredited)
1973
- The MacKintosh Man ... (Stunts)
- And Now the Screaming Starts!
1971
- Get Carter ... (Stunts)
- The Last Run as 2nd Man
1970
- Cromwell ... (Stunts)
1968
- The Champions ... (Stunts)
1967
- The Dirty Dozen as Airborne Soldier (uncredited)
1965
- Carry On Cowboy as Rider (uncredited)
1961
- The Avengers as Mitchell