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Rick Avery

Known For: Crew

Biography

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

2026

The Whisper Man ... (Stunts)

2025

One Battle After Another ... (Stunts)

2023

Weathering ... (Stunt Coordinator)
A Lot of Nothing ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2022

White Noise ... (Stunt Driver)
Starkeisha ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2020

The War with Grandpa ... (Stunt Double)
The Comeback Trail ... (Stunt Double)

2019

The Laundromat ... (Stunts)

2018

Bumblebee ... (Stunts)

2017

Dunkirk ... (Stunts)

2016

Dirty Grandpa ... (Stunt Double)
Hands of Stone as Gil Clansey

2015

Ant-Man as Helicopter Pilot
The Intern ... (Stunt Double)
Joy ... (Stunt Double)

2014

American Sniper ... (Stunt Double)

2013

Gangster Squad ... (Stunts)
Grudge Match ... (Stunts)
R.I.P.D. ... (Stunts)
Killing Season ... (Stunt Double)
Dangerman: The Incredible Mr. Goodwin ... (Stunts)

2012

The Dark Knight Rises ... (Stunts)
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island ... (Pilot)
Men in Black 3 ... (Stunt Driver)

2011

Captain America: The First Avenger ... (Utility Stunts)
Horrible Bosses ... (Stunts)

2010

Edge of Darkness as Robinson Jr.

2008

The Dark Knight as Masked Thug (uncredited)
Superhero Movie ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Get Smart ... (Stunt Driver)
Role Models ... (Stunts)
Frost/Nixon ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Columbus Day as Driver

2007

Ocean's Thirteen ... (Stunts)
Charlie Wilson's War ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2006

The Prestige ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Poseidon ... (Stunt Coordinator)
World Trade Center ... (Stunts)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny ... (Second Unit Director)
Smokin' Aces ... (Stunts)
Date Movie ... (Stunts)
Waist Deep ... (Stunt Driver)
The Visitation ... (Stunts)
A.I. Assault ... (Stunts)

2005

Batman Begins as Gotham Car Cop (uncredited)
Walk the Line ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ... (Stunts)
Cursed ... (Second Unit Director)
Elizabethtown ... (Stunts)
The Cutter as Man

2004

Meet the Fockers ... (Stunts)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Taxi ... (Stunt Driver)
The Whole Ten Yards ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Elvis Has Left the Building ... (Utility Stunts)

2003

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ... (Stunts)
The Italian Job ... (Stunts)
Hulk as Soldier (uncredited)
Identity ... (Second Unit Director)
The Core ... (Stunt Coordinator)
House of 1000 Corpses ... (Stunts)

2002

Spider-Man as Cop (uncredited)
Men in Black II as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
John Q ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Sweetest Thing ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Orange County ... (Stunts)
Showtime ... (Stunts)
Clockstoppers ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2001

Ocean's Eleven ... (Stunt Driver)
Blow ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Animal ... (Stunts)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 ... (Stunts)
Firetrap ... (Stunts)
Extreme Days ... (Stunts)
Lip Service ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2000

Strong Medicine as Stunt Cop#
Traffic as DEA Agent - Public Storage
Erin Brockovich ... (Stunt Driver)
Scream 3 ... (Second Unit Director)
Dude, Where's My Car? ... (Stunts)
Brother ... (Stunts)
What Planet Are You From? as Airlane Passenger (uncredited)
Hot Boyz ... (Stunts)
Luck of the Draw ... (Stunts)
Voodoo Dawn ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Two Shades of Blue as Beth's Driver
Mercy Streets ... (Stunts)

1999

House on Haunted Hill ... (Stunts)
Stigmata ... (Stunts)
Running Red ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Omega Code ... (Stunts)
Angel's Dance ... (Stunts)
Storm Catcher ... (Stunts)
No Tomorrow ... (Stunts)

1998

V.I.P. ... (Stunts)
Rush Hour ... (Stunts)
Star Trek: Insurrection ... (Stunt Coordinator)
BASEketball ... (Stunts)
The Pentagon Wars ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Judas Kiss ... (Stunts)
Safe House ... (Stunts)
Susan's Plan ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Finding Graceland ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Alarmist ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1997

Titanic ... (Stunts)
Air Force One ... (Stunts)
L.A. Confidential ... (Stunts)
Kiss the Girls ... (Stunts)
She's So Lovely ... (Stunts)
City of Industry ... (Stunts)
Buddy ... (Stunt Double)
Crash Dive ... (Stunts)
Strategic Command ... (Stunts)
Just Write ... (Stunt Driver)
Steel Sharks ... (Stunts)
The Corporate Ladder ... (Stunts)

1996

Independence Day ... (Stunts)
The Craft ... (Stunt Driver)
Escape from L.A. ... (Stunts)
Broken Arrow ... (Stunts)
Set It Off ... (Stunts)
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush ... (Stunts)
The Stupids as Bad Guy
For Life or Death as Shadow Monk Fighter
Riot ... (Stunts)
Deadly Outbreak ... (Director)
Pure Danger ... (Stunts)

1995

Sliders ... (Stunts)
Heat as Armored Guard #2
Casino ... (Stunts)
Money Train ... (Stunts)
Higher Learning as Guard Beats Malik
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up as Cowboy Thug Fighting Grandpa at Indian Ceremony (uncredited)
Black Scorpion ... (Stunts)
Last Man Standing ... (Stunts)
Jury Duty ... (Stunts)
The Expert ... (Director)
Rage as Police Radio Operator
Scanner Cop II as Kidnapper #2
Ballistic ... (Stunts)

1994

ER ... (Stunts)
Beverly Hills Cop III as Cline
The Crow ... (Stunts)
Airheads ... (Stunts)
Twin Sitters ... (Stunts)
Out of Darkness ... (Stunts)

1993

Diagnosis: Murder ... (Stunts)
Cracker ... (Stunts)
Hot Shots! Part Deux ... (Stunts)
The Good Son ... (Stunts)
Street Knight ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Mirror Images II ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Quick ... (Stunts)
Extreme Justice ... (Stunts)
Spies ... (Stunts)
Ultimate Desire ... (Stunts)

1992

Batman Returns ... (Stunts)
3 Ninjas as FBI Agent (uncredited)
Innocent Blood as Cab Driver
Animal Instincts ... (Stunts)
Rapid Fire ... (Stunts)
Iron Eagle III ... (Stunts)
Article 99 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Mirror Images ... (Stunt Double)
Boris and Natasha ... (Stunts)
The Water Engine ... (Stunts)
The Presence ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1991

Hook ... (Stunts)
Oscar as Vendetti's Driver
Cool as Ice ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Perfect Weapon ... (Stunt Coordinator)
An Inconvenient Woman ... (Stunts)
Night of the Warrior ... (Second Unit Director)
Chains of Gold ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Night Eyes II ... (Stunts)
A Gnome Named Gnorm ... (Stunts)
Fire in the Dark ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Under Surveillance ... (Stunts)
Ultimate Desires ... (Stunts)
Soldier's Fortune ... (Stunts)

1990

Pretty Woman ... (Stunt Double)
Lionheart ... (Stunt Double)
Men at Work ... (Stunts)
Look Who's Talking Too as Burglar
Internal Affairs ... (Stunts)
Mr. Destiny ... (Stunts)
Too Young to Die ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Great Los Angeles Earthquake ... (Stunts)
The Rain Killer ... (Stunts)

1989

Tales from the Crypt as Mugger (uncredited)
The Abyss ... (Stunts)
The Experts ... (Stunt Double)
L.A. Takedown as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Breaking Point ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Riding the Edge ... (Stunts)

1988

They Live ... (Stunts)
The Blob as Soldier with Cracked Faceplate
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark ... (Stunts)
The Night Before ... (Stunts)
Hero and the Terror ... (Stunts)
Feds! as Bank Robber
Bulletproof ... (Stunts)
Permanent Record ... (Stunts)
Journey to the Center of the Earth ... (Stunts)
Out of Time as Motorcycle Officer

1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation ... (Stunts)
The Hidden ... (Stunts)
Back to the Beach as Surfers & Punks
Ironweed ... (Stunts)
Steele Justice ... (Stunts)
Assassination ... (Stunts)
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman ... (Stunts)
Down Twisted ... (Stunts)

1986

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold ... (Stunts)
The Best of Times ... (Stunts)
Armed and Dangerous as Cobb
Firewalker ... (Stunts)
Legal Eagles ... (Stunts)
The Naked Cage as Security Officer
Radioactive Dreams ... (Stunts)
Hollywood Vice Squad ... (Stunts)
Crime Story: Pilot ... (Stunts)

1985

Perfect ... (Stunts)
Savage Dawn ... (Stunts)

1984

The River ... (Stunts)
Johnny Dangerously ... (Stunts)
Meatballs: Part II ... (Stunts)
Killpoint ... (Stunts)
Time Bomb ... (Stunts)

1983

WarGames ... (Stunts)

1982

Knight Rider as Commando
T. J. Hooker as Toby Reno
Fighting Back ... (Stunts)

1981

Blow Out ... (Stunt Double)