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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

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

2012

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

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)
Get Smart ... (Stunt Driver)
Superhero Movie ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Frost/Nixon ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Role Models ... (Stunts)
Columbus Day as Driver

2007

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

2006

The Prestige ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Poseidon ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Smokin' Aces ... (Stunts)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny ... (Second Unit Director)
World Trade Center ... (Stunts)
Date Movie ... (Stunts)
Waist Deep ... (Stunt Driver)
A.I. Assault ... (Stunts)
The Visitation ... (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)
Taxi ... (Stunt Driver)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Whole Ten Yards ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Elvis Has Left the Building ... (Utility Stunts)

2003

Hulk as Soldier (uncredited)
Identity ... (Second Unit Director)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ... (Stunts)
The Italian Job ... (Stunts)
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)
Showtime ... (Stunts)
Orange County ... (Stunts)
Clockstoppers ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2001

Ocean's Eleven ... (Stunt Driver)
The Animal ... (Stunts)
Blow ... (Stunt Coordinator)
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
Scream 3 ... (Second Unit Director)
Erin Brockovich ... (Stunt Driver)
Dude, Where's My Car? ... (Stunts)
Brother ... (Stunts)
What Planet Are You From? as Airlane Passenger (uncredited)
Luck of the Draw ... (Stunts)
Hot Boyz ... (Stunts)
Mercy Streets ... (Stunts)
Voodoo Dawn ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Two Shades of Blue as Beth's Driver

1999

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

1998

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

1997

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

1996

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

1995

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

1994

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

1993

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

1992

Batman Returns ... (Stunts)
3 Ninjas as FBI Agent (uncredited)
Innocent Blood as Cab Driver
Rapid Fire ... (Stunts)
Animal Instincts ... (Stunts)
Iron Eagle III ... (Stunts)
Article 99 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Water Engine ... (Stunts)
Mirror Images ... (Stunt Double)
Boris and Natasha ... (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)
A Gnome Named Gnorm ... (Stunts)
Night Eyes II ... (Stunts)
Fire in the Dark ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Chains of Gold ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Night of the Warrior ... (Second Unit Director)
Under Surveillance ... (Stunts)
Ultimate Desires ... (Stunts)
Soldier's Fortune ... (Stunts)

1990

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

1989

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

1988

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

1987

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

1986

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

1985

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

1984

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

1983

WarGames ... (Stunts)

1982

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

1981

Blow Out ... (Stunt Double)