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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

2025

One Battle After Another ... (Stunts)

2023

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

2022

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

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)
Killing Season ... (Stunt Double)
Grudge Match ... (Stunts)
Gangster Squad ... (Stunts)
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)
Get Smart ... (Stunt Driver)
Superhero Movie ... (Stunt Coordinator)
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)
Date Movie ... (Stunts)
Smokin' Aces ... (Stunts)
World Trade Center ... (Stunts)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny ... (Second Unit Director)
Waist Deep ... (Stunt Driver)
The Visitation ... (Stunts)
A.I. Assault ... (Stunts)

2005

Batman Begins as Gotham Car Cop (uncredited)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ... (Stunts)
Walk the Line ... (Stunt Coordinator)
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

Identity ... (Second Unit Director)
Hulk as Soldier (uncredited)
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)
Clockstoppers ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Sweetest Thing ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Orange County ... (Stunts)
Showtime ... (Stunts)

2001

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

2000

Strong Medicine as Stunt Cop#
Scream 3 ... (Second Unit Director)
Erin Brockovich ... (Stunt Driver)
Traffic as DEA Agent - Public Storage
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)
Two Shades of Blue as Beth's Driver
Mercy Streets ... (Stunts)
Voodoo Dawn ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1999

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

1998

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

1997

Titanic ... (Stunts)
L.A. Confidential ... (Stunts)
Kiss the Girls ... (Stunts)
Air Force One ... (Stunts)
She's So Lovely ... (Stunts)
City of Industry ... (Stunts)
Buddy ... (Stunt Double)
Strategic Command ... (Stunts)
Steel Sharks ... (Stunts)
Crash Dive ... (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)
For Life or Death as Shadow Monk Fighter
Riot ... (Stunts)
Pure Danger ... (Stunts)
Deadly Outbreak ... (Director)

1995

Heat as Armored Guard #2
Sliders ... (Stunts)
Casino ... (Stunts)
Money Train ... (Stunts)
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up as Cowboy Thug Fighting Grandpa at Indian Ceremony (uncredited)
Jury Duty ... (Stunts)
Higher Learning as Guard Beats Malik
Last Man Standing ... (Stunts)
Scanner Cop II as Kidnapper #2
Black Scorpion ... (Stunts)
Ballistic ... (Stunts)
The Expert ... (Director)
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)
Quick ... (Stunts)
The Good Son ... (Stunts)
Spies ... (Stunts)
Mirror Images II ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Street Knight ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Ultimate Desire ... (Stunts)
Extreme Justice ... (Stunts)

1992

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

1991

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

1990

Pretty Woman ... (Stunt Double)
Lionheart ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Look Who's Talking Too as Burglar
Internal Affairs ... (Stunts)
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)
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)
Permanent Record ... (Stunts)
Bulletproof ... (Stunts)
Feds! as Bank Robber
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)
Assassination ... (Stunts)
Steele Justice ... (Stunts)
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman ... (Stunts)
Down Twisted ... (Stunts)

1986

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

1985

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

1984

Johnny Dangerously ... (Stunts)
The River ... (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)