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Buddy Joe Hooker

Born: 1942-05-30 in Vallejo, California, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

Buddy Joe Hooker was born on May 30, 1942 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Grindhouse (2007), Hard to Kill (1990) and Rules of Engagement (2000).

Filmography

2025

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - The Veteran (Pre-Tape Segment)
The Last Rodeo as Rodeo Announcer #1
Megadoc as Self

2024

Megalopolis ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2021

Free Guy ... (Stunts)

2019

Jexi ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Hal as Self

2018

Stuntman as Self

2017

The Fate of the Furious ... (Stunt Driver)

2016

The Magnificent Seven ... (Stunts)
Independence Day: Resurgence ... (Stunts)

2015

Rock the Kasbah ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Barber ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2014

Need for Speed as Detroit Cop #1

2012

Django Unchained ... (Stunts)
The Campaign ... (Stunt Driver)

2011

Horrible Bosses ... (Stunts)

2009

Inglourious Basterds as Gaspar
The Final Destination ... (Stunts)
12 Rounds ... (Stunts)
Fighting ... (Stunts)

2008

Sex and the City ... (Stunts)
Righteous Kill ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Day the Earth Stood Still ... (Stunts)
Hell Ride ... (Stunts)
Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” as Self

2007

Planet Terror ... (Stunts)
The Invasion ... (Stunts)
Superbad ... (Stunts)
Death Proof ... (Stunt Driver)

2006

Déjà Vu ... (Stunts)

2005

The 40 Year-Old Virgin ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Skeleton Key ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2004

The Big Bounce ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Suspect Zero as Suspect Zero

2003

Threat Matrix as Andy Wader
The Hunted ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Laurel Canyon ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' as Self
Filming “The Hunted” as Self
The Cutting Edge as Self
Pursuing “The Hunted” as Self

2001

24 as Jeep driver
Vanilla Sky ... (Second Unit Director)
Spy Kids ... (Stunts)
15 Minutes ... (Stunts)
Double Take ... (Stunts)
Heartbreakers ... (Stunt Coordinator)
In Pursuit ... (Stunt Coordinator)

2000

Gone in Sixty Seconds ... (Stunts)
Pay It Forward ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Rules of Engagement ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Brother ... (Stunts)
Coyote Ugly ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The In Crowd ... (Second Unit Director)
Here on Earth ... (Stunts)

1999

End of Days ... (Utility Stunts)
Man on the Moon ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1998

Meet Joe Black ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Lethal Weapon 4 ... (Stunts)
The Siege ... (Stunts)
Soldier ... (Stunts)
Jack Frost ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1997

The Jackal ... (Second Unit Director)
Batman & Robin ... (Stunts)
Money Talks as Pierre
Red Corner ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Grosse Pointe Blank ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1996

From Dusk Till Dawn ... (Stunts)
Executive Decision ... (Stunts)
Mulholland Falls ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Star Trek: First Contact ... (Stunts)
The Arrival as DOD #2
The Sunchaser ... (Stunts)

1995

Waterworld ... (Stunts)
The Hunted ... (Second Unit Director)
The Scarlet Letter ... (Second Unit Director)
Jade as Assistant District Attorney

1994

The Crow ... (Stunts)
The Shadow ... (Stunts)
Terminal Velocity ... (Second Unit Director)
The Chase ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Hi Octane as Self
The Road Killers ... (Stunts)
Pentathlon ... (Second Unit Director)

1993

Demolition Man ... (Stunts)
Carlito's Way ... (Stunts)
Last Action Hero ... (Stunts)
Rising Sun ... (Stunts)
Beyond the Law ... (Stunts)
Gunmen ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1992

Lethal Weapon 3 ... (Stunts)
Beethoven ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Cool World ... (Stunts)
American Me ... (Stunts)
School Ties ... (Second Unit Director)
Jennifer Eight ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1991

Thelma & Louise ... (Stunts)
Dutch ... (Stunt Coordinator)
For the Boys ... (Stunts)

1990

The Godfather Part III ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Hard to Kill as Russ
The Guardian ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Miami Blues as Shorty
Catchfire ... (Stunts)

1989

Lethal Weapon 2 ... (Stunts)
Road House ... (Stunts)
Sea of Love ... (Stunts)
Who's Harry Crumb? ... (Stunts)
Great Balls of Fire! ... (Stunts)
Gleaming the Cube as Corvette Driver
Dead Bang ... (Stunts)

1988

Police Story as Ziegman
Tucker: The Man and His Dream ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Presidio ... (Stunts)

1987

Mannequin ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Gardens of Stone ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Critical Condition ... (Stunts)
Nowhere to Hide ... (Second Unit Director)

1986

The Wraith ... (Stunt Coordinator)
F/X ... (Stunts)
8 Million Ways to Die ... (Stunts)

1985

MacGyver ... (Stunt Coordinator)
To Live and Die in L.A. ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Into the Night ... (Stunts)
Moving Violations ... (Stunts)

1984

Against All Odds ... (Stunt Driver)

1983

Rumble Fish ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Scarface ... (Stunts)
The Outsiders ... (Stunt Coordinator)
The Right Stuff ... (Stunt Coordinator)
To Be or Not to Be ... (Stunts)
The Osterman Weekend as Hooker

1982

T. J. Hooker as Billy McGuire
First Blood ... (Stunts)
The Entity ... (Stunts)
Night Shift ... (Stunt Driver)
Battletruck ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Lookin' to Get Out ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1981

Sharky's Machine ... (Stunts)
Nice Dreams ... (Stunt Double)
The Hand ... (Stunt Coordinator)
King of the Mountain ... (Second Unit Director)
Second-Hand Hearts ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Mark Kiedash
Herbie Goes Bananas as Chef
Defiance ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Serial as Biker
Carny ... (Stunts)

1979

Prophecy ... (Stunts)
The Odd Angry Shot ... (Second Unit Director)
Hot Rod ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Death Car on the Freeway ... (Stunts)
Legends of the Super Heroes ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1978

Game of Death ... (Stunt Driver)
Hooper as Stunt Rigger on Roof (uncredited)
Paradise Alley ... (Stunts)
The Evil ... (Stunts)
Hot Lead & Cold Feet ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Corvette Summer ... (Second Unit Director)
Just Tell Me You Love Me ... (Stunts)

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Empire of the Ants ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Heroes ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1976

Vigilante Force ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Bound for Glory as Man Shot Off Train
Shadow of the Hawk ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Gus ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1975

White Line Fever ... (Second Unit Director)
Messiah of Evil ... (Stunts)
Take a Hard Ride as Angel
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins ... (Stunt Coordinator)
Framed ... (Stunts)

1974

Blazing Saddles ... (Stunts)
The Conversation ... (Stunts)
Three the Hard Way ... (Stunts)
The Castaway Cowboy as Boatman
Wonder Woman ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1973

White Lightning as Highway Patrol
The No Mercy Man ... (Second Unit Director)

1972

The Night Stalker as Intern (uncredited)
Melinda as Rome's Servant

1971

Columbo as Policeman on PA
Harold and Maude ... (Stunt Double)
The Omega Man ... (Stunts)
Clay Pigeon ... (Stunts)

1969

Sweet Charity as Baseball Player (uncredited)
Hell's Angels '69 ... (Stunts)

1968

Ice Station Zebra as Hill

1967

Mannix as Rowdy (uncredited)
The Game People Play ... (Stunt Coordinator)

1966

Mission: Impossible as Driver (uncredited)

1960

My Three Sons

1959

The Twilight Zone as Dickie Weiss
The Sound and the Fury as Boy (uncredited)

1958

The Donna Reed Show
The Littlest Hobo as Tommy

1957

Wagon Train as Joel Reed /Lonnie Reed
Leave It to Beaver as Chester Anderson
Outlaw's Son as Todd Wentworth - as a Child

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Hitchhiker