Action Stunts

One only has to watch an action movie to realize that working in Hollywood can be a dangerous profession. Movie characters fall from buildings, jump out of moving vehicles, and dodge exploding bombs on a daily basis. Many actors pride themselves on doing their own stunts, but others prefer to leave the dangerous stuff to their trusty stunt doubles.

With the youngest stunt performers in their late teens and the oldest near ninety there is a wide range of people looking for danger. Of course the stunt industry isn’t limited to movies. Many stunt people get their start as part of a circus or carnival circuit, others start riding stunt bikes and find that the sense of danger invigorates them and commercials and television series use their share of stunt performers as well.

Other stunt performers are actors at heart, and begin their work in show business as stunt doubles as a way of professional “networking” with hopes that one day their talents as an actor or actress will be noticed by producers and directors. Other stunt performers simply enjoy being part of the filming atmosphere while keeping a certain level of anonymity while their names roll at the bottom of the credits.

Regardless of their reasons for going into the profession stunt performers young and old do more than their share to keep the public well entertained with their antics, as they continue to do just about anything imaginable.