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Known For

Crew

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Rick Avery

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.

Known For

8.5%

The Dark Knight

Jul 16, 2008

7.7%

Batman Begins

Jun 10, 2005

7.1%

Ant-Man

Jul 14, 2015

7.3%

Spider-Man

May 1, 2002

6.4%

Men in Black II

Jul 3, 2002

7.9%

Heat

Dec 15, 1995

5.6%

Hulk

Jun 19, 2003

7.1%

Traffic

Dec 27, 2000

5.9%

Beverly Hills Cop III

May 24, 1994

6.4%

Edge of Darkness

Jan 28, 2010

5.5%

Look Who's Talking Too

Dec 14, 1990

7.5%

Knight Rider

Sep 26, 1982

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Acting

2016

Hands of Stone as Gil Clansey

2015

Ant-Man as Helicopter Pilot

2010

Edge of Darkness as Robinson Jr.

2008		Columbus Day as Driver
2008		The Dark Knight as Masked Thug (uncredited)

2005		The Cutter as Man
2005		Batman Begins as Gotham Car Cop (uncredited)

2003

Hulk as Soldier (uncredited)

2002		Men in Black II as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
2002		Spider-Man as Cop (uncredited)

2000		Traffic as DEA Agent - Public Storage
2000		Strong Medicine as Stunt Cop#
2000		What Planet Are You From? as Airlane Passenger (uncredited)

1999

Two Shades of Blue as Beth's Driver

1996		The Stupids as Bad Guy
1996		For Life or Death as Shadow Monk Fighter

1995		Heat as Armored Guard #2
1995		Rage as Police Radio Operator
1995		3 Ninjas Knuckle Up as Cowboy Thug Fighting Grandpa at Indian Ceremony (uncredited)
1995		Scanner Cop II as Kidnapper #2
1995		Higher Learning as Guard Beats Malik

1994

Beverly Hills Cop III as Cline

1992		Innocent Blood as Cab Driver
1992		3 Ninjas as FBI Agent (uncredited)

1991

Oscar as Vendetti's Driver

1990

Look Who's Talking Too as Burglar

1989		L.A. Takedown as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1989		Tales from the Crypt as Mugger (uncredited)

1988		Feds as Bank Robber
1988		The Blob as Soldier With Cracked Faceplate
1988		Out of Time as Motorcycle Officer

1987

Back to the Beach as Surfers & Punks

1986		Armed and Dangerous as Cobb
1986		The Naked Cage as Security Officer

1982		Knight Rider as Commando
1982		T. J. Hooker as Toby Reno

Crew

2025

One Battle After Another as Stunt Driver

2023		Weathering as Stunt Coordinator
2023		A Lot of Nothing as Stunt Coordinator

2022		White Noise as Stunt Driver
2022		Starkeisha as Stunt Coordinator

2020		The Comeback Trail as Stunt Double
2020		The War with Grandpa as Stunt Double

2019

The Laundromat as Stunts

2018

Bumblebee as Stunts

2017

Dunkirk as Stunts

2016		Hands of Stone as Stunt Coordinator
2016		Dirty Grandpa as Stunt Double

2015		Joy as Stunt Double
2015		The Intern as Stunt Double
2015		Ant-Man as Stunts

2014

American Sniper as Stunt Double

2013		Grudge Match as Stunts
2013		R.I.P.D. as Stunts
2013		Killing Season as Stunt Double
2013		Dangerman: The Incredible Mr. Goodwin as Stunts
2013		Gangster Squad as Stunts

2012		The Dark Knight Rises as Stunts
2012		Men in Black 3 as Stunt Driver
2012		Journey 2: The Mysterious Island as Pilot

2011		Captain America: The First Avenger as Utility Stunts
2011		Horrible Bosses as Stunts

2010

Edge of Darkness as Stunts

2008		Role Models as Stunts
2008		Frost/Nixon as Stunt Coordinator
2008		Columbus Day as Stunts
2008		The Dark Knight as Stunts
2008		Get Smart as Stunt Driver
2008		Superhero Movie as Stunt Coordinator

2007		Charlie Wilson's War as Stunt Coordinator
2007		Ocean's Thirteen as Stunts
2007		Mission Zero as Stunt Driver

2006		Smokin' Aces as Stunts
2006		Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Stunt Coordinator
2006		The Prestige as Stunt Coordinator
2006		World Trade Center as Stunts
2006		Waist Deep as Stunt Driver
2006		Poseidon as Stunt Coordinator
2006		The Visitation as Stunts
2006		Date Movie as Stunts

2005		The Cutter as Stunts
2005		Elizabethtown as Stunts
2005		Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as Stunts
2005		Walk the Line as Stunt Coordinator
2005		Batman Begins as Stunts

2004		Meet the Fockers as Stunts
2004		Taxi as Stunt Driver
2004		Elvis Has Left the Building as Utility Stunts
2004		Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Stunt Coordinator
2004		The Whole Ten Yards as Stunt Coordinator

2003		Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Stunts
2003		Hulk as Stunts
2003		The Italian Job as Stunts
2003		Identity as Stunt Coordinator
2003		House of 1000 Corpses as Stunts
2003		The Core as Stunt Coordinator

2002		Men in Black II as Stunts
2002		Spider-Man as Stunts
2002		The Sweetest Thing as Stunt Coordinator
2002		Clockstoppers as Stunt Coordinator
2002		Showtime as Stunts
2002		John Q as Stunt Coordinator
2002		Orange County as Stunts

2001		Ocean's Eleven as Stunt Driver
2001		Extreme Days as Stunts
2001		Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as Stunts
2001		Lip Service as Stunt Coordinator
2001		The Animal as Stunts
2001		Blow as Stunt Coordinator
2001		Firetrap as Stunts

2000		Traffic as Stunts
2000		Dude, Where's My Car? as Stunts
2000		Brother as Stunts
2000		Mercy Streets as Stunts
2000		Luck of the Draw as Stunts
2000		Voodoo Dawn as Stunt Coordinator
2000		Erin Brockovich as Stunt Driver
2000		Scream 3 as Stunt Coordinator
2000		Hot Boyz as Stunts

1999		House on Haunted Hill as Stunts
1999		No Tomorrow as Stunts
1999		The Omega Code as Stunts
1999		Storm Catcher as Stunts
1999		Stigmata as Stunts
1999		Running Red as Stunt Coordinator
1999		Two Shades of Blue as Stunt Coordinator
1999		Angel's Dance as Stunts

1998		Star Trek: Insurrection as Stunts
1998		Star Trek: Insurrection as Stunt Coordinator
1998		Susan's Plan as Stunt Coordinator
1998		The Alarmist as Stunt Coordinator
1998		V.I.P. as Stunts
1998		Rush Hour as Stunts
1998		Judas Kiss as Stunts
1998		Finding Graceland as Stunt Coordinator
1998		BASEketball as Stunts
1998		Safe House as Stunts
1998		The Pentagon Wars as Stunt Coordinator

1997		Titanic as Stunts
1997		Steel Sharks as Stunts
1997		Kiss the Girls as Stunts
1997		L.A. Confidential as Stunts
1997		She's So Lovely as Stunts
1997		Air Force One as Stunts
1997		Buddy as Stunt Double
1997		The Corporate Ladder as Stunts
1997		Crash Dive as Stunts
1997		City of Industry as Stunts
1997		Just Write as Stunt Driver
1997		Strategic Command as Stunts

1996		Riot as Stunts
1996		Adrenalin: Fear the Rush as Stunts
1996		Set It Off as Stunts
1996		Pure Danger as Stunts
1996		Escape from L.A. as Stunts
1996		Independence Day as Stunts
1996		The Craft as Stunt Driver
1996		Broken Arrow as Stunts
1996		For Life or Death as Stunts

1995		Heat as Stunts
1995		Casino as Stunts
1995		Money Train as Stunts
1995		Rage as Stunts
1995		Last Man Standing as Stunts
1995		Black Scorpion as Stunts
1995		Jury Duty as Stunts
1995		3 Ninjas Knuckle Up as Stunts
1995		Sliders as Stunts
1995		Ballistic as Stunts
1995		Higher Learning as Stunts

1994		Twin Sitters as Stunts
1994		ER as Stunts
1994		Airheads as Stunts
1994		Beverly Hills Cop III as Stunt Coordinator
1994		The Crow as Stunts
1994		Out of Darkness as Stunts

1993		Diagnosis: Murder as Stunts
1993		Mirror Images II as Stunt Coordinator
1993		Cracker as Stunts
1993		The Good Son as Stunts
1993		Quick as Stunts
1993		Extreme Justice as Stunts
1993		Hot Shots! Part Deux as Stunts
1993		Street Knight as Stunt Coordinator
1993		Spies as Stunts
1993		Desire as Stunts

1992		Animal Instincts as Stunts
1992		The Presence as Stunt Coordinator
1992		The Water Engine as Stunts
1992		Rapid Fire as Stunts
1992		3 Ninjas as Stunt Coordinator
1992		Batman Returns as Stunts
1992		Boris and Natasha as Stunts
1992		Article 99 as Stunt Coordinator
1992		Mirror Images as Stunt Double
1992		A Gnome Named Gnorm as Stunts
1992		Iron Eagle III as Stunts

1991		Cool as Ice as Stunt Coordinator
1991		Night Eyes II as Stunts
1991		Chains of Gold as Stunt Coordinator
1991		Soldier's Fortune as Stunts
1991		Ultimate Desires as Stunts
1991		Night of the Warrior as Stunt Coordinator
1991		Night of the Warrior as Fight Choreographer
1991		An Inconvenient Woman as Stunts
1991		Oscar as Stunt Coordinator
1991		Hook as Stunts
1991		The Perfect Weapon as Stunt Coordinator
1991		Under Surveillance as Stunts

1990		Look Who's Talking Too as Stunt Coordinator
1990		The Great Los Angeles Earthquake as Stunts
1990		Mr. Destiny as Stunts
1990		The Rain Killer as Stunts
1990		Men at Work as Stunts
1990		Lionheart as Stunt Coordinator
1990		Lionheart as Stunt Double
1990		Pretty Woman as Stunt Double
1990		Pretty Woman as Stunt Coordinator
1990		Too Young to Die as Stunt Coordinator
1990		Internal Affairs as Stunts

1989		Alien Nation as Stunt Double
1989		Breaking Point as Stunt Coordinator
1989		The Abyss as Stunts
1989		Riding the Edge as Stunts
1989		The Experts as Stunt Double

1988		They Live as Stunts
1988		Elvira: Mistress of the Dark as Stunts
1988		Hero and the Terror as Stunts
1988		Journey to the Center of the Earth as Stunts
1988		Permanent Record as Stunts
1988		Bulletproof as Stunts
1988		The Night Before as Stunts

1987		Ironweed as Stunts
1987		The Hidden as Stunts
1987		Star Trek: The Next Generation as Stunts
1987		Back to the Beach as Stunt Double
1987		The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Stunts
1987		Steele Justice as Stunts
1987		Down Twisted as Stunts
1987		Assassination as Stunts

1986		Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold as Stunts
1986		Firewalker as Stunts
1986		Radioactive Dreams as Stunts
1986		Legal Eagles as Stunts
1986		The Naked Cage as Stunts
1986		Hollywood Vice Squad as Stunts
1986		The Best of Times as Stunts

1985		Savage Dawn as Stunts
1985		Perfect as Stunts

1984		Johnny Dangerously as Stunts
1984		The River as Stunts
1984		Meatballs: Part II as Stunts
1984		Time Bomb as Stunts
1984		Killpoint as Stunts

1983

WarGames as Stunts

1982

Fighting Back as Stunts

1981

Blow Out as Stunt Double

Directing

2016

Hands of Stone as Second Unit Director

2007

Charlie Wilson's War as Second Unit Director

2006

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Second Unit Director

2005

Cursed as Second Unit Director

2004

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Second Unit Director

2003

Identity as Second Unit Director

2002		The Sweetest Thing as Second Unit Director
2002		Clockstoppers as Second Unit Director

2000

Scream 3 as Second Unit Director

1999		Running Red as Second Unit Director
1999		Two Shades of Blue as Second Unit Director

1998

Finding Graceland as Second Unit Director

1996

Deadly Outbreak as Director

1995

The Expert as Director

1993

Street Knight as Second Unit Director

1991

Night of the Warrior as Second Unit Director