Person Details
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Aliases: Wayne David Michaels , Wayne D. Michaels
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 14
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
Biography
Wayne David Michaels (born 22 January 1959 in Blackpool) is an English stuntman and stunt arranger. Michaels attended Millfield School from 1972 to 1977. He is married to Tracey Eddon since 1990 and have one child.He performed the bungee jump in the opening scenes in the James Bond film GoldenEye. The opening 220 m bungee jump, shot at the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland, was voted the best movie stunt of all time as of 2002 and set a record for the highest bungee jump off a fixed structure. Apart from his work on a number of James Bond films, he has performed stunts on more than 60 British and international film and television projects during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s.
Most Famous Work
Pie in the Sky
(1994) Stunt CoordinatorSherlock Holmes
(1984) StuntsRobin of Sherwood
(1984) StuntsTotal Recall
(1990) StuntsDune
(1984) StuntsIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(1984) StuntsLovejoy
(1986) StuntsGoldenEye
(1995) StuntsActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 1991 | N/A | |
| 1990 | Rory | |
| 1989 | Napier Hood | |
| German Agent (uncredited) | ||
| 1988 | Man in elevator | |
| 1987 | Second biker | |
| 1985 | Ex-Paratrooper | |
| Policeman | ||
| 1984 | Ailric of Loxley | |
| Ailric of Loxley | ||
| 1981 | Ramsay | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Stunt Coordinator | |
| 1997 | Stunts | |
| 1995 | Stunts | |
| 1994 | Stunt Coordinator | |
| 1992 | Stunt Driver | |
| 1990 | Stunts | |
| Stunts | ||
| Stunt Coordinator | ||
| 1988 | Stunts | |
| 1986 | Stunts | |
| 1984 | Stunts | |
| Stunts | ||
| Stunts | ||
| Stunts | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |