Scott Leva is a Academy Award-winning stuntman and stunt coordinator who entered stuntwork in the 1970s.
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Leva in 2006 |
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Spider-Man
In 1985, Scott was tapped by Cannon Films & Joseph Zito (who was the 2nd director to replace Tobe Hooper as being the first director attached for Spider-Man) to play Spider-Man in their adaptation of the comics. He was also the actor on the first photographic cover of a Spider-Man comic book, appearing as Peter Parker, half-way in costume, on The Amazing Spider-Man, #262 (cover date March 1985). He can be seen in costume as Spider-Man, on the blooper reel for the 2000 film X-Men, on which he served as a stunt-coordinator.
Safety equipment designer
After a friend died doing a high fall, Scott started to tinker with the standard airbags used by stunt performers and eventually designed an airbag with a different structure. The older airbags had a tendency to throw a stunt performer if they didn't hit the bag perfectly, the new bag uses a different arrangements of air bladders and a less slippery top layer to help the performer to stay on the bag. He was awarded a Science and Technical Oscar for this design.
- 2003 World Stunt Awards Nominated for Best High Work for a 125-foot fall onto the top of a car on Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever
- 2003 World Stunt Awards Nominated for Best Overall Stunt Performer as stunt coordinator on Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever
- 2006 Academy Awards Science and Technical Oscar for his design of a safer air bag for high fall stunt work
Stunts or Stunt Coordinator
Actor
Film
- The Toxic Avenger (1984, as policeman, uncredited)
- Invaders from Mars (1986, as Marine officer)
- The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989, as the Dark Rider, uncredited)
- Sweet Justice (1993, as River Goon)
- Private Wars (1993, as Mrs. Dominick's Son)
- Stranger by Night (1994, as Bobby's Father, (flashbacks), uncredited)
- To the Limit (1995, as Carlo)
- Back to Back (1996, as Officer Williams)
- Monkey Business (1998, as Bankrobber 1
- The Base (1999, as Front Gate MP #1)
- X-Men, (2000, as Waterboy #2)
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, (2002, as Lone Sniper)
- Red Eye, (2005, as Keefe's Bodyguard)
- Changeling (2008, as Mountie)
Television
- Dynasty (1983, 1 episode, as waiter)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989, Episode: Unnatural Selection, as Command Division Officer)
- Santa Barbara (1991, 1 episode, as Thug No. 1)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996, Episode: To the Death, as Ramirez, uncredited)
- Star Trek: Voyager (1996, Episode: Remember, as Fredick, uncredited)
- Diagnosis: Murder (1996, Episode: A Model Murder, as Ray Donovan)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997, Episode: Sex, Lies and Videotape, as Thug)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997, Episode: Soldiers of the Empire, as Ortakin)
- Nash Bridges (1999, Episode: Power Play, as Mobster 2)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999, Episode: What You Leave Behind, as Jem'Hadar Guard, uncredited)
- Relic Hunter (1999, Episode: Transformation, as Tough Hombre #1)
- The Sarah Silverman Program (2010, Episode: A Slip Slope, as Fireman #4)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Ritual (2001/I) (second unit director)
- Pilgrim (2000) (second unit director)
- If Dog Rabbit (1999) (second unit director)
- The Heist (1999) (second unit director)
- Southern Cross (1999) (second unit director)
- The Outsider (1998) (TV) (second unit director)
- Mars (1998) (second unit director)
- Acts of Betrayal (1997) (second unit director)
- Mercenary (1997) (TV) (second unit director)
- The Journey: Absolution (1997) (second unit director)
- Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1997) (TV) (second unit director)
Director
- The Greatest Show Ever (2007) (TV)