Rick Avery

Rick Avery is an American stuntman, stunt coordinator, actor, director and author.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4] He is also notable for having doubled for Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Gere and John Travolta.^[5]

Rick Avery
Born	New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Stuntman, actor, director
Years active	1980–present
Known for	acting, authoring, movie directing

Rick is the author of his memoir, A Life at Risk.^[6]

Life and career

Rick was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, and a Santa Barbara Metro Police Officer.^[7] He has three children; Dianne, Brian, and Mike, his sons also work as stunt performers.^[2] He is also a four-time master's world boxing champion.^[8]

Rick's directorial credits include The Expert and Deadly Outbreak, both released in 1995.^[9][10] His acting credits include Heat, Edge of Darkness, Ant-Man and Hands of Stone.^[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Stunts	Second unit director	Director
1989	L.A. Takedown	Yes	No	Michael Mann
1990	Men at Work	Yes	No	Emilio Estevez
1991	Night of the Warrior	Yes	Yes	Rafal Zielinski
1992	Batman Returns	Yes	No	Tim Burton
1993	Street Knight	Yes	Yes	Albert Magnoli
	Hot Shots! Part Deux	Yes	No	Jim Abrahams
	Killing Zoe	Yes	No	Roger Avery
1994	The Crow	Yes	No	Alex Proyas
	Beverly Hills Cop III	Yes	No	John Landis
1995	Casino	Yes	No	Martin Scorsese
	Money Train	Yes	No	Joseph Ruben
	Heat	Yes	No	Michael Mann
1996	Independence Day	Yes	No	Roland Emmerich
	Escape from L.A.	Yes	No	John Carpenter
1997	L.A. Confidential	Yes	No	Curtis Hanson
	Titanic	Yes	No	James Cameron
1998	BASEketball	Yes	No	David Zucker
	Blues Brothers 2000	Yes	No	John Landis
	Finding Graceland	Yes	Yes	David Winkler
1999	Two Shades of Blue	Yes	Yes	James D. Deck
2000	Scream 3	Yes	Yes	Wes Craven
	Traffic	Yes	No	Steven Soderbergh
	Erin Brockovich	Yes	No
	Dude, Where's My Car?	Yes	No	Danny Leiner
2001	Ocean's Eleven	Yes	No	Steven Soderbergh
	The Animal	Yes	No	Luke Greenfield
2002	Clockstoppers	Yes	Yes	Jonathan Frakes
	Orange County	Yes	No	Jake Kasdan
	The Sweetest Thing	Yes	Yes	Roger Kumble
	John Q.	Yes	No	Nick Cassavetes
2003	Identity	Yes	Yes	James Mangold
	The Italian Job	Yes	No	F. Gary Gray
2004	Taxi	Yes	No	Tim Story
	Meet The Fockers	Yes	No	Jay Roach
	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Yes	Yes	Adam McKay
	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Yes	Yes
	The Whole Ten Yards	Yes	No	Howard Deutch
2005	Batman Begins	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
	Cursed	No	Yes	Wes Craven
	Walk the Line	Yes	No	James Mangold
	Elizabethtown	Yes	No	Cameron Crowe
2006	Date Movie	Yes	No	Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
	World Trade Center	Yes	No	Oliver Stone
	Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny	Yes	Yes	Liam Lynch
	The Prestige	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
	Smokin' Aces	Yes	No	Joe Carnahan
2007	Charlie Wilson's War	Yes	Yes	Mike Nichols
	Ocean's Thirteen	Yes	No	Steven Soderbergh
2008	Superhero Movie	Yes	No	Craig Mazin
	Get Smart	Yes	No	Peter Segal
	The Dark Knight	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
	Frost/Nixon	Yes	No	Ron Howard
2010	Edge of Darkness	Yes	No	Martin Campbell
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Yes	No	Joe Johnston
2012	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Yes	No	Brad Peyton
	Men in Black 3	Yes	No	Barry Sonnenfeld
	The Dark Knight Rises	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
2013	Gangster Squad	Yes	No	Ruben Fleischer
2014	American Sniper	Yes	No	Clint Eastwood
2015	Ant-Man	Yes	No	Peyton Reed
2016	Hands of Stone	Yes	Yes	Jonathan Jakubowicz
2017	Dunkirk	Yes	No	Christopher Nolan
2018	Bumblebee	Yes	No	Travis Knight

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work
2001	Won	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Traffic
2009	Won	Screen Actors Guild Award	SAG Award for Best Stunt Ensemble[12]	The Dark Knight
2009	Won	Taurus World Stunt Awards	Best Work With a Vehicle[13]	The Dark Knight

References

1. "Hollywood Stunt-Superstar Rick Avery Pens New Book". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Rick Avery gives crash course on stunt work to 'Top Gear' star". Los Angeles Times. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Rick Avery". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. "Hollywood Stunt-Superstar Rick Avery's New Book from Gilderoy Publishing Now Available". PRWeb. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
5. "Celebrities' stunt doubles who spoiled the illusion for us". worldation.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
6. "Rick Avery A Life At Risk". martialartsentertainment.com. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
7. "Al Kasik Interviews". usar.army.mil. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
8. "FINAL RESULTS". mastersboxing.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
9. "The Expert". parkcircus.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
10. "Deadly Outbreak". variety.com. 5 January 1997. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
11. "Review: Edge of Darkness". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
12. "Screen Actors Guild Award Winners..." Deadline Hollywood. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
13. "2009 taurus world stunt awards - Winners & Nominees". taurusworldstuntawards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

External links

• Rick Avery at IMDb
• Official website