Wayne Michaels

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Wayne Michaels

Acting 67 January 22, 1959

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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…

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.9 1989 Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

7.3 1984 Movie
Batman

Batman

7.2 1989 Movie
Total Recall

Total Recall

7.3 1990 Movie
GoldenEye

GoldenEye

6.9 1995 Movie
Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

6.4 1997 Movie
Dune

Dune

6.2 1984 Movie
The Crying Game

The Crying Game

6.8 1992 Movie
Nightbreed

Nightbreed

6.4 1990 Movie
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

8.2 1984 TV Show
I Could Never Be Your Woman

I Could Never Be Your Woman

5.9 2007 Movie
Screen Two

Screen Two

7.1 1985 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2007
    I Could Never Be Your Woman

    Movie Stunt Coordinator

  2. 2006
    Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

    Movie

  3. 1997
    Tomorrow Never Dies

    Movie Stunts

  4. 1997
    Prince Valiant

    Movie Stunt Coordinator

  5. 1995
    Goldeneye: The Secret Files

    Movie Self

  6. 1995
    GoldenEye

    Movie Stunts

  7. 1995
    The World of James Bond

    Movie Self

  8. 1994
    Pie in the Sky

    TV show Stunt Coordinator

  9. 1992
    The Crying Game

    Movie Stunt Driver

  10. 1991
    Bottom

    TV show Party Guest

  11. 1990
    Total Recall

    Movie Stunts

  12. 1990
    Nightbreed

    Movie Stunts

  13. 1989
    Batman

    Movie Napier Hood

  14. 1989
    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    Movie German Agent (uncredited)

  15. 1988
    The Lady and the Highwayman

    Movie Rory

  16. 1988
    The Bourne Identity

    TV show Man in Elevator

More credits
  1. 1987
    East of Ipswich

    Movie Second biker

  2. 1986
    Lovejoy

    TV show Stunts

  3. 1985
    Dempsey and Makepeace

    TV show Ex-Paratrooper

  4. 1985
    Screen Two

    TV show Second Motorbiker

  5. 1984
    Dune

    Movie Stunts

  6. 1984
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Movie Stunts

  7. 1984
    Robin of Sherwood

    TV show Ailric of Loxley

  8. 1984
    Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer

    Movie Ailric of Loxley

  9. 1984
    Sherlock Holmes

    TV show Stunts

  10. 1981
    Bergerac

    TV show Ramsay