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A stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunt
Stunt

A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre, or film....
s, often as a career.

These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be. There is an inherent risk in the performance of all stunt work in film, television and stage work. Daredevil performers are distinct from stunt performers and stunt double
Stunt double

A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous Sequence , in movies and television , and for other sophisticated stunts ....
s, as they perform their stunts purely for the sake of the stunt itself, often before an audience for their entertainment and personal monetary gain for the event, while a stunt performer, or stunt double typically performs stunts intended for use in a motion picture
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
s or dramatized television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 (although one person could certainly be both, as was the case with Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini was a Jewish Hungarian-American magic and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists....
, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan, Silver Bauhinia Star, Member of the Order of the British Empire is an actor, Stage combat, film director, film producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer from Hong Kong....
, Tony Jaa
Tony Jaa

Tatchakorn Yeerum...
, and others).






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A stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunt
Stunt

A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre, or film....
s, often as a career.

These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be. There is an inherent risk in the performance of all stunt work in film, television and stage work. Daredevil performers are distinct from stunt performers and stunt double
Stunt double

A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous Sequence , in movies and television , and for other sophisticated stunts ....
s, as they perform their stunts purely for the sake of the stunt itself, often before an audience for their entertainment and personal monetary gain for the event, while a stunt performer, or stunt double typically performs stunts intended for use in a motion picture
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
s or dramatized television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 (although one person could certainly be both, as was the case with Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini was a Jewish Hungarian-American magic and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists....
, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan, Silver Bauhinia Star, Member of the Order of the British Empire is an actor, Stage combat, film director, film producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer from Hong Kong....
, Tony Jaa
Tony Jaa

Tatchakorn Yeerum...
, and others). Stunt performers and stunt doubles are generally skilled at performing physical action in character for film and television.

See also

  • Stunt actor
    Stunt actor

    A Stunt actor or Stunt actress is a person who both plays an essential acting Role and actively perform his or her own physical demanding stunts in a film or television, typically in the action genre....
  • Pyrotechnician
    Pyrotechnician

    A pyrotechnician is an individual responsible for the safe storage, handling, and functioning of pyrotechnics and pyrotechnic devices. Although the term is generally used in reference to individuals who operate pyrotechnics in the entertainment industry, it can include all individuals who regularly handle explosives....
  • Second unit
    Second unit

    In film, the second unit is a team that shoots footage which is of lesser importance for the final motion picture, as opposed to the first unit, which shoots all scenes involving actors, or at least the stars of the film....
  • Special effect
    Special effect

    The illusions used in the film, television, theater, or entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called special effects ....
  • Street stunts
  • Stunt
    Stunt

    A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre, or film....
  • Stunt coordinator
    Stunt coordinator

    A stunt coordinator, usually an experienced stunt performer, is hired by a TV, film or theatre director or production company to arrange the casting and performance of stunts for a film, television programme or a live audience....
  • Trickster
    Tricking

    Tricking is the informal name of a relatively new underground alternative sport movement, combining martial arts, gymnastics, breakdancing and other activities to create an "aesthetic blend of flips, kicks, and twists." Tricking incorporates a variety of moves from different arts such as the backflip from gymnastics, 540 Kick from Taekwondo,...