Doubled For
Doubled numerous actors over the years, here are few…
Adam Woodyatt – “Ian Beale” – Eastenders
Doubled for Adam Woodyatt for a few stunts including a fight wth “Phil” and being hit by a car.
The Stig – Guiness World Record
Please note that I am definitely not claiming to be the full time “Stig”, but I have doubled him on a couple of occasions with some specialist vehicles – For one of these Top Gear jobs I was involved in, I was working alongside Colin Furze, and I had a lot of involvement in helping “The Stig” achieve a Guinness World Record, for the World’s Fastest Bumper Car / Dodgem.
Angelina Jolie – “Lara Croft” – Tomb Raider II
Motorcycle riding double for the motorcycle sequence.
Tamzin Outhwaite – “Mel” – Eastenders
Driving double for Tamzin Outwaite, “Mel” for a rear cannon crash into a parked car.
Daniel Craig – Skyfall. Also in Enduring Love
For one precision driving sequence in Skyfall, driving double for Daniel Craig, as “Bond”, but please note that I was not the main stunt driving double – I only doubled him for this driving sequence of the Aston Martin DB5, as Bond travels up to Skyfall around mountain side roads.
Also Daniel Craig’s general stunt double in a film called Enduring Love, for the hot air balloon accident.
Andrew Scarborough – “Graham” – Emmerdale
Andrew Scarborough, “Graham”, stunt double for 5 episodes, including general stunts / fights and a car knock down onto bonnet and window screen, then car stops so I’m thrown down a bank, then roll off a 30ft cliff to boxes, then rugby tackle off a 12ft ledge. Also double for head on near miss.
Lee Mack – “Lee” – Not Going Out
Stunt double for Lee Mack – precision driving and pushing / riding a shopping trolley down a hill on a gravel path, with another double for “Lucy” in the trolley
Gary Lineker – Motorcycle Rider – Walkers Commercial
Filmed in Canary Wharf.
Adam Lambert – “Trucker” – Bohemian Rhapsody
Precision truck driving.
Matt Smith – “The Doctor” – Doctor Who
Motorcycle riding double in Central London.
Chris Evans – “Captain America Motorcycle Jumps” – Captain America, The First Avenger
Double Captain America for all the motorcycle jumps.
Danny Dyer – “Mick” -Eastenders
Driving BMW at speed on waste land.
Steve McFadden – “Phil Mitchell” – Eastenders
Car and digger driving double for “Phil”.
Robson Green – “Geordie Keating” – Grantchester
Driving double for near miss.
Carl Rice – “Ronnie” – Brassic
Ice cream van driving double for Carl Rice, “Ronnie”, for T-bone into stationary police car.
Ewan McGregor – “Ian Rider” – Stormbreaker. Also on The Jonathan Ross Show
On Stormbreaker, motorcycle riding double for motorcycle chase sequence, ending in a motorcycle lay down crash.
Also on The Jonathan Ross Show, the motorcycle riding double for Ewan McGregor to jump over Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Alan Partridge.
Eric Sykes – “Ted” – The Bill
Doubled the late Eric Sykes in an episode of The Bill.
Burt Reynolds – “Jefferson Steel” – A Bunch of Amateurs
Stunt Double for Burt Reynolds, “Jefferson Steel”, in A Bunch of Amateurs for the driving sequence.
Ben Miller – “Bough” – Johnny English 1 and 3
General stunt double for Bough on Johnny English 3 with my friend Ben Dimmock as the double for Rowan Atkinson. In the first Johnny English I drove the enforcement truck for a number of the enforcement truck sequences.
Andy Nyman – “The Tumor” – Kick Arse 2
One of the doubles for “The Tumor” driving the van.
Shaun Evans – “Endeavour Morse” – Endeavour
Precision driving, driving double for Shaun Evans, “Endeavour” for 1 episode.
Linda Kerr Scott – “Granny Slippers” – Brum and The Stunt Bike Rescue
Motorcycle Stunt double for Linda Kerr Scott, “Granny Slippers” and also for Christian Dixon, “Max Speed”. For Jumps, wheelies and a crash.
Daniel MacPherson – “P.C. Cameron Tait” – The Bill
Stunt double for Daniel MacPherson, running into Thames, swimming under water to rescue people in sunken car.
Anthony Quinlan – “Pete” – Emmerdale
Anthony Quinlan, “Pete” enduro motorcycle riding double, enduro / motocross jumping and a chase, finishing with jumping off a cliff edge into water with the motorcycle. Also “Pete” double, hanging upside down from the top of a viaduct.
Rupert Grint – “Ron Weasley” – Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows
Double for Ron Weasley, being chased by the “Snatchers” in the woods. Note that I was not the main double, and this was only for this one second unit sequence for a couple of weeks filming.
Brady Corbet – “Alan Tracy” – Thunderbirds
Stunt double for Brady Corbet, “Alan Tracy” on Thunderbirds.
Matt Bardock – “Davey” – The Coroner
Motorcycle riding double for Matt Bardock, “Davey” in a chase across across beach also jumping the motocross bike.
Aidan Gillen – “Bloom” – Identity
Precision car driving double for Aidan Gillen, “Bloom”.
Keeley Hawaes- “Smith” – Identity
Precision car driving driving for Keeley Hawes, “DSI Martha Lawson” in Identity.
Rob Lowe – “Bill Hixon” – Wild Bill
Driving double for Rob Lowe, “Bill Hixon”.
Craig Ferguson – “Paul” I’ll Be There
Precision motorcycle riding double and Crash through window for Craig Ferguson, “Paul”. Also wheelies and riding up some stairs.
Colin Firth – “Mark” – Born Equal
Precision driving double for Colin Firth on the Film, Born Equal for a near miss with Robert Carlisle who runs into the road.
Mike Vogel – “Ian Stone” – The Deaths of Ian Stone
Car driving head on near miss, jerk backs and general stunts.
Michael Feast – “Gray” – The Deaths of Ian Stone
Dragged through a grate.
Phil Davis – “Mick” – Silent Witness
Precision van driving double, crashing past a parked car then into a caravan.
James Nesbitt – “Tommy Murphy” – Murphy’s Law
Stunt double for stair fall.
Jamie Rednapp – “Banger Racer” – A League of Their Own
Banger racing double for specific insert stunts.
Bob Barrett – “Sacha” – Casualty
Car cannon crash.
Danny Miller – “Arran” – Emmerdale
Precision car driving, hand braking etc.
Jonathan Wrather – “Pierce” – Emmerdale
Precision car driving.
Simon Callow -“Henry” – The Rebel
Precision scooter rider for near miss with a car head on.
Vinzenz Kiefer – “Ray” – Bulletproof
Motorcycle laydown crash.
Marc Warren – for different two characters, in SAFE and the film, Al’s Lads
Precision driving in SAFE and boxing double in Al’s Lads.
Brian Vernel – for two different characters in The Tunnel and in Collateral
Passenger for car crash t-bone in The Tunnel and precision moped rider in Collateral.
John Marquez – “PC Penhale” – Doc Martin
Precision Land Rover driver.
Derek Jacobi – for two different characters in The Last Tango in Halifax and in the film, A Bunch of Amateurs
General stunt double.
Nick Pickard – “Tony” – Hollyoaks
60ft jump from a ship into the sea.
“James Nesbit” – Murphy’s Law
For stair fall.
Hugo Speer – The Debt
Crash into road works.
Linda Kerr Scott – “Granny Slippers” -Brum
Motocross riding including a jump and crash in straw bales.
Nigel Havers – The Gentleman Thief
General stunt double, and precision driver for head on near miss.
Jack Dee – Street Life – (Never Aired on TV!)
General stunt double and scooter rider for crash into a fountain.
Max Beesley – The Broker’s Man
Motocross riding stunt double.
AND MANY MORE…
