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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-01-22 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Wayne Michaels

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2006

1995

1991

1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as German Agent (uncredited)
Batman as Napier Hood

1988

The Bourne Identity as Man in Elevator

1987

East of Ipswich as Second biker

1985

Dempsey and Makepeace as Ex-Paratrooper

1984

Robin of Sherwood as Ailric of Loxley

1981

Bergerac as Ramsay

Crew

2007

I Could Never Be Your Woman as Stunt Coordinator

1997

Prince Valiant as Stunt Coordinator

1995

GoldenEye as Stunts

1994

Pie in the Sky as Stunt Coordinator

1992

The Crying Game as Stunt Driver

1990

Total Recall as Stunts
Nightbreed as Stunt Coordinator
Nightbreed as Stunts

1988

1986

Lovejoy as Stunts