Mic Rodgers

Michael G. “Mic” Rodgers (born 1954) is an American film and commercial director, second unit director, stunt coordinator, and stunt performer. As a stunt performer, he is known for serving as a stunt double for actors such as Mel Gibson. He has also served as a second unit action director and/or stunt coordinator for films such as Braveheart, The Fast and The Furious, and Twister. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, he won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2002 for his invention of the “Mic Rig,” a stunt vehicle. He has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work on Hacksaw Ridge and two Taurus World Stunt awards.

Career In the 1970s and 1980s, Rodgers worked as a stunt performer on television series such as Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, and Airwolf. He also played minor roles on productions such as the aforementioned Airwolf.

In the 1980s, Rodgers also began doubling for Mel Gibson on projects such as Lethal Weapon. He went on to double for Gibson for 25 years on projects including Braveheart and Maverick.

Rodgers was a second unit director and a stunt coordinator for the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious. During the production of The Fast and the Furious, Rodgers developed a vehicle named the “Mic Rig” in collaboration with special effects coordinator Matt Sweeney and the rest of the film's special effects department.

Rodgers received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2002 for his efforts designing the vehicle. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Wanted.

Rodgers served as the stunt coordinator for the 2012 film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, training the film's star Benjamin Walker to perform the film's choreography.

In the 2010s, he continued working as a second unit director and stunt coordinator for films such as the 2015 remake of Point Break, Hacksaw Ridge, He would win a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance By a Stunt Ensemble for his work on Hacksaw Ridge in 2017. He also won another Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director for Hacksaw Ridge. and Sons of Anarchy.

He was a long time member of the stunt organization Stunts Unlimited, leaving it to become one of the original members of Brand X Stunts.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Director / Producer

Second-unit director / Stunt coordinator

Year Title Stunts Second unit director Director Notes 1980 Resurrection Daniel Petrie 1984 Cannonball Run II Hal Needham Beverly Hills Cop Martin Brest 2010: The Year We Make Contact Peter Hyams 1987 Lethal Weapon Richard Donner 1988 World Gone Wild Lee H. Katzin Rambo 3 Peter MacDonald Dead Bang John Frankenheimer Scrooged Richard Donner Tequila Sunrise Robert Towne1989 Lethal Weapon 2 Richard Donner Tales from the Crypt Various TV series 1990 Shannon's Deal Various TV series 1991 Dollman Albert Pyun Video Bird on a Wire John Badham For the Boys Mark Rydell 1992 Year of the Comet Peter Yates Radio Flyer Richard Donner 1993 Arcade Albert PyunVideo Lethal Weapon 3 Richard Donner Point of No Return John Badham 1994 Intersection Mark Rydell Maverick Richard Donner 1995 Braveheart Mel Gibson Virtuosity Brett Leonard Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Geoff Murphy 1996 Fled Kevin Hooks The Rock Michael Bay Ransom Ron Howard Twister Jan De Bont 1997 Nothing to Lose Steve Oedekerk Mouse Hunt Adam Rifkin Batman & Robin Joel Schumacher Volcano Mick Jackson 1998 Lethal Weapon 4 Richard Donner Species II Peter Medak Godzilla Roland Emmerich 1999 Payback Brian Helgeland 2000 The Patriot Roland Emmerich 2001 The Fast and the Furious Rob Cohen Texas Rangers Steve Miner James Dean Mark Rydell TV movie The Last Castle Rod Lurie 2003 Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle McG 2004 Catch That Kid Bart Freundlich Taking Lives D.J. Caruso National Treasure Jon Turteltaub 2005 Sin City Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller XXX: State of the Union Lee Tamahori Mr. and Mrs. Smith Doug Liman Zathura: A Space Adventure Jon Favreau 2006 Apocalypto Mel Gibson Southland Tales Richard Kelly Payback: Straight Up Brian Helgeland Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Liam Lynch 2007 Superbad Greg Mottola 2008 The Eye David Moreau and Xavier Palud New Mexico Wanted Timur Bekmambetov Iron Man Jon Favreau 2009 Fast & Furious Justin Lin Fighting Dito Montiel The Final Destination David R. Ellis 2010 Iron Man 2 Jon Favreau 2011 Straw Dogs Rod Lurie 2012 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Timur Bekmambetov Civil War Unit Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino 2013 A Good Day to Die Hard John Moore Snitch Ric Roman Waugh The Lone Ranger Gore Verbinski Thor: The Dark World Alan Taylor 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Anthony and Joe Russo Transformers: Age of Extinction Michael Bay 2015 The Boy Next Door Rob Cohen Point Break Ericson Core 2016 Hacksaw Ridge Mel Gibson The Magnificent Seven Antoine Fuqua Blood Father Jean-François Richet For additional photography 2018 12 Strong Nicolai Fuglsig 2023 Surrounded Anthony Mandler 2024 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Mark Molloy

Stunt Performer

Actor