Rick Avery

Rick Avery is an American stuntman, stunt coordinator, actor, director and author. He has worked on more than 400 films and television projects, including The Crow, The Prestige, The Dark Knight Rises, Gangster Squad, and American Sniper. He is also notable for having doubled for Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Gere and John Travolta.

Rick is the author of his memoir, A Life at Risk.

Life and career Rick was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, and a Santa Barbara Metro Police Officer. He has three children; Dianne, Brian, and Mike, his sons also work as stunt performers.

Rick's directorial credits include The Expert and Deadly Outbreak, both released in 1995. His acting credits include Heat, Edge of Darkness, Ant-Man and Hands of Stone.

Filmography Year Title Stunts Second unit director Director 1989 L.A. Takedown Michael Mann 1990 Men at Work Emilio Estevez 1991 Night of the Warrior Rafal Zielinski 1992 Batman Returns Tim Burton 1993 Street Knight Albert Magnoli Hot Shots! Part Deux Jim Abrahams Killing Zoe Roger Avery 1994 The Crow Alex Proyas Beverly Hills Cop III John Landis 1995 Casino Martin Scorsese Money Train Joseph Ruben Heat Michael Mann 1996 Independence Day Roland Emmerich Escape from L.A. John Carpenter 1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson Titanic James Cameron 1998 BASEketball David Zucker Blues Brothers 2000 John Landis Finding Graceland David Winkler 1999 Two Shades of Blue James D. Deck 2000 Scream 3 Wes Craven Traffic Steven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich Dude, Where's My Car? Danny Leiner 2001 Ocean's Eleven Steven Soderbergh The Animal Luke Greenfield 2002 Clockstoppers Jonathan Frakes Orange County Jake Kasdan The Sweetest Thing Roger Kumble John Q. Nick Cassavetes 2003 Identity James Mangold The Italian Job F. Gary Gray 2004 Taxi Tim Story Meet the Fockers Jay Roach Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Adam McKay Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie The Whole Ten Yards Howard Deutch 2005 Batman Begins Christopher Nolan Cursed Wes Craven Walk the Line James Mangold Elizabethtown Cameron Crowe 2006 Date Movie Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer World Trade Center Oliver Stone Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Liam Lynch The Prestige Christopher Nolan Smokin' Aces Joe Carnahan 2007 Charlie Wilson's War Mike Nichols Ocean's Thirteen Steven Soderbergh 2008 Superhero Movie Craig Mazin Get Smart Peter Segal The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan Frost/Nixon Ron Howard 2010 Edge of Darkness Martin Campbell 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Joe Johnston 2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Brad Peyton Men in Black 3 Barry Sonnenfeld The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan 2013 Gangster Squad Ruben Fleischer 2014 American Sniper Clint Eastwood 2015 Ant-Man Peyton Reed 2016 Hands of Stone Jonathan Jakubowicz 2017 Dunkirk Christopher Nolan 2018 Bumblebee Travis Knight

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