stuntman

/ ˈstʌntmən /

noun

1. a person who performs dangerous acts in a film, television programme, etc in place of an actor

Example Sentences

Separately Donald Shea, a Hollywood stuntman, and Gary Hinman, an acquaintance of the group, were killed by members of the Manson Family.

From BBC

He came to LA and he got offered to be a stuntman and was just kind of hanging around, was good on a horse and all the rest of it.

From Salon

Patterson directed and edited the video, which also features a horseback-riding stuntman who dives through a train window; and a near-death experience for David Guetta, after a contraption that was supposed to simulate tears malfunctioned while strapped to his face.

From BBC

The fedora was also worn by Ford's stunt-double in the 1984 film, Dean Ferrandini, and was sold with previously unpublished photos of the stuntman wearing the now-iconic costume on location.

From BBC

He could replay the shooting scene, the president said, but this time he would use a stuntman.

From Seattle Times

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