2.8Acting

Wayne Michaels

Jan 22, 1959 - Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1987East of IpswichSecond biker
Movie1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeGerman Agent (uncredited)
Movie1989BatmanNapier Hood
Movie1988The Lady and the HighwaymanRory
Movie1995The World of James Bond
Movie2006Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Movie1995Goldeneye: The Secret FilesSelf
Movie1984Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the SorcererAilric of Loxley
TV Show1981BergeracRamsay1
TV Show1991Bottom1
TV Show1984Robin of SherwoodAilric of Loxley1
TV Show1985Dempsey and MakepeaceEx-Paratrooper2
TV Show1985Dempsey and MakepeacePoliceman1
TV Show1988The Bourne IdentityMan in Elevator1

Crew

Media
Movie1992The Crying GameStunt DriverCrew
Movie1984DuneStuntsCrew
Movie1995GoldenEyeStuntsCrew
Movie1997Tomorrow Never DiesStuntsCrew
Movie1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomStuntsCrew
Movie1990Total RecallStuntsCrew
Movie1990NightbreedStuntsCrew
Movie1990NightbreedStunt CoordinatorCrew
Movie2007I Could Never Be Your WomanStunt CoordinatorCrew
Movie1997Prince ValiantStunt CoordinatorCrew
TV Show1988The Bourne IdentityStuntsCrew
TV Show1984Robin of SherwoodStuntsCrew
TV Show1984Sherlock HolmesStuntsCrew
TV Show1994Pie in the SkyStunt CoordinatorCrew
TV Show1986LovejoyStuntsCrew