Rick Avery

New York City, New York, USA

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.

Top 10 collaborators

60 collaborations (as Stunt Coordinator; Stunt Double; Stunts)

29 collaborations (as Stunt Coordinator; Stunt Double; Stunt Driver; Stunts)

25 collaborations (as Stunt Double; Stunt Driver; Stunts; Utility Stunts)

24 collaborations (as Stunt Coordinator; Stunt Double; Stunt Driver; Stunts)

22 collaborations (as Second Unit Director; Stunt Coordinator; Stunts)

20 collaborations (as Second Unit Director; Stunt Coordinator; Stunt Double; Stunts)

20 collaborations (as ADR Voice Casting)

19 collaborations (as Second Unit Director; Stunt Coordinator; Stunt Driver; Stunts)

Mark De Alessandro

18 collaborations (as Stunts)

18 collaborations (as Stunts; Utility Stunts)

Roles

Match

Hands of Stone (2016)

Helicopter Pilot

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Columbus Day (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Masked Thug (uncredited)

The Cutter (2005)

Batman Begins (2005)

Gotham Car Cop (uncredited)

Men in Black II (2002)

Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Spider-Man (2002)

Cop (uncredited)

DEA Agent - Public Storage

What Planet Are You From? (2000)

Airlane Passenger (uncredited)

Two Shades of Blue (1999)

The Stupids (1996)

For Life or Death (1996)

Shadow Monk Fighter

Armored Guard #2

Police Radio Operator

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995)

Cowboy Thug Fighting Grandpa at Indian Ceremony (uncredited)

Scanners: The Showdown (1995)

Higher Learning (1995)

Guard Beats Malik

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Innocent Blood (1992)

3 Ninjas (1992)

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Vendetti's Driver

Look Who's Talking Too (1990)

L.A. Takedown (1989)

Bank Teller (uncredited)

The Blob (1988)

Soldier With Cracked Faceplate

Out of Time (1988)

Motorcycle Officer

Back to the Beach (1987)

Surfers & Punks

Armed and Dangerous (1986)

The Naked Cage (1986)

Security Officer

Crew

Weathering (2023)

Stunt Coordinator

A Lot of Nothing (2023)

Stunt Coordinator

White Noise (2022)

Starkeisha (2022)

Stunt Coordinator

The Comeback Trail (2020)

The War with Grandpa (2020)

The Laundromat (2019)

Bumblebee (2018)

Hands of Stone (2016)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

Dirty Grandpa (2016)

The Intern (2015)

American Sniper (2014)

Grudge Match (2013)

R.I.P.D. (2013)

Killing Season (2013)

Gangster Squad (2013)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Men in Black 3 (2012)

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Horrible Bosses (2011)

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Role Models (2008)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Stunt Coordinator

Columbus Day (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Get Smart (2008)

Superhero Movie (2008)

Stunt Coordinator

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Mission Zero (2007)

Smokin' Aces (2006)

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

The Prestige (2006)

Stunt Coordinator

World Trade Center (2006)

Waist Deep (2006)

Poseidon (2006)

Stunt Coordinator

The Visitation (2006)

Date Movie (2006)

The Cutter (2005)

Elizabethtown (2005)

Walk the Line (2005)

Stunt Coordinator

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Batman Begins (2005)

Second Unit Director

Meet the Fockers (2004)

Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

Stunt Coordinator

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

The Italian Job (2003)

Identity (2003)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

The Core (2003)

Stunt Coordinator

Men in Black II (2002)

Spider-Man (2002)

The Sweetest Thing (2002)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

Clockstoppers (2002)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

Showtime (2002)

Stunt Coordinator

Orange County (2002)

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Extreme Days (2001)

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)

Lip Service (2001)

Stunt Coordinator

The Animal (2001)

Stunt Coordinator

Firetrap (2001)

Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

Mercy Streets (2000)

Luck of the Draw (2000)

Voodoo Dawn (2000)

Stunt Coordinator

Erin Brockovich (2000)

Scream 3 (2000)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

Hot Boyz (2000)

House on Haunted Hill (1999)

No Tomorrow (1999)

Storm Catcher (1999)

Stigmata (1999)

Running Red (1999)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

Two Shades of Blue (1999)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

Angel's Dance (1999)

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Stunts | Stunt Coordinator

The Alarmist (1998)

Stunt Coordinator

Rush Hour (1998)

Judas Kiss (1998)

Finding Graceland (1998)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

BASEketball (1998)

Safe House (1998)

The Pentagon Wars (1998)

Stunt Coordinator

Steel Sharks (1997)

Kiss the Girls (1997)

L.A. Confidential (1997)

She's So Lovely (1997)

Air Force One (1997)

The Corporate Ladder (1997)

Crash Dive (1997)

City of Industry (1997)

Just Write (1997)

Strategic Command (1997)

Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)

Set It Off (1996)

Pure Danger (1996)

Escape from L.A. (1996)

Independence Day (1996)

The Craft (1996)

Deadly Outbreak (1996)

Broken Arrow (1996)

For Life or Death (1996)

Money Train (1995)

Last Man Standing (1995)

Black Scorpion (1995)

The Expert (1995)

Jury Duty (1995)

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995)

Ballistic (1995)

Higher Learning (1995)

Twin Sitters (1994)

Airheads (1994)

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Stunt Coordinator

The Crow (1994)

Out of Darkness (1994)

Mirror Images II (1993)

Stunt Coordinator

The Good Son (1993)

Extreme Justice (1993)

Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)

Street Knight (1993)

Stunt Coordinator | Second Unit Director

Animal Instincts (1992)

The Presence (1992)

Stunt Coordinator

The Water Engine (1992)

Rapid Fire (1992)

3 Ninjas (1992)

Stunt Coordinator

Batman Returns (1992)

Boris and Natasha (1992)

Article 99 (1992)

Stunt Coordinator

Mirror Images (1992)

Iron Eagle III (1992)

Cool as Ice (1991)

Stunt Coordinator

Night Eyes II (1991)

Chains of Gold (1991)

Stunt Coordinator

Soldier's Fortune (1991)

Ultimate Desires (1991)

Night of the Warrior (1991)

Second Unit Director | Stunt Coordinator | Fight Choreographer

Stunt Coordinator

The Perfect Weapon (1991)

Stunt Coordinator

Under Surveillance (1991)

Look Who's Talking Too (1990)

Stunt Coordinator

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)

Mr. Destiny (1990)

The Rain Killer (1990)

Men at Work (1990)

Lionheart (1990)

Stunt Coordinator | Stunt Double

Pretty Woman (1990)

Stunt Coordinator | Stunt Double

Too Young to Die (1990)

Stunt Coordinator

A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990)

Internal Affairs (1990)

Alien Nation (1989)

Breaking Point (1989)

Stunt Coordinator

The Abyss (1989)

Riding the Edge (1989)

The Experts (1989)

They Live (1988)

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

Hero and the Terror (1988)

Permanent Record (1988)

Bulletproof (1988)

The Night Before (1988)

Ironweed (1987)

The Hidden (1987)

Back to the Beach (1987)

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987)

Steele Justice (1987)

Down Twisted (1987)

Assassination (1987)

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)

Firewalker (1986)

Radioactive Dreams (1986)

Legal Eagles (1986)

Savage Dawn (1986)

The Naked Cage (1986)

Hollywood Vice Squad (1986)

The Best of Times (1986)

Johnny Dangerously (1984)

The River (1984)

Time Bomb (1984)

Killpoint (1984)

WarGames (1983)

Fighting Back (1982)

Blow Out (1981)