Wayne Michaels
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Bergerac
Ramsay
1981
Series
Screen Two
Second Motorbiker
1985
Film
Batman
Napier Hood
1989
Series
Robin of Sherwood
Ailric of Loxley
1984
Film
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
German Agent (uncredited)
1989
Series
Dempsey and Makepeace
Ex-Paratrooper
1985
Series
Dempsey and Makepeace
Policeman
1985
Series
The Bourne Identity
Man in Elevator
1988
Series
Bottom
Party Guest
1991
Film
The World of James Bond
Self
1995
Film
The Lady and the Highwayman
Rory
1988
Film
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
Ailric of Loxley
1984
Film
East of Ipswich
Second biker
1987
Film
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
1995
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006