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Gary Ray Stearns. Second Unit or Assistant Director: Daredevil. Gary Stearns was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. He had studied martial arts since he was 10 years old.
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Sep 27, 2015 · Gary Stearns has a few tricks up his sleeves that most other stuntman can’t offer. Gary is 6 feet tall and 190 pounds, but he can do all the fancy Hong Kong moves normally done by much smaller performers, including 720 kicks, butterfly twists and Hong Kong style falls.
Overview. Height. 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Bio. Gary Stearns was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. He had studied martial arts since he was 10 years old. His first work as a stunt man came after he was spotted on an ESPN martial arts competition and was approached for a role in _Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1999)_.
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Gary Ray Stearns (born 26 March 1969; age 55) is a stuntman and stunt coordinator who worked as martial arts stunt double for J.G. Hertzler in the Star Trek: Voyager sixth season episode "Tsunkatse". Gloves worn by him in this episode were later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay.
Stearns graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky and had studied martial arts since he was ten years old. He was discovered on an ESPN martial arts competition and was cast as Skull Warrior in the Mortal Kombat: Conquest episode "Stolen Lies" in 1999. The episode was directed by Reza Badiyi, starred Kristanna Loken, and featured stunt performers Dana Hee, Boni Yanagisawa, and Christopher Leps. He performed stunts and worked as stunt double on five more episodes where he also worked with April Weeden and Marcus Young, stunt coordinated by John Medlen on all episodes.
Medlen also cast him as stunt performer on several episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer between 2000 and 2003 where he worked with director James A. Contner, actors Anthony Stewart Head and Conor O'Farrell, stunt coordinator Jeff Pruitt, and stunt performers Jacob Chambers, Peewee Piemonte, Clayton J. Barber, Alex Chansky, Mike Gunther, Brian Hite, Scott Workman, Ben Jensen, John Dixon, Edward Conna, Michael Hugghins, Theo Kypri, Cassandra McCormick, and Mark Wagner.
Stearns also performed stunts in episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger, Angel, and Martial Law (2000, with Jeffrey Combs, Neal McDonough, and Christopher Neame, coordinated by Jeff Cadiente, and with stunts by Randy Hall, Bridgett Riley, T.J. Storm, Brian Hite, and Hiro Koda), the action comedy The Tuxedo (2002), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), and Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003, working with Ken Lesco, Angela Meryl, Hiro Koda, Monica Staggs, and Chris O'Hara).
In 2003's The Matrix Reloaded, Stearns was one of twelve stunt doubles for actor Hugo Weaving and doubled him in the hand to hand combat scenes where hundreds of replicas of Weaving's character were used. Other stuntmen who doubled Weaving include Darrin Prescott, Tim Connolly, Mike Massa, Tim Trella, and Chris O'Hara.
The following years, Stearns performed stunts in episodes of The Mullets (2003), Alias (2003, working with Chester E. Tripp III, Shauna Duggins, and Thom Williams), Passions (2006, coordinated by Harry Wowchuk), Prison Break (2009, coordinated by Eric Norris and working with Pete Turner and Tanner Gill), and Dollhouse (2009, coordinated by Mike Massa and working with Damion Poitier, Paul Lacovara, and Lin Oeding) as well as Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006, with assistant stunt coordinator Dan Barringer), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
Gary Ray Stearns is an American stunt coordinator and actor who worked on MTV's Teen Wolf from 2012 to 2017. Gary Stearns was a Graduating from Eastern Kentucky University, Gary Ray Stearns used his martial arts training to find work in stunt coordination. Although he had done stunts for Walker...
Gary Ray Stearns was a stunt performer in Spider-Man, a fight choreographer and a stunt fight coordinator in Thor and The Amazing Spider-Man, a stunt fight coordinator in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a stunt coordinator in the Daredevil episodes "Resurrection", "Please", "No Good Deed...
Gary Ray Stearns was a fight choreographer and a stunt fight coordinator in Thor. He was also a stunt coordinator in the Daredevil episodes Resurrection, Please, No Good Deed, Blindsided, The...
