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Nicholas Daines is a professional gymnast and high diver from Surrey, UK, who competed in the 2003 Trampoline World Championships[1] before becoming a Hollywood stuntman.[2][3][4]
In 2013, Daines is European Masters High Dive champion. He won a silver medal at the Open Dutch Masters Diving Championship in 2012[5] and was crowned European Masters 3M Champion and 10M Champion, in Kiev in 2011.[6]
Daines is a member of Equity and the World Stunt Academy.
He has performed stunts in over 50 TV shows and films, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Die Another Day, World War Z, Neverland and four Harry Potter films.[7][8]
Daines was a member of the stunt team which won a Screen Actor's Guild award for performance in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2).[9] In 2008 Nicholas was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for his high fall from a glacier in Switzerland on the motion picture The Golden Compass.[10]
Daines has appeared in advertisements for Adidas, G Star Raw and Yellow Pages. He is a stunt double for Michael Owen.
References
edit- ^ BBC News - From Team GB to Tinseltown: A gymnast's journey
- ^ "Team GB Gymnast becomes stuntman" 2012 Olympic News [dead link]
- ^ A Day with a Hollywood Stuntman Top Billing.
- ^ "Chickens and ninjas? It must be Mrs Brown". Eastbourne Herald.
- ^ "13th European Masters Diving Championships - Yalta-Kiev Ukraine". Beaumont Diving Academy.
- ^ Stuntman’s really flying high after a golden performance - Hemel Gazette
- ^ "How stuntman Nicholas Daines has made cheating death a profession". The Scotsman.
- ^ "Stuntman entertains at school" - Eastbourne Herald.
- ^ "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" & "Game of Thrones" are Recipients of SAG’s Honors for Film & TV Stunt Ensembles | Screen Actors Guild Awards
- ^ "2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards Nominees" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Taurus World Stunt Awards.
External links
edit- official website http://www.nicholasdaines.com
- Professional showreel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGauHc8AAlw
- IMDB page https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1966810/
- Profile for Nicholas Daines :: Sports Promotions (UK) Ltd