stuntman

noun

stunt·man ˈstənt-ˌman

: a man who performs stunts

especially : one who doubles for an actor during the filming of stunts and dangerous scenes

Examples of stuntman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ryan Gosling is incredibly charming — surprise — as a stuntman who winds up working for his former girlfriend (Emily Blunt) who is directing his latest film; he is soon drawn into a real-life mystery. —

Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024 Steve Robertson/Getty Images Professional surfer and lifeguard Tamayo Perry died on Sunday after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Oahu. Perry, who was also an actor and stuntman, was attacked in the early afternoon Sunday while surfing at Malaekahana Beach on Oahu’s North Shore. —

Alana Wise, NPR, 24 June 2024 Universal Pictures Ryan Gosling plays a Hollywood stuntman in the new action comedy The Fall Guy, a loose adaptation of the popular 1980s TV series of the same name starring Lee Majors. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024 That sequence feels like it might have been made by one of those roughneck filmmakers in the early days of Hollywood, just hauling a lot of equipment and stuntmen out to the desert and risking their lives to make some crazed, truly dangerous action set piece. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for stuntman

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