Wayne Michaels
Born
22 January 1959 (67)
Place of Birth
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as
Wayne David Michaels, Wayne D. Michaels
Biography
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...
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 (8)
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
The World of James Bond
1995
Batman
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
East of Ipswich
1987
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984