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
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Yeah, Chad got killed [as an uncredited FBI agent and credited stuntman].
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Most recently, John Wick and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch, who started as a stuntman and stunt coordinator, had been among the most vocal in urging the creation of a new category.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Irish actor Jack Hudson has signed for the cast of feature adaptation of Matthew Dickens’s comic The Devil’s Train about Hollywood stuntman Hondo, who has a double life as a time-travelling cowboy.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 June 2025
The son of a Connecticut aerospace machinist and himself a skilled metal fabricator and welder, Gilman came to Hollywood in the '80s to work as a stuntman, prop designer and armorer.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 June 2025
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Most recently, John Wick and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch, who started as a stuntman and stunt coordinator, had been among the most vocal in urging the creation of a new category.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Irish actor Jack Hudson has signed for the cast of feature adaptation of Matthew Dickens’s comic The Devil’s Train about Hollywood stuntman Hondo, who has a double life as a time-travelling cowboy.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 June 2025
The son of a Connecticut aerospace machinist and himself a skilled metal fabricator and welder, Gilman came to Hollywood in the '80s to work as a stuntman, prop designer and armorer.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for stuntman
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“Stuntman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stuntman. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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