Chad Stahelski

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Chad Stahelski, 2014

Chad Stahelski (born September 20, 1968 as Charles Stahelski ) is an American director , stunt performer and stunt choreographer.

Life

Stahelski was born in 1968 and grew up in Massachusetts . He started judo as a child , learned other martial arts and later became a competitive kickboxer . This is how he got into the stuntman business.

At the beginning of his career he worked for the B-movie director Albert Pyun . He was given a bigger role in 1993 when he had to complete the film The Crow as a body double after the death of his friend Brandon Lee .

In addition to further assignments as a stuntman in various films, he also took up his work as a stunt choreographer with the 1996 film Bloodsport 2 . He was to get a recurring role as a stunt double for Keanu Reeves , whom he doubled for the first time in 1999 in Matrix .

After gaining experience as a second unit director , he appeared in 2014 together with David Leitch as the director of the action film John Wick . The main role played his former double counterpart Keanu Reeves. The film became a success, and so in 2017 the second part John Wick: Chapter 2 followed and in 2019 the third part John Wick: Chapter 3 .

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Chad Stahelski  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Clark Collis: Keanu's Stuntman Becomes His Boss. ew.com, accessed January 3, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c d Michaelk Tedder: How Keanu Reeves's Stunt Double Became His Director esquire.com, accessed January 3, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Stahelski, Chad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stahelski, Charles F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director, stunt performer and stunt choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1968