Jonathan Goodwin
Jonathan Goodwin (born February 20, 1980 in Pembrokeshire ) is a Welsh stuntman and escape artist.
Life
Goodwin was fascinated by escape artists like Harry Houdini from a young age . Other fair and variety artists from whom he took inspiration are Oofty Goofty , who let himself be beaten for money in San Francisco, demonstrators of insensitivity to pain such as Evatima Tardo and the human salamander Ivan Chabert (1792-1859) or the Dutchman Mirin Dajo .
In 2009 he starred in the US reality TV series One way out (Discovery Channel). He has had the TV show The incredible Mr. Goodwin (on UKTV Watch) in Great Britain since 2012 . It was started in Germany in 2013 on Pro Sieben.
His stunts include, for example, various demonstrations of pain tolerance, release from a coffin underground and release performances under extreme conditions, strength exercises such as lifting cars, skill throws and hits with air rifles, knives, darts and archery. He often finds himself in life-threatening situations.
He put poisonous scorpions in his mouth for his show , climbed under moving trucks at high speed, or freed himself from a straitjacket on a burning rope or with his feet on a trapeze on a helicopter at lofty heights on the London Eye under life-threatening time pressure). He let himself be attacked by a shark, eats sharp shards of glass, hung with two fingers on the edge of a skyscraper or lets himself be hit with a baseball bat. He hit predetermined areas of a dartboard backwards over a mirror, aimed at lightbulbs with the air rifle blindfolded (allegedly based only on sounds) or repeated William Tell's apple shot with a bow and arrow at a woman 100 feet away.
He lives in California with his wife and daughter.
Web links
- Homepage
- Jonathan Goodwin at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goodwin, Jonathan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British stuntman and escape artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pembrokeshire |