Ben Bray


Biography

Boxing kept Ben Bray out of trouble when he was growing up on the tough streets of the San Fernando Valley. Indeed, he was training at the gym when he was spotted by Hollywood stunt co-ordinator Dan Bradley. The first of their 13 collaborations came on the 1994 revenge thriller "Blue Tiger," although their efforts were more widely seen in Roland Emmerich's alien invasion epic "Independen...

Biography

Boxing kept Ben Bray out of trouble when he was growing up on the tough streets of the San Fernando Valley. Indeed, he was training at the gym when he was spotted by Hollywood stunt co-ordinator Dan Bradley. The first of their 13 collaborations came on the 1994 revenge thriller "Blue Tiger," although their efforts were more widely seen in Roland Emmerich's alien invasion epic "Independence Day," Guillermo Del Toro's chiller "Mimic," and Dominic Sena's heist actioner "Swordfish." In 1999, Bray was part of Bradley's stunt team on David O. Russell's Gulf War adventure "Three Kings" and he reunited with the director-producer on the 2002 sports drama "The Slaughter Rule," the 2004 philosophical comedy "I Heart Huckabees," and the 2010 boxing saga "The Fighter." In amassing over 130 stunt performing and co-ordinating, acting and second unit directing credits, Bray has also forged close links with Joe Carnahan and Michael Bay, stunting for the former on the 2006 Vegas crime thriller "Smokin' Aces," the 2010 movie version of "The A-Team," and the 2012 Alaskan survival drama "The Grey," while, for the latter, he has worked on the 2001 war epic "Pearl Harbor" and the 2005 sci-fi thriller "The Island," as well as the "Transformers" trilogy. Among the other spectaculars on Bray's CV are "Collateral Damage," "Spider-Man 2," and "Iron Man," although he also has the odd arthouse credit, most notably doubling for Javier Bardem during his Oscar-winning performance in Joel and Ethan Coen's 2007 adaptation of "No Country for Old Men."

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

McFarland, USA (2015)
Savages (2012)
Powder Blue (2009)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
A Man Apart (2003)
Assassin
The Hurricane (1999)
Dead Connection (1994)

Film Production - Unit (Feature Film)

American Hustle (2013)
Unit Director
Smokin' Aces (2007)
Unit Director

Stunts (Feature Film)

The Crow (2019)
Stunt Coordinator
A Star is Born (2018)
Stunts
Low Riders (2016)
Stunt Coordinator
Joy (2015)
Stunt Coordinator
The Woman In Gold (2015)
Stunts
Accidental Love (2015)
Stunt Coordinator
Ouija (2014)
Stunt Coordinator
The Gambler (2014)
Stunt Coordinator
In the Blood (2014)
Stunt Coordinator
Earth to Echo (2014)
Stunt Coordinator
Life After Beth (2014)
Stunt Coordinator
American Hustle (2013)
Stunt Coordinator
Out of the Furnace (2013)
Stunt Coordinator
Jack Reacher (2012)
Stunts
The Three Stooges (2012)
Stunts
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Stunt Coordinator
Casa De Mi Padre (2012)
Stunts
Argo (2012)
Stunts
Limitless (2011)
Stunt Player
Real Steel (2011)
Stunts
Limitless (2011)
Stunt Coordinator
The Fighter (2010)
Stunt Coordinator
The A-Team (2010)
Stunt Coordinator
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Stunt Player
Stiletto (2009)
Stunts
The Fourth Kind (2009)
Stunt Coordinator
Star Trek (2009)
Stunts
Iron Man (2008)
Stunts
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Stunt Coordinator
The Ruins (2008)
Stunt Coordinator
Smokin' Aces (2007)
Stunt Coordinator
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Stunts
Freedom Writers (2007)
Stunts
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Stunts
Haunted Prison (2006)
Stunt Player
Unknown (2006)
Stunt Coordinator
Hostage (2005)
Stunts
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Stunt Coordinator
The Rundown (2003)
Stunts
Dark Blue (2003)
Stunt Player
The Salton Sea (2002)
Stunts
The Slaughter Rule (2002)
Stunt Coordinator
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Stunts
Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
Stunt Player
Double Take (2001)
Stunts
Swordfish (2001)
Stunts
Phantoms (1998)
Stunt Player
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Stunts
My Family: Mi Familia (1995)
Stunts
Tyson (1995)
Stunts

Life Events

Bibliography