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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Don’t Get Punched by a Career Gap Working as a stuntman (with pyrotechnics, motorcycles, and fake fights where you could get punched in the throat) taught me something about managing risk.
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Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Lilley continued to work in multiple capacities as a stuntman, stand-in and/or background actor throughout the 1980s and ’90s on such popular fare as Used Cars, Sudden Impact — again with Eastwood — Pink Cadillac, Army of Darkness, Texas Rangers, Three Amigos!
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Citadel: Honey Bunny premiered November 7, 2024, and starred Varun Dhawan and Samantha as a stuntman and struggling actress who got hurled into a high-stakes world of action, espionage and betrayal.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 16 Apr. 2025
In the early 1990s, filmmaker Sydney Lumet put an idea in stuntman Jack Gill’s head: stunt people ought to have an Oscars category.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
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Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Lilley continued to work in multiple capacities as a stuntman, stand-in and/or background actor throughout the 1980s and ’90s on such popular fare as Used Cars, Sudden Impact — again with Eastwood — Pink Cadillac, Army of Darkness, Texas Rangers, Three Amigos!
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Citadel: Honey Bunny premiered November 7, 2024, and starred Varun Dhawan and Samantha as a stuntman and struggling actress who got hurled into a high-stakes world of action, espionage and betrayal.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 16 Apr. 2025
In the early 1990s, filmmaker Sydney Lumet put an idea in stuntman Jack Gill’s head: stunt people ought to have an Oscars category.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 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 6 Jun. 2025.
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