Random Actors Who Actually Do Their Own Stunts (20 items)

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  (#5) Arnold Schwarzenegger

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  Arnold Schwarzenegger did quite a few of his own stunts before his stint in politics. Since returning to acting, Schwarzenegger has performed the stunts he could safely execute on more recent projects, as well.
  
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  (#1) Angelina Jolie

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  Angelina Jolie frequently does her own stunts. She actually earned a scar on her head while performing what she called a "ridiculously easy stunt" for the 2010 film Salt.
  
  
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  (#18) Buster Keaton

  • Dec. at 71 (1895-1966)

  Buster Keaton may not have been able to speak during the silent film era, but he was able to do his own stunts, and his innovative, daring work has influenced pretty much all subsequent stunts on film.
  
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  (#15) Steve McQueen

  • Dec. at 50 (1930-1980)

  Steve McQueen did all of his own motorcycle stunts in The Great Escape, except for the climactic 60-foot jump over a fence.
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  (#16) Jason Statham

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  Jason Statham is known for doing his own stunts. He almost died while filming The Expendables 3 after the brakes on a speeding truck failed, unexpectedly sending him into the Black Sea.
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  (#20) Douglas Fairbanks

  • Dec. at 56 (1883-1939)

  Douglas Fairbanks performed many of his own stunts in The Thief of Baghdad, as well as  The Mark of Zorro and Robin Hood, in which he famously posed as a stuntman to run up the chain of a drawbridge as it rose.
  

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