Michael Locke (stuntman)

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Michael Locke
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Locke in 2021
Born
Michael Richard Locke

(1979-03-13) 13 March 1979 (age 45)
Neath, Wales [1]
Other namesPancho
Occupation(s)Actor, stuntman, skateboarder
Years active2001–present
Known for Dirty Sanchez
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Children2

Michael Richard Locke [2] (born 13 March 1979), [1] better known as Pancho, is a Welsh professional stuntman and skateboarder. He is best known for MTV UK's Dirty Sanchez . Due to his diminutive size, and knowledge of football, Locke is sometimes referred to as the Welsh Garth Crooks.

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Locke starred in the film Dirty Sanchez: The Movie, released in 2006. [3] He also appeared in the Channel 4 series Balls of Steel as one half of the "Pain Men", alongside Sanchez crew member Mathew Pritchard. They both also appeared in 2 episodes of Death Wish Live in 2006.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Pritchard vs DaintonHimself Direct-to-video
2006 Dirty Sanchez: The Movie HimselfWriter
Associate producer
2014 Pritchard vs Dainton – The Rise and Falls HimselfDocumentary
Archive footage

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003–2007 Dirty Sanchez HimselfWriter
29 episodes
2003 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2003 HimselfPresenter
2005 Comedy Lab MariaEpisode 7.7
2005–2008 Balls of Steel HimselfSegment: "Pain Men"
2005 TRL UK Himself1 episode
2006 Death Wish Live Himself2 episodes
2006Celebrity Sex Tape UnwoundHimselfTV movie documentary
2007 MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 HimselfPresenter
2008 Nike: Put It Where You Want ItHimselfTV commercial series
2010 The Dudesons HimselfEpisode 4.3

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 The Sanchez Story Volume 1 HimselfDocumentary
Podcast
2021The Sanchez Story Volume 2HimselfDocumentary
Podcast

Music videos

YearArtistTrackRoleNotes
2006 Turbonegro "All My Friends Are Dead"HimselfArchive footage

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References

  1. 1 2 Stocks, Matt (19 August 2021). "#103 Mike "Pancho" Locke (Dirty Sanchez)". YouTube . Event occurs at 3:10. Retrieved 7 July 2022. I was born in Neath on the 13th of the 3rd of 1979
  2. "Pancho biography Dirty Sanchez s1 DVD extra" . Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. "Filthy rich: From mayhem to mainstream" . The Independent. 4 August 2006. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022.