Cameron Ambridge

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Cameron Ambridge
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Ambridge at the Mad Max Fury Road premiere on 13 May 2015
Born (1978-05-28) 28 May 1978 (age 43)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation Stuntman
Years active1998–present
Spouse(s)Cindy Ambridge

Cameron Ambridge (born 28 May 1978) is an Australian stuntman in the film and television industry.

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Life and career

Cameron was born in Brisbane and grew up in the country town of Beaudesert, later moving to the Gold Coast where he worked at Movieworld in the Police Academy Stunt Show and the Hollywood Stunt Driver Show. [1]

Cameron is most known for his work on Mad Max: Fury Road , The Hangover Part II and Superman Returns .

On Mad Max: Fury Road he was the stunt double for Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe driving the infamous Gigahorse and more recently the stunt double for Kevin McNally as Gibbs on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales .

He won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a motion picture. [2]

Filmography

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References

  1. http://stuntbookaustralia.com.au/images/sba-members/pdfs/sba-member-cv-134–173729.pdf [ dead link ]
  2. "Stunt Performers from "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Game of Thrones" Announced as 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards® honorees for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles | Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sagawards.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2016.