Dan Bradley | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Stunt coordinator, Second unit film director |
Known for | Stunt work |
Notable work | Bourne film series |
Dan Bradley is an American stunt coordinator and second unit film director. He has worked on Independence Day , Spider-Man 2 , Spider-Man 3 , The Bourne Supremacy , The Bourne Ultimatum , Superman Returns , Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , Where The Wild Things Are , Quantum of Solace , and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol . [1]
Bradley was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and his early street racing around Van Nuys led him into his career in stunts. [2]
He was originally cast to portray Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives but was replaced by C.J. Graham. Despite this the scenes he filmed were still included in the film making this the third instance of 2 actors portraying Jason in one film. [a]
Bradley served as the stunt coordinator and second unit for the car chase scenes in The Dukes of Hazard . Johnny Knoxville praised him saying "everyone in Hollywood wants Dan Bradley to shoot their car stuff" and cited him as a factor in his taking a role in the film. [3]
In July 2008, Bradley was announced as the director for the MGM remake of the 1984 Cold War movie Red Dawn , [4] and was attached to the supernatural action feature Hellified for Paramount Pictures. [5] In 2016, he made his debut in Indian Cinema, as the Second Unit Director and Stunt co-ordinator of the Bollywood film Ghayal Once Again .