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Born | San Rafael, California, United States | August 14, 1968
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Terry Notary (born August 14, 1968) [1] is an American actor, stunt co-ordinator/double and movement coach. [2] Notary mainly portrays creatures and animals for the film and television industry, and is known for his motion capture performances in films like Avatar , The Adventures of Tintin: Secrets of the Unicorn , the Planet of the Apes reboot series, The Hobbit trilogy, and Kong: Skull Island . In 2018, Notary played Cull Obsidian in the Marvel Studios films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame .
Born in San Rafael, California, Notary was diagnosed as being severely hyperactive at age 7. His parents enrolled him in gymnastics class to burn off excess energy. [3] He won a gymnastics scholarship at UCLA, where he graduated with a major in theatre.
Notary's first career was as a performer with Cirque du Soleil. His first job as a stunt movement coach was on Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas . Director Ron Howard was hiring Cirque gymnasts for the film, and after sufficiently impressing Howard, Notary was offered the job of teaching all the actors how to move. [4] Notary followed this new career path to Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes , for which he prepared by studying ape movements at the LA County Zoo. Notary's first motion capture film was Avatar , where he was the movement coach for the Na'vi. [5]
Swedish director Ruben Östlund hired Notary when casting his Palme d'Or-winning 2017 film The Square . For Oleg, a character who acts like an ape, Östlund discovered Notary after running a Google search for "actor imitating monkey" and viewing one of Notary's performances (which was for an audition for Planet of the Apes). [6] His performance in that single scene, in which a performance artist acts like a hostile ape at a fancy dinner, was widely praised, The Independent calling it "the most tense, uncomfortable scene of the year." [7] [8] [9] [10]
Year | Title | Stunt work | Role |
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2000 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Stunt performer / movement coach | — |
2001 | The Animal | Stunt performer | — |
Planet of the Apes | Stunt performer / Tim Roth's stunt double (uncredited) / movement coach | Various Ape Extras | |
The Hot Chick | Stunt performer | — | |
2003 | X2 | Stunt performer / movement coach | — |
Tarzan | Animal movement coach | — | |
2004 | The Village | Movement coach | — |
2005 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | Stunt co-ordinator | — |
2006 | Superman Returns | Stunt performer / movement coach | — |
2007 | If I Had Known I Was A Genius | Stunt co-ordinator | — |
Slipstream | Stunt co-ordinator (uncredited) | — | |
Next | Stunt double (uncredited)/ movement coach (uncredited) | — | |
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Stunt performer / Silver Surfer MoCap performer / movement coach | — | |
2008 | The Incredible Hulk | Movement coach / Tim Roth's stunt double (uncredited) / Hulk & Abomination MoCap performers | Soldier (uncredited) |
2009 | The Forgotten Ones | Stunt co-ordinator | Alpha Creature |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Movement coach | — | |
Avatar | Stunts / MoCap performer/ movement coach | Banshee (uncredited) | |
2010 | The Lost Tribe | Executive producer/ stunt co-ordinator/ movement coach | Alpha Male |
Primal | Stunt co-ordinator | — | |
2011 | Attack the Block | Movement coach | Head Alien |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Stunt co-ordinator / Andy Serkis & Richard Ridings's stunt double / movement coach | Rocket / Bright Eyes | |
The Adventures of Tintin | Stunt co-ordinator/ stunt performer / MoCap performer / movement coach | — | |
The Cabin in the Woods | Stunt performer / movement coach | Clown | |
2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | MoCap performer/ movement coach | Goblin |
2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Stunt performer / movement coach | Goblin / Yazneg (pick-up shots) |
2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Stunt co-ordinator / movement coach | Rocket |
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Movement coach | Laketown Refugee | |
2016 | Warcraft | Stunt coordinator / movement coach | Grommash Hellscream |
2017 | Kong: Skull Island | MoCap performer | King Kong |
War for the Planet of the Apes | Stunt co-ordinator / movement coach | Rocket | |
The Square | Actor | Oleg | |
2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Groot MoCap performer [11] | Cull Obsidian (motion capture and voice) |
2019 | Avengers: Endgame | ||
The Lion King | MoCap performer | — | |
Doctor Sleep | Stunt performer / movement coach | — | |
2020 | The Call of the Wild | MoCap performer | Rail Worker / Buck |
2022 | Nope | MoCap performer | Gordy |
Thor: Love and Thunder | Groot MoCap performer | — | |
2025 | The Electric State | MoCap performer | |
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