Doug Chapman (stuntman)

Doug Chapman
Born December 27
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Other names Douglas Chapman
Occupation Stunt performer, stunt double, actor, stunt co-ordinator
Years active 1996–present

Doug Chapman is a stunt performer and actor, a member of Stunts Canada,[1] who works in film and television.

Biography

Height: 5 ft 10in[2]

He graduated in 1994 from the California State University, Chico with a Bachelor of Arts in Information and Communication Design in Media Arts.

He grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Career

He has been a stunt double for Kurt Russell and Robert Englund, and worked on TV shows from X-Files to Smallville, and films from I, Robot to 300. He has also performed stunts for many commercials, including precision driving for commercials for Honda and Chrysler. Notable acting roles include Sergeant Cole in Stargate Atlantis, and Roy Chess in Watchmen.

Chapman was uncredited for a stunt in the Smallville episode "Splinter" (Season 5, episode 7) where he was a stunt double for James Marsters. In the DVD commentary, Marsters says of Chapman, "...he was supposed to just land on top of the thing and the wine case and then slowly go down, and he got sent straight through it...that was such a nasty gag... but he was fine man, he’s a pro."[3]

In the film Watchmen, Doug performed the first ever bare-skin burn stunt performance in a feature film.[4] In a production video diary on the film website showing some of the preparation for the stunt, Doug quips to the camera, "It's not a good week unless you burn at least a couple of times."[5]

Doug's character in the Industry Works's film Toxin by Tom Raycove - Lt. John Paxton - features as the perspective of a first-person shooter game for smartphones, Toxin: Zombie Annihilation - made by DisruptedLogic.[6]

Chapman's fire burn live on stage at the 2007 World Stunt Awards is being used as a front page banner for the 2014 website.[7]

Award nominations

He was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Fire Stunt in 2004[8] for a stunt performed for the film Freddy vs. Jason (2003). He doubled for Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in a full body burn and wire stunt. In the DVD production commentaries Robert Englund said of Doug Chapman, "I've a great stunt double on this, and Doug's really making me look good."[9]

He was nominated for a Leo Award in 2013 for Best Stunt Coordination in a Motion Picture for Assault on Wall Street (original title Bailout: The Age of Greed).[10]

Filmography

Year Film Role
1996Streetgun Warehouse Worker #2
Stunt performer
CarpoolStunt performer
Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?'Stunt performer
1997Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis StoryKlaus Dibiasi
Stunt performer
Viper: Out From OblivionSimpkins
Silencing MaryStunt Double for Kirby Morrow
1998Voyage of TerrorStunt performer
MisbegottenStunt performer
Wrongfully AccusedStunt performer
Disturbing BehaviourStunt performer
Rupert's LandStunt performer
FuturesportStunt performer
Don't Look DownStunt double for Terry Kinney
Perfect Little AngelsStunt performer
The Outer Limits: To Tell the TruthStunt double for Gregory Harrison
1999Fatal ErrorStunt double for David Lewis
Can of WormsStunt performer
Atomic TrainStunt performer
Freeway II: Confessions of a TrickbabyStunt performer
Y2KStunt performer
2000Mission to Marsstunt double for Peter Outerbridge
Trixiestunt double for Dermont Mulroney
Scary MovieStunt performer
The Man Who Used to Be Mestunt double for William Devane
BloodStunt performer
Just DealStunt performer
2001The Stickup'Stunt performer
ValentineStunt performer
Head Over HeelsStunt performer
Los LuchadoresStunt double
3000 Miles to GracelandStunt performer
MindstormStunt performer
Love and TreasonStunt performer
Along Came a SpiderStunt double for Michael Wincott
Replicantstunt double for Michael Rooker
Class WarfareStunt performer
Return to Cabin by the LakeStunt performer
Dark WaterTruck driver
Out ColdStunt performer
2002My Brother's KeeperStunt performer
Dead in a HeartbeatStunt performer
GreenmailStunt performer
Dead HeatStunt performer
Extreme OpsStunt double for Devon Sawa
Jeremiah: Things Left Unsaidstunt double for Alex Zahara
2003Final Destination 2Stunt performer
House of the DeadStunt performer
John Doe: Psychic ConnectionUniformed Cop
Agent Cody BanksStunt performer
The CoreStunt double for Tcheky Karyo
X2Stunt performer
Freddy vs. JasonStunt double for Robert Englund
ElfStunt performer
Scary Movie 3Stunt performer
Smallville: MagneticDeputy
PaycheckStunt performer
2004The Thing BelowStunt performer
The Collector: The Ice SkaterStunt performer
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters UnleashedStunt performer
Walking TallStunt double for Ryan Robbins
10.5Stunt performer
The Chronicles of RiddickStunt performer
The Collector: The ProsecutorGuard #1
White ChicksStunt performer
I, RobotStunt performer
CatwomanStunt performer
The Dead Zone: Speak NowAngry husband of bridesmaid
2005Smallville: SplinterStunt double for James Marsters
Smallville: LexmasStunt double for Kenneth Welsh
Blade: TrinityStunt performer
Alone In The DarkStunt performer
Fantastic FourStunt performer
Fireman
ChaosStunt double for Jason Statham
2006Underworld: EvolutionStunt double for John Mann
Stargate Atlantis: MichaelSergeant Cole
A Little Thing Called MurderStunt coordinator
Scary Movie 4Stunt performer
X-Men: The Last StandStunt performer
Snakes on a PlaneStunt performer
FidoStunt double
300Stunt performer
2007In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege TaleStunt double for Jason Statham
Code Name: The CleanerStunt performer
Agent #2
Painkiller Jane: Toy SoldiersFederal Agent
SeedStunt performer
Guard #3
Traveler: The TellsMurden
Battle in SeattleStunt double for Martin Henderson
Martian ChildStunt performer
Aliens vs. Predator: RequiemStunt performer
2008Ace of HeartsStunt coordinator
ShredStunt coordinator
stunt performer (snowmobile driver)
The Day the Earth Stood StillStunt performer
Army medic
The BetrayedHenchman
Beyond Loch NessStunt double for Paul McGillion
The Andromeda strainStunt performer
Far CryStunt performer, Mercenary Russell
2009WatchmenStunt coordinator (Canada)
Roy Chess
Stunt double for Stephen McHattie
Stunt performer
I Love You Beth Cooper Stunt double for Jared Keeso
Merlin and the Book of Beasts Stunt performer - guard #1
Fireball Stunt double
Rampage stunt performer (police officer)
Defying Gravity stunt performer
Revenge of the Boarding School Dropouts Stunt coordinator
2nd Unit Director
stunt performer (snowboard rep)
Case 39 stunt performer (dock worker, rescue diver)
The Hole Normal Dad
V (2009 TV series) V Guard
Stunt double for Scott Wolf
stunt performer
2010Hot Tub Time MachineStunt coordinator
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball Agent O'Keefe
Life Unexpected Stunt coordinator (cover days)
Inception Stunt performer
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Stunt performer
2011Final Destination 5Stunt performer (driver)
Somnolence[11] Canterra
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Stunt performer (Military police)
Stunt coordinator (cover days)
Doomsday Prophecy Military officer
2012Toxin[12]Lt. John Paxton
Dawn Rider Chase
Shadowplay Specialist
Stunt coordinator
True Justice Stunt coordinator, Stunt actor, stunt double
Arrow Stunt performer (27 episodes 2012-14)
Hell on Wheels Stunt performer
Continuum BS Cop #2
Earth's Final Hours Agent
2013Assault on Wall StreetStunt Coordinator
ArrowStunt driver (2 episodes)
2014MotiveStunt Coordinator (10 episodes)
2015Hadwin's JudgementGrant Hadwin

References

  1. Stunts Canada
  2. info at Stunts Canada
  3. Warner Home Video DVD 2006 "Smallville: Complete Season 5"
  4. Watchmen The Film Companion, Peter Aperlo (Titan Books, 2009)
  5. Video Journal #3:Prison Fire Stunt at www.watchmencomicmovie.com
  6. Toxin: Zombie Annihilation
  7. Taurus World Stunt Awards
  8. Taurus Stunt Awards 2004 Nominees
  9. New Line Productions Inc. DVD 2003 "Freddy vs. Jason"
  10. Leo Awards 2013
  11. Somnolence
  12. Toxin 3D

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