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Wayne Michaels

Born: 1959-01-22 • Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Wayne David Michaels (born 22 January 1959 in Blackpool) is an English stuntman and stunt arranger.

Michaels attended Millfield School from 1972 to 1977. He is married to Tracey Eddon since 1990 and have one child.He performed the bungee jump in the opening scenes in the James Bond film GoldenEye. The opening 220 m bungee jump, shot at the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland, was voted the best movie stunt of all time as of 2002 and set a record for the highest bungee jump off a fixed structure.

Apart from his work on a number of James Bond films, he has performed stunts on more than 60 British and international film and television projects during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s.

Filmography
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Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Goldeneye: The Secret Files poster
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995 • Self
The World of James Bond poster
The World of James Bond
1995 • Self
Batman poster
Batman
1989 • Napier Hood
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade poster
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 • German Agent (uncredited)
The Lady and the Highwayman poster
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988 • Rory
East of Ipswich poster
East of Ipswich
1987 • Second biker
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer poster
Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer
1984 • Ailric of Loxley