stunt double
noun
: a person who takes an actor's place during the filming of stunts and dangerous scenes for a movie or TV show
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Brad Pitt, 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2020)
In Quentin Tarantino’s alt-history fable, Pitt plays a steely stunt double equally adept at fixing TV antennas or dealing with the Manson Family, all with a grin on his weathered face.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
But Mike already had the stunt double there at the shoot.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2025
While Costner's stunt double played the dead Dutton and viewers were spared from really gory images in that episode, that was not the case in Sunday's episode, where Dutton's stiffened and blue body is thoroughly examined by the coroner.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
The initial leap off the building, that was Josiah, my stunt double, because that was an insurance thing.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
But Mike already had the stunt double there at the shoot.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2025
While Costner's stunt double played the dead Dutton and viewers were spared from really gory images in that episode, that was not the case in Sunday's episode, where Dutton's stiffened and blue body is thoroughly examined by the coroner.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
The initial leap off the building, that was Josiah, my stunt double, because that was an insurance thing.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stunt double
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“Stunt double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stunt%20double. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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