# Scott Leva

Scott Leva is a Academy Award-winning stuntman and stunt coordinator who entered stuntwork in the 1970s.

## Biography
### Spider-Man

In 1985, Scott was tapped by Cannon Films & Joseph Zito (who was the 2nd director to replace Tobe Hooper as being the first director attached for Spider-Man) to play Spider-Man in their adaptation of the comics. He was also the actor on the first photographic cover of a Spider-Man comic book, appearing as Peter Parker, half-way in costume, on The Amazing Spider-Man, #262 (cover date March 1985). He can be seen in costume as Spider-Man, on the blooper reel for the 2000 film X-Men, on which he served as a stunt-coordinator.

### Safety equipment designer

After a friend died doing a high fall, Scott started to tinker with the standard airbags used by stunt performers and eventually designed an airbag with a different structure. The older airbags had a tendency to throw a stunt performer if they didn't hit the bag perfectly, the new bag uses a different arrangements of air bladders and a less slippery top layer to help the performer to stay on the bag. He was awarded a Science and Technical Oscar for this design.

## Awards

* 2003 World Stunt Awards Nominated for Best High Work for a 125-foot fall onto the top of a car on Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever
* 2003 World Stunt Awards Nominated for Best Overall Stunt Performer as stunt coordinator on Ballistic: Ecks VS. Sever
* 2006 Academy Awards Science and Technical Oscar for his design of a safer air bag for high fall stunt work

## Filmography highlights
### Stunts or Stunt Coordinator

* Changeling (2008) (utility stunts)
* Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (stunt rigger) (utility stunts)
* Dexter (stunt rigger) (1 episode, 2007)
* 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards (2007) (TV) (utility stunts)
* Hannah Montana (stunt rigger)
* Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) (utility stunts)
* Flags of Our Fathers (2006) (assistant stunt coordinator)
* Crank (2006) (stunt safety)
* Zoom (2006) (stunts)
* World Trade Center (2006) (stunts)
* Everybody Hates Chris (2005) TV series (stunt rigger)
* Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) (stunts)
* Desperate Housewives (2004) TV series (stunt rigger)
* Collateral (2004) (stunts)
* World's Finest (2004) (aerial stunt effects coordinator) (stunt coordinator)
* 2003 ABC World Stunt Awards (2003) (TV) (utility stunts)
* Taken (2003) (stunts)
* Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) (assistant stunt coordinator) (stunts: high fall)
* Enterprise (2001) TV series (stunt double)
* The Best Damn Sports Show Period (2001) TV series (utility stunts)
* X-Men (2000) (stunt coordinator: second unit) (stunts)
* Timecop (1997) TV series (stunts)
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) TV series (stunts)
* Space Truckers (1996) (stunt double) (stunts)
* Nash Bridges (1996) TV series (stunt performer)
* Baywatch Nights (1995) TV series (stunts)
* Sliders (1995) TV series (stunts)
* OP Center (1995) (TV) (stunts)
* Star Trek: Voyager (1995) TV series (stunts)
* Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) TV series (stunts)
* Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) TV series (stunt double)
* Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) (stunts)
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) TV series (stunts)
* Hook (1991) (stunts)
* Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) (stunts)
* The Rocketeer (1991) (stunts)
* The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989) (stunt coordinator) (stunts)
* Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) (stunts)
* The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989) (stunt coordinator)
* Troma's War (1988) (stunt coordinator)
* Prime Evil (1988) (stunt double) (stunts)
* The Big Giver (1988) (stunt coordinator)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) TV series (stunts)
* Beauty and the Beast (1987) TV series (stunts)
* Prizzi's Honor (1985) (stunts)
* The Toxic Avenger (1985) (stunt coordinator)
* Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) (stunt coordinator)
* Turk 182 (1985) (stunts)
* The Cotton Club (1984) (stunts)
* Splash (1984) (stunts)
* The World According to Garp (1982) (stunts)
* Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) (stunts)
* Superman (1978) (stunts)

### Actor
#### Film

* The Toxic Avenger (1984, as policeman, uncredited)
* Invaders from Mars (1986, as Marine officer)
* The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989, as the Dark Rider, uncredited)
* Sweet Justice (1993, as River Goon)
* Private Wars (1993, as Mrs. Dominick's Son)
* Stranger by Night (1994, as Bobby's Father, (flashbacks), uncredited)
* To the Limit (1995, as Carlo)
* Back to Back (1996, as Officer Williams)
* Monkey Business (1998, as Bankrobber 1
* The Base (1999, as Front Gate MP #1)
* X-Men, (2000, as Waterboy #2)
* Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, (2002, as Lone Sniper)
* Red Eye, (2005, as Keefe's Bodyguard)
* Changeling (2008, as Mountie)

#### Television

* Dynasty (1983, 1 episode, as waiter)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989, Episode: Unnatural Selection, as Command Division Officer)
* Santa Barbara (1991, 1 episode, as Thug No. 1)
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996, Episode: To the Death, as Ramirez, uncredited)
* Star Trek: Voyager (1996, Episode: Remember, as Fredick, uncredited)
* Diagnosis: Murder (1996, Episode: A Model Murder, as Ray Donovan)
* Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997, Episode: Sex, Lies and Videotape, as Thug)
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997, Episode: Soldiers of the Empire, as Ortakin)
* Nash Bridges (1999, Episode: Power Play, as Mobster 2)
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999, Episode: What You Leave Behind, as Jem'Hadar Guard, uncredited)
* Relic Hunter (1999, Episode: Transformation, as Tough Hombre #1)
* The Sarah Silverman Program (2010, Episode: A Slip Slope, as Fireman #4)

### Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

* Ritual (2001/I) (second unit director)
* Pilgrim (2000) (second unit director)
* If Dog Rabbit (1999) (second unit director)
* The Heist (1999) (second unit director)
* Southern Cross (1999) (second unit director)
* Gangster World (1998) (TV) (second unit director)
* Mars (1998) (second unit director)
* Acts of Betrayal (1997) (second unit director)
* Mercenary (1997) (TV) (second unit director)
* The Journey: Absolution (1997) (second unit director)
* Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (1997) (TV) (second unit director)

### Director

* The Greatest Show Ever (2007) (TV)