Jeremy Fitzgerald Jeremy Fitzgerald is a stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts as the Iowa Cop in J . J . Abrams ' . Fitzgerald started his stunt career with performances in several television series , including " Days of Our Lives " , " JAG " , " 7th Heaven " ( starring Catherine Hicks and Stephen Collins , " The Pretender " , " Profiler " , " V . I . P . " , " Charmed " , " Roswell " ( starring William Sadler ) , and " Angel " . He also performed in movies such as the thriller " Deadlock : A Passion for Murder " ( 1997 , with Shauna O ' Brien ) , the comedy " Whatever It Takes " ( 2000 , with Manu Intiraymi and stunts by Brian Avery , Craig Baxley , Jr . , Joey Box , Monica Staggs , and Mark Aaron Wagner ) , the drama " Coyote Ugly " ( 2000 ) , ' s thriller " Mullholland Dr . " ( 2001 , with Patrick Fischler , Wayne Grace , and stunts by Joni Avery , Corey Michael Eubanks , and Denney Pierce ) , and the action thriller " Dark Blue " ( 2002 ) . He continued with stunt performances in the series " CSI : Crime Scene Investigation " , " The District " , J . J . Abrams ' " Alias " ( under coordinator Shauna Duggins ) , " Everwood " ( starring Stephanie Niznik ) , " Fastlane " , " Las Vegas " ( starring Nikki Cox ) , " NCIS " , and " Cold Case " and films , including the horror sequel " Jeepers Creepers II " ( 2003 , with Ray Wise ) , the action comedy " Hollywood Homicide " ( 2003 , with Bruce Greenwood ) , and the war drama " In Enemy Hands " ( 2004 , with stunts by Chris Palermo under stunt coordinator Mike Smith ) . Other projects Fitzgerald has worked on include the comic hero movies " Spider - Man 2 " ( 2004 ) and " Spider - Man 3 " ( 2007 ) , both starring Kirsten Dunst , " Constantine " and " Sin City " ( both 2005 ) , the comedy remake " The Dukes of Hazzard " ( 2005 ) , ' s science fiction film " Serenity " ( 2005 , with Ron Glass , Marley McClean , Amy Wieczorek , Terrell Tilford , and stunts by Sandy Berumen , Steve Blalock , Edward Conna , Tommy J . Huff , Henry Kingi , Jr . , Matt McColm , and Heidi Moneymaker ) , ' war drama " Jarhead " ( 2005 ) , ' s biographic drama " World Trade Center " ( 2006 ) , the action thriller " Crank " ( 2006 ) , ' double part thriller " Grindhouse " and " Planet Terror " ( 2007 ) , the science fiction thriller " Next " ( 2007 ) , and the action sequel " Live Free or Die Hard " ( 2007 , with Tim Russ and stunts by Johnny Martin , Rosine " Ace " Hatem , Shawn Crowder , Michael Papajohn , Mark Riccardi , and Boni Yanagisawa ) . More recently he performed stunts in the action sequel " Rambo " ( 2008 ) , the television remake of " Knight Rider " ( 2008 , with Bruce Davison , Susan Gibney , and stunts by Denney Pierce , Chrissy Weathersby , and Scott Workman ) , ' s action comedy " Tropic Thunder " ( 2008 ) , the comedy " Spring Break ' 83 " ( 2008 , with Joe Piscopo ) , and the action sequel " Crank 2 : High Voltage " ( 2009 , with stunts by Spice Williams - Crosby , Shauna Duggins , and Katie Rowe ) . He has also served as stunt coordinator for the comedy " Diamond Dog Caper " ( 2008 ) , the thriller " XII " ( 2008 ) , and the science fiction horror film " Creature of Darkness " ( 2008 , with stunts by Eddie Braun ) .