Zach Duhame Zachary " Zach " Walker Duhame is a stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts in J . J . Abrams ' . He served as stunt double for actor Simon Pegg and portrayed a burly Starfleet cadet in the bar fight in the Shipyard Bar . Born in Los Angeles , California , Duhame is the son of stuntman and stunt coordinator Doc Duhame and the brother of stuntwoman Rachel Duhame . He started as an actor at the age of seven and performed in television series " The Martin Shot Show " ( 1994 ) , the movie " The Little CHP " ( 1995 , with Robert Pine ) , ' s comedy " Home for the Holidays " ( 1995 , with Angela Paton ) , the television series " The Wayans Bros . " ( 1996 , with Paul Willson ) and " L . A . Firefighters " ( 1996 , with Peter Crombie and Jack Shearer ) , ' comedy " Multiplicity " ( 1996 , with Harris Yulin and John de Lancie ) , " Chicago Hope " ( 1996 , with April Grace , Scott Jaeck , and Brian Reddy ) , " Beyond Belief : Fact or Fiction " ( 1997 ) , and the television comedy " Toothless " ( 1997 , starring Kirstie Alley ) . With a stunt background he also performed in the thriller " Flypaper " ( 1997 ) , the comedy " Leave it to Beaver " ( 1997 , starring Christopher McDonald ) , the comedy sequel " Ri¢hie Ri¢h ' s Christmas Wish " ( 1998 , with Keene Curtis , Richard Fancy , Richard Riehle , and stunts by Tanner Gill , Cole McKay , and Nancy Thurston ) , and the television series " Four Corners " ( 1998 , with Doug Wert and Timothy Carhart ) and " Any Day Now " ( 1998 ) . Duhame continued with performances in the drama " Pay It Forward " ( 2000 , with Tina Lifford ) , the action drama " Carman : The Champion " ( 2001 , with Michael Nouri , Scott L . Schwartz , and stunts by Manny Perry and Michael Munoz ) , the comedy " Bad New Bears " ( 2005 , with stunts by Zane Cassidy and Webster Whinery , Jr . ) , the short drama " A Sight for Sore Eyes " ( 2005 ) , and the television series " Medium " ( 2005 , with Lawrence Pressman ) , " Yes , Dear " ( 2005 ) , " Criminal Minds " ( 2005 ) , " Mub3rs " ( 2006 ) , " CSI : New York " ( 2006 ) , " Punk ' d " ( 2005 - 2006 ) , " Heroes " ( 2006 , with Cristine Rose , Thomas Dekker , John Thaddeus , and stunts by Justin Sundquist , under stunt coordinator Ian Quinn ) , " CSI : Miami " ( 2006 , with Andrew Borba ) , and the two action films " Poseidon " ( 2006 ) , and " Deja Vu " ( 2006 ) . In 2007 he doubled actor in the thriller " Disturbia " along stunt performers Gregory J . Barnett , Jennifer Caputo , Ian Eyre , Charlie Brewer , Mike Gunther , and Marty Murray . The same year he performed stunts in the television series " The Middle " ( with Bonita Friedericy ) , " Cory in the House " , " Standoff " ( with Benito Martinez and stunts by Tim Sitarz ) , and " Big Shots " ( with Jessica Collins and Carlos Lacamara ) . More recently he performed stunts in the remake of the television series " American Gladiators " ( 2008 , stunt coordination by Pat Romano ) , the action comedy " Tropic Thunder " ( 2008 , with stunts by Robert Alonzo , Jeremy Fitzgerald , Yoshio Iizuka , Lin Oeding , and Xuyen Valdivia ) , the comedy " Seventeen Again " ( 2009 , with stunts by Jeremy Fry and Lincoln Simonds ) , the family movie " Little Hercules in 3 - D " ( 2008 , with stunts by Chuck Borden ) , the action sequel " Fast and Furious " ( 2009 ) , and completed stunts in Bryan Singer ' s biographical drama " Valkyrie " ( 2009 , with stunts by Brian Avery , Joey Box , Mark Chadwick , Phil Culotta , and Mark Aaron Wagner ) and in ' s mystery thriller " Angels and Demons " ( 2009 , with stunts by Brian Avery , Eddie Braun , Keith Campbell , Shawn Crowder , Chris O ' Hara , Jim Palmer , Spice Williams - Crosby , and Rosine " Ace " Hatem ) .