Buddy Joe Hooker

Buddy Joe Hooker is a stuntman, stunt actor, stunt coordinator, and second unit director who performed unspecified stunts in .
Hooker is from a stunt family. His father is the late stuntman Hugh Hooker, his brother is fellow Star Trek stuntman Billy Hank Hooker, his wife since 1990 is stuntwoman Gayle Sherman, and his twin sons Kanan and Houston Hooker are also stuntmen.
He has won several awards for his stunts and was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2001 for best stunt coordination/ second unit direction for the film Rules of Engagement. He holds several stunt records. Hooker has doubled for stars such as , , and .
His resume includes films such as The Games People Play (1967), The Omega Man (1971, with Anthony Zerbe, Brian Tochi, and stunts by Chuck Courtney, Gary Epper, and Henry Kingi, Sr.), (1971), Three the Hard Way (1974), (1976), Hooper (1978), The Entity (1981, with George Coe, Jacqueline Brookes, and stunts by Janet Brady, Kenny Endoso, Donna Garrett, Tom Huff, and Harry Wowchuk), (1982, with John McLiam and David L. Crowley), (1983), (1985), (1987, with Kim Cattrall), (1989, with Kevin Tighe, Anthony De Longis, Marshall R. Teague, Tiny Ron, Dennis Ott, and stunts by Patricia Tallman, Henry Kingi, Sr., Simone Boisseree, Janet Brady, Gary Epper, Donna Garrett, Randy Hall, Jim Halty, Tommy J. Huff, Frank Orsatti, Branscombe Richmond, Rex Pierson, Mic Rodgers, and Glenn R. Wilder), (1990), (1991, with Christopher McDonald and Timothy Carhart), (1992), (1993), (1994, with David Soul, Daniel Riordan, Barry Lynch, Melanie Hathorn, Bobby Bass, Kristopher Logan, Lena Banks, and Johnny Martin), (1994), (1995), (1996, with Fred Williamson, Marc Lawrence, and stunts by Jennifer Caputo, Randy Hall, Anita Hart, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Dana Hee, Billy Hank Hooker, Jeff Imada, Hugh Aodh O'Brien, Manny Perry, and Spice Williams), (1996, with Melinda Clarke, Michael Krawic, Titus Welliver, Ed Lauter, Johnny Martin, Louise Fletcher, and Azalea Davila), (1997), (1998), (2000, with Joan Collins, Kevin Grevioux, Ted Rooney, Jacqueline Case, Scott L. Schwartz, and stunts by Elle Alexander, Bobby Bass, Mark Chadwick, Max Daniels, Leslie Hoffman, Tommy J. Huff, Joel Kramer, Manny Perry, Monica Staggs, Spice Williams-Crosby, and Scott Workman), Heartbreakers (2001), (2001), (2004), (2007, with Eurlyne Epper-Woldman, Cristine Rose, Monica Staggs, Tom Towles, and stunts by Chris Antonucci, Gary Guercio, and Boni Yanagisawa), and Death Proof (2007, with Monica Staggs).
Hooker has also performed and coordinated stunts in television series such as (1972, with Rod Arrants and John McLiam), Charlie's Angels (1977, with James B. Sikking), (1983 and 1985, with William Shatner, Richard Herd, Mike Genovese, Hal Landon, Jr., Biff Yeager, James Darren, Caroline Lagerfelt, Michael Rider, and Philip Weyland), (1985), (1998, with Greg Barnett), Boomtown (starring Neal McDonough), Threat Matrix (2004, with Colby French, Alice Krige, and Saul Rubinek), and Hawaii (2004, with Gina Philips, Tamara Craig Thomas, and Cary-Hiroyuki).
More recently, Hooker performed stunts in (2008, with Kim Cattrall and Willie Garson).
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