John Nowak

John Nowak is a former stuntman and stunt actor who worked as main stunt double for Patrick Stewart on and for Robert Picardo on . He also doubled Stewart in the first three TNG films. Trousers, worn by Nowak in a stunt scene in , a fencing costume, and the costume from the episode were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Nowak was featured in the special "Strange New Worlds: The Valley of Fire" on the Star Trek Generations (Special Edition).
A scene for the fourth season episode was scheduled to include Nowak, performing a stunt for Stewart as Locutus of Borg, but the moment was ultimately never shot. Nowak recalls, "In 'Best of Both Worlds, Part II,' they had a big stunt planned where they would capture Picard/Locutus, but at the last minute they ran out of time, so I was there, got my four hours of makeup and sat around another 12 hours in the stuff, but never got filmed as the Borg." (Starlog Science-Fiction Explorer, issue #8) Together with Tom Morga, Nowak worked as stunt supervisor on the fourth season episode "Qpid". They've trained the main cast members during the stunt and fencing rehearsal on Wednesday on Paramount Stage 9. For the episode Nowak was also on set doubling Stewart in a fight sequence with LeVar Burton's stunt double Eric Chambers. They filmed this stunt on Tuesday on Paramount Stage 9. However, this stunt was not part of the aired episode. Nowak was also scheduled to work as stunt double for Robert Picardo on the Voyager seventh season episode for the stunt jump in sickbay but was replaced by stuntman Brett Heneise.
File:John Nowak and Patrick Stewart, Generations.jpg|Nowak and Patrick Stewart on Generations
File:John Nowak and Robert Picardo.jpg|Nowak and Robert Picardo on Voyager
File:John Nowak, The Best of Both Worlds II.jpg|Nowak as double for "Locutus", unfilmed, in "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"
File:John Nowak, Picardo double Darkling.jpg|Nowak as double for Picardo in "Darkling"
Nowak started in the early '70s and performed stunts in (1974, with stunts by Paul Stader, Tony Brubaker, Erik Cord, Paula Crist, Nick Dimitri, Gary Epper, Tony Epper, Gene LeBell, Regina Parton, Felix Silla, and George P. Wilbur), (1975, with Paul Stader and Hal Needham), (1978, with stunts by Paul Stader and Hubie Kerns, Jr.), (1978, with stunts by Dick Durock, Tom Lupo, Ralph Garrett, and Frank Orsatti), (1979, with John Escobar and Rick Sawaya), and (1979).
In the '80s, Nowak appeared in (1980, with Roy Jenson, George Murdock, Logan Ramsey, Chuck Hicks, and stunts by Robert Herron, Gene LeBell, and Nick Dimitri), performed and coordinated the stunts in (1981), and performed in (1983, along with Christine Anne Baur, Carey Loftin, and Paula Moody). 
Further stunt credits include (1986, starring Scott Grimes and with Ethan Phillips and stunts by Mike Cassidy, Vince Deadrick, Jr., Bill McTosh, Debby Lynn Ross, and John Escobar), (1987, starring Virginia Madsen and with stunts by Vince Deadrick, Vince Deadrick, Jr., Bernie Pock, and George P. Wilbur), (1992, with stunts by Chuck Borden, George Colucci, Chuck Courtney, B.J. Davis, Chris Doyle, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Dan Koko, Gene LeBell, Irving Lewis, Dennis Madalone, Tom Morga, and Lynn Salvatori), and (1992, with stunts by Patricia Tallman, Chuck Borden, Chris Doyle, George Colucci, Maria Kelly, Dennis Madalone, Tom Morga, and Brian J. Williams).
Beside doubling for Stewart in several Star Trek projects, Nowak also worked as his stunt double on (1998), which featured fellow Trek performers Joy Kilpatrick, Joni Avery, Rick Avery, Dan Koko, Johnny Martin, Joe Murphy, Michael J. Sarna, Warren A. Stevens, and Dennis Tracy. More recent stunt work includes the action part as Officer Smith in the 2004 comedy Big Chuck, Little Chuck, with stunts by Tony Brubaker and Chuck Hicks.
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:John Nowak, The Arsenal of Freedom.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Time Squared.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Who Watches The Watchers.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, The High Ground.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, A Matter of Perspective.jpg|Stunt double for Mark Margolis(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Sins of the Father.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Hollow Pursuits.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Family.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Final Mission.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Qpid.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Power Play.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, I Borg.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Time's Arrow Part II.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Man of the People.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Chain of Command, Part I.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Tapestry.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Starship Mine.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Liaisons.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Gambit Part II.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Attached.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Bloodlines.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Emergence.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Generations.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart
File:John Nowak, Heroes and Demons.jpg|Stunt double for Robert Picardo(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Projections.jpg|Stunt double for Robert Picardo(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, First Contact.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart
File:John Nowak, Darkling.jpg|Stunt double for Robert Picardo(uncredited)
File:John Nowak, Insurrection.jpg|Stunt double for Patrick Stewart
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