Brian Avery

Brian Avery is a stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in and , as well as in three . Avery is the son of Rick and Joni Avery and is the brother of Mike Avery. All of them appeared in other Star Trek productions as well.
One of his stunt scenes in was cut from the final aired film. He filmed this scene, a thirty foot fall from a cliff, along with stuntmen Eddie Braun, Joey Box, and Brian J. Williams. In the scene, Brent Spiner's character Data and several Ba'ku background performers met these three alien officers on their way away from the Ba'ku village. Spiner, doubled by Brian Williams, knocked them out and threw them over the cliff. This scene and the making of this scene, including an interview and the description of stunt coordinator Rick Avery are included in the Star Trek: Insurrection (Special Edition) DVD feature "Anatomy of a Stunt".
Two of his costumes from Enterprise were later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
Avery worked as stunt double for Simon Pegg on and .
Later stunt work includes episodes of Westworld (2016, with Josh Clark, Clifton Collins, Jr., Joey Anaya, John Dixon, and Terry Jackson, stunt coordination by Mike Watson, and executive produced by J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk), Angie Tribeca (2016), Rizzoli & Isles (2016, with Chase Kim and Jahnel Curfman), and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016, with Lou Simon and Bob McGovern, and stunt coordination by Greg Barnett), (2016, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Nicole Forester), and (2016, with fellow MoCap unit stunt performers Thom Williams and Simon Rhee). He doubled in the comedy Bastards (2016) and Brent Spiner in (2016, stunt coordinated by John Stoneham, Jr.) and worked as stunt coordinator on the television comedy Problem Child (2016).
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:Brian Avery, Insurrection.jpg|Tarlac officer(deleted scene)
File:Klingon marauder 6, 2152.jpg|Klingon marauder(uncredited)
File:Borg drone 4, 2153.jpg|Borg drone(uncredited)
File:EnterpriseNX operations command crewman 3, shot by Rajiin.jpg|Enterprise engineer(uncredited)
File:EnterpriseNX operations command crewman 3, fire fighting.jpg|Enterprise crewman(uncredited)
File:Illyrian crewman 8.jpg|Illyrian(uncredited)
File:No image yet.jpg|Stunt double for Simon Pegg
File:No image yet.jpg|Stunt double for Simon Pegg
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