Leif Havdale

Leif Havdale is a stuntman and stunt coordinator who worked along with Antal Kalik and Reagan Sieg as the PX70 motorcycle stunt doubles for actor Chris Pine on under Stunt Coordinator Mike Gunther.
Havdale has started his career in the stunt industry in the early 2000s. He has been a member of , a Canadian motorcycle stunt team. With this team, Havdale worked as stunt performer and stunt coordinator on over thirty live shows such as Monster Jam 2007-2009 and the Vancouver Motorcycle Show 2005-2009. He also worked with this team on the three direct-to-video documentaries Throttle Trauma (2006), Throttle Trauma 2: Street Kings (2008), and Throttle Trauma 3: Once More We Survive (2011).
Among his earlier work are stunt performances in the television series The Unprofessionals (2001) and 10.5 (2004, with Brian Markinson, Emy Aneke, and Marc Worden). He doubled actor Curtis Bechthold in the sport drama The Rhino Brothers (2001) and also performed stunts in the television fantasy film Marker (2005), (2005, with Julian Christopher and Kimberly Chiang), the drama Seeking Fear (2005, with Fraser Aitcheson), and (2006, with Monique Ganderton and Lani Gelera).
Between 2004 and 2007, Havdale worked on all four seasons of , created by Scott Peters and René Echevarria. He was the main stunt double for lead actor and also worked as assistant stunt coordinator to stunt coordinator Gaston Morrison. The series co-starred and featured William O. Campbell, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Jeffrey Combs, Penny Johnson Jerald, Rob LaBelle, Alice Krige, Kevin Tighe, Julian Christopher, Roger Cross, Robert Picardo, Glenn Morshower, Constance Towers, Stephen McHattie, Charles Napier, Brian George, Bill Mondy and stunts by Monique Ganderton, Fraser Aitcheson, Trevor Jones, Kimberly Chiang, Ali Dunn, and Chad Sayn.
Havdale also doubled actor Joel Gretsch in both seasons of between 2009 and 2011. In addition, he doubled another lead actor, Logan Huffman, and worked as stunt actor, one of Eli Cohen's guys in a second season episode. He also worked as cover stunt coordinator for Gaston Morrison on the fifth episode of the first season, titled "Welcome to the War" in 2009. V also featured recurring guest stars Rekha Sharma and Jay Karnes.
In 2005, Havdale started his work with actor . He first doubled him in the horror film Devour (2005, with William Sadler, Emy Aneke, and Christopher Gordon). He continued to work as Ackles stunt double during the first five seasons of the fantasy series Supernatural between 2005 and 2010 and also in the eighth and ninth season between 2013 and 2014. In addition, he doubled actor Jake Abel in the fourth season episode "Jump the Shark" (2009) and actor in the tenth season between 2014 and 2015.
In 2006, Havdale became associated with another television series. He doubled lead actor on the DC Comics adaptation Smallville during it's fifth, sixth, and seventh season between 2006 and 2008. When Rosenbaum departed from the series, Havdale continued to work as stunt double during the shows eighth and ninth season. Actors he doubled for include Adrian Hough (2007), Ari Cohen (2008-2009), (2008-2009), Craig Stanghetta (2009), (2009-2010), and Callum Blue (2009-2010). In addition, he appeared in several ND stunt roles such as a commando, a prison guard, a black op, and a junkie between 2006 and 2010. Smallville also co-starred/guest starred John Glover, Sam Witwer, James Marsters, Phil Morris, Rekha Sharma, Julian Christopher, Bill Mondy, and Alisen Down and stuntwork by Chris Sayour, Lauro Chartrand, Hugo Steele, Krista Bell, Fraser Aitcheson, Monique Ganderton, Kimberly Chiang, Shauna Duggins, Ali Dunn, Lani Gerlera, Rochelle Okoye, and Rhys Williams.
Havdale later worked on several other DC Comics television series. He was the motorcycle stunt double for lead actor during the first season of Arrow between 2012 and 2013, the stunt double for in the shows second season (2013-2014), and performed stunts in the second, fourth, and sixth season (2013, 2015, and 2017). This work earned him several awards. He won the UBCP Award in the category Best Stunt in two consecutive years – 2014 and 2015. In 2016 he received two more UBCP Award nominations in the category Best Stunt for his work on the Arrow episodes "Code of Silence" and "The Candidate", the latter one shared with stuntman Rhys Williams. On five episodes of the shows fourth season he also worked as additional stunt coordinator along with stunt coordinator J.J. Makaro and fight coordinator James Bamford. Other DC shows he worked on include The Flash (2014-2015 and 2017, stunt actor and stunt double for ) and Supergirl (2016-2017, stunt actor). For The Flash episode "Legends of Today", Havdale earned another UBCP Award nomination in the category Best Stunt in 2016. For the Supergirl episode "Homecoming", he won this award in 2017, shared with Corry Glass, Jon Kralt, and Simon Burnett.
Among the many actors he doubled for are Niall Matter, in , John Reardon in (2006), Paul Wesley in the unsold television pilot Fallen (2006, with Rick Worthy, J.J. Perry, Hugo Steele, and Rhys Williams), Joey Kern in the television comedy Totally Awesome (2006), John Tench in the pilot episode of Blade: The Series (2006, with Bill Mondy, Fraser Aitcheson, Krista Bell, Kimani Ray Smith, and Rorelee Tio), Pete Antico in the action drama Afghan Knights (2007, stunt coordination by Monty Cox), Dylan Baker in (2007), John Mann in the pilot episode of the television remake Bionic Woman (2007, with Miguel Ferrer, Mark A. Sheppard, Conrad Coates, and Trevor Addie), Michael Hogan in Battlestar Galactica episode "He That Believeth in Me" (2007, with Edward James Olmos and Rekha Sharma), Angus Sutherland in (2008, with Autumn Reeser), Matt Bellefleur in the drama Free Style (2008), in the Psych episode "Daredevils!" (2008, with Corbin Bernsen, Bill Mondy, and Krista Bell), Brendan Fehr in the television mini-series Samurai Girl (2008, coordinated by Kimani Ray Smith), Tom McCarthy in (2009), and Robin Nielsen in the action thriller A Dangerous Man (2009, stunt coordination by Lauro Chartrand).
Havdale became 's stunt double in (2009), (2010), (2011), and (2012). Here, he worked with Billy Burke, Michael Welch, Hugo Steele, Trevor Addie, Kimberly Chiang, Monique Ganderton, Krista Bell, Lauro Chartrand, Lani Gelera, John Stoneham, Jr., Todd Scott, Christian Sloan, Ed Anders, Jeff Imada, Hugh Aodh O'Brien, Rochelle Okoye, Bridgett Riley, Aaron Toney, Kofi Yiadom, Chris Brewster, Stacey Carino, Rich Cetrone, Anis Cheurfa, Jayson Dumenigo, Christian Fletcher, and Brian Hite.
Other projects he worked as stuntman on include (2006), (2006), (2006, with LaFaye Baker, Krista Bell, Lauro Chartrand, Trevor Jones, Michael Owen, Chris Palermo, Rex J. Reddick, Brian Simpson, Kimani Ray Smith, and Hugo Steele), the drama Almost Heaven (2006), (2007, with Doug Jones, Zach Grenier, Stan Lee, Trevor Addie, Byron Brisco, Kimberly Chiang, Monique Ganderton, Lani Gelera, Dorian Kingi, Brian Lydiatt, John Stoneham, Jr., and Rorelee Tio), episodes of Flash Gordon (2008), Reaper (2008), (2008, with Connor Trinneer and Paul McGillion), and Sanctuary (2009-2011), (2008), (2009, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie, Rob LaBelle, Frank Novak, Ron Fassler, and Ali Dunn), and (2010, with Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Seth MacFarlane, and Lia Lam).
Havdale worked as stunt double for Robert Lawrenson on the second season of the fantasy series Sanctuary (2009-201), for on the fourth season of (2009-2010), for Alden Adair, Adrien Dorval and Ryan Kennedy on (2010), for Richard Faraci and Teach Grant on the horror film Hard Ride to Hell (2010, with Miguel Ferrer, Monique Ganderton, and Lauro Chartrand), for Patrick Wilson on (2010, with Maury Sterling, Anita Brown, Alex Madison, Ben Bray, Jimmy Ortega, Dwight Schultz, Fraser Aitcheson, and Jennifer Cheon), as motorcycle stunt double for Garrett Hedlund and on (2010), and for Jerry Trainor on the television comedy Best Player (2011, with Kye Walstrom and Thom Williams).
On the 2010 fantasy film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief doubled Poseidon actor Kevin McKidd and played one of the Lotus security guards. He worked on stunt safety on (2010) and performed stunts in (2010), (2010, with Diora Baird, Mia Kirshner, Monique Ganderton, Ed Anders, Kimani Ray Smith, Krista Bell, and Trevor Jones), and in episodes of Psych (2010, with Corbin Bernsen), Human Target (2010 and 2011), Eureka (2010-2011), True Justice (2010-2011), (2010-2011), and Chaos (2011).
Havdale performed stunts in commercials for Miller Lite and Capital One – both coordinated by Dan Radford. As stunt coordinator, he worked on a Work Safe Industrial series and on a Felony Test Drive. Other credits as stunt coordinator include the short projects Identity Crisis, 2 Sails and a Return, Chicago Pianos, Undying Truth, Kniving Town, Heavy Hitters, On the Run, Colouring on the Walls (2011), and Her Story (2011, with Rorelee Tio), the television pilot Jesus Christ, the video game Slapshot, the trailer for Wounded, Project 272, the television thriller Past Obsessions (2011, with Alisen Down), and (2011, with Jason Deline). On (2011), he performed stunts and worked as assistant stunt coordinator. The film featured Clint Howard and stunts by Kimberly Chiang. Credited as "Falling Leif Stunts", Havdale received special thanks in the end credits of the short film Jake and Jasper: A Ferret Tale in 2011.
Among his stunt work are (2011), episodes of The Outer Limits, , The Collector, Killer Instinct, , Battlestar Galactica, , Psych, and Beauty and the Beast, (2011), (2011), the television drama Bringing Ashley Home (2011, with Jennifer Morrison), (2011, with Tony Todd), (2011, with Joey Aresco, Steven Weber, Corbin Bernsen, Byron Brisco, Todd Scott, and stunt coordination by Ed Anders), episodes of True Justice (2011-2012), (2011), Fairly Legal (2012), and Hell on Wheels (2012, with Anson Mount and Colm Meaney).
His stunt work as a Russian Undead in (2012) earned him a Taurus World Stunt Award nomination in the category Hardest Hit in 2013. Between 2011 and 2013, Havdale stunt coordinated the short science fiction series The True Heroines, starring Fiona Vroom. Other projects he worked as stunt coordinator on include the pilot episode of Citizen (2012), the short horror film To Save One's Self (2012, with Kimberly Chiang and Jason Bell), the short action film Calling Out Fire (2013), (2014), the pilot episode of Silk (2015), the television movie The Legend of Davy Crockett (2015, with assistant stunt coordination by Trevor Addie and fight choreography by Kimberly Chiang), (2016), (2016), as day cover stunt coordinator on an episode of Shut Eye (2016), the last two episodes of (2017), and (2017).
He continued to work as stunt double such as for Joe Anderson in the action drama The Grey (2011, stunt coordination by Ben Bray), for Woody Jeffreys in the True Justice episode "Diamonds in the Rough" (2011, coordinated by Lauro Chartrand), David Hoflin and Chad Rook in the pilot episode of (2012, with Santiago Cabrera, Leon Rippy, Bumper Robinson, Paul McGillion, Rhys Williams, Steve Wharton, and James D. Weston II), in (2012), Chris Pine in (2012, with Tom Hardy), Michael Graziadei in The Secret Circle episode "Crystal" (2012, with Thomas Dekker and John de Lancie), unknown actors in the movies Chestnut, Kiss at Pine Lake (2012), Big Sky, and Total Recall (2012), Eion Bailey in the Once Upon a Time episode "The Stranger" (2012, with Jennifer Morrison, Raphael Sbarge, and Tony Amendola), Luke Pasqualino in the television movie Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012, with John Pyper-Ferguson and Brian Markinson), Danny Rahim in four episodes of (2012, created by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens), Roark Critchlow in (2012), Colin O'Donoghue in the second and fourth season of (2012-2013 and 2014-2015), Noah Dalton Danby in the first season of (2013), Barry Sloan in (2013), Matthew Davis in the short horror series Cult (2013, co-starring Robert Knepper and Aisha Hinds), Ryan Kwanten in (2013), Max Thieriot in the first season of (2013-2014), Robert Gant in (2014), Daniel di Tomasso in the second season of (2013-2014), James Frain in the first season of (2014), Glenn Howerton and Andy King in the first season of Fargo (2014), Henry Ian Cusick in The 100 (2014-2019), Jason Lewis in (2015, with stunt coordination by Byron Brisco and Hugo Steele), and Armando Canales in the episode "No Es Bueno" (2017, with Michael McGrady).
Further stunt work include (2013, with Neal McDonough, Richard Ortega-Miro, and Marcelo Tubert), episodes of Once Upon a Time (2013 and 2015) and The Tomorrow People (2013-2014), the thriller Bailout: The Age of Greed (2013, with Clint Howard, Byron Brisco, and Hugo Steele), (2013, with Krista Bell, Byron Brisco, Brian Lydiatt, and Kimani Ray Smith), (2013, with Barbara Williams, Rhys Williams, and Simon Northwood), (2014, with Charles S. Chun, Lia Lam, and Thomas Cadrot), (2014, with Brian Markinson, Todd Scott, Bill Blair, and T.J. Storm), (2014, with Bill Cobbs, Andrea Martin, Matt Frewer, Rachael Harris, and Alice Eve), the horror film Dead Rising (2015, with Virginia Madsen), episodes of iZombie (2015, with Molly Hagan, Rorelee Tio, and Lucius Fairburn) and Wayward Pines (2015-2016), (2015), (2015, stunt coordination by John Stoneham, Jr.), the television comedy Mark & Russell's Wild Ride (2015), (2016), (2016, with Bill Hader and Matt Frewer), (2016), episodes of Aftermath (2016), Shooter (2016), and Travelers (2016), the drama Fifty Shades Darker (2017), (2017, with Bill Hader, Fiona Vroom, and Fred Tatasciore), (2017, with Shea Whigham, Paul Nakauchi, Christian Sloan, Paul McGillion, and Natalie Moon), and (2017) for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination in 2018 in the category Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture.
More recently, Havdale worked as motorcycle stunt double for on (2018), doubled on (2018, with Conrad Coates, Fraser Aitcheson, Trevor Jones, Marshall A. Bingham, and Nilo Ghajar), as stunt double for in the comedy Playing with Fire (2019), for Henry Golding on (2020, with Peter Mensah and stunt coordination by Kimani Ray Smith), and for Finn Wolfhard on (2021). He worked as stunt coordinator on (2019, with Brian Markinson, Clay Cullen, and Bret Kiene), and performed stunts in (2018), (2018), (2018, with Marcus Young, Mike Washlake, Rorelee Tio, Todd Scott, Rex J. Reddick, Chris O'Hara, Trevor Jones, Lani Gelera, Krista Bell, Ed Anders, Robert Alonzo, and Lucius Fairburn), The Twilight Zone episode "Not All Men" (2019, with Fraser Aitcheson, Lauro Chartrand, and Cameron Hilts), and the video game adaptation Sonic the Hedgehog (2020, along with Krista Bell, Byron Brisco, Nilo Ghajar, Cameron Hilts, Trevor Jones, Todd Scott, Kye Walstrom, Brennan Walstrom, Breanna Watkins, Rhys Williams, and Tom McComas).
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Category:Stunt performers
Category:Film performers