Ben Bray

Ben Hernandez Bray is a Filipino-American actor, stuntman, second unit director, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts as a Romulan in .
As a trained professional boxer Bray made his first steps into the stunt business in the late '80s and appeared and performed in (1988), (1994, with stunts by Doug Coleman, Noon Orsatti, Kimberly L. Ryusaki, Bill Ryusaki, and James Lew), the drama My Family (1995), (1995, co-starring Amanda Plummer and Jeff Cadiente and with stunts by Chuck Borden, Leslie Hoffman, Dyanna Lynn, and Erik Stabenau), (1996), (1996), (1997, with stunts by Jane Austin, Doug Coleman, Keith Campbell, Doc Charbonneau, John Escobar, Kurt Lott, Eddie Perez, and Susan Purkhiser), (1998), (1999), and in episodes of , , , and .
Bray's further television stunt credits include episodes of The District, Boomtown, , Martial Law (2000, with Neal McDonough and stunts by Henry Kingi, Jr.), (2002, with Jennifer Tung, Randy Hall, Jeff Wolfe, Greg Grunberg, and stunts by Shauna Duggins), (2002, with Robert Alonzo), (2003), (2004), (2005, with Famke Janssen and stunts by Jace Jeanes and Austin Priester), The Closer (2005, with Raymond Cruz, James Avery, and Jeffrey Nordling), (2006, with Enrique Murciano, Paul Collins, Elizabeth Dennehy, and under stunt coordination of Dennis Madalone), Day Break (2006, with Michael Buchman Silver, Michael McGrady, and stunts by Scott Workman), and Sleeper Cell (2006, with stunts by Chris Durand and Merritt Yohnka).
Beside his work in front of the camera Bray worked as stunt coordinator on the television drama Murphy's Dozen (2001), (2002), (2003, with stunts by Max Daniels and Denney Pierce), (2004, with stunts by Joey Box, Ann Chatterton, Danny Downey, and Manny Perry), Entity: Nine (2006, with stunts by Frank Lloyd and Thom Williams), the short thriller Repose (2006), (2006) on which he also worked as second unit director, (2007), and (2007, with stunts by Brian Avery), as well as commercials for companies such as Chevy, Ford, Gatorade, Xbox, Nike, and Pepsi.
Bray performed stunts in (2001), (2001), (2002), (2002), (2002, with stunts by Robert Alonzo, Dan Barringer, Troy Brenna, Doug Coleman, Brennan Dyson, Glenn Goldstein, Mike Gunther, Steve Kelso, Angela Meryl, Chris Palermo, Katie Rowe, Monica Staggs, Nancy Thurston, and Gary Ray Stearns), (2003), (2003, with Jeff Kober, Marco Rodriguez, Jim Boeke, Thomas Kopache, Charlie Curtis, Geno Silva, Michael Papajohn, Dean Rubin, and Azalea Davila), (2004, starring Kirsten Dunst), (2005), (2005, with stunts by Spice Williams, Justin Sundquist, and Mark Wagner), (2005), (2005, with Corbin Bernsen, Cole McKay, Martha Hackett, Christopher Gilman, Azalea Davila, and Brian Simpson), (2007, with stunts by Ken Clark, Justin Rodgers Hall, Gene LeBell, and Damion Poitier), doubled actor in (2007, with stunts by Steve Rizzo), and performed stunts in (2008, with Jon Braver).
In 2005 he and fellow stuntman Frank Torres founded the stunt equipment company "Visual Impact". Bray was twice part of the stunt cast which received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture; 2008 for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and 2009 for Iron Man. 2002 he was part of the stunt team which was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Specialty Stunt in Swordfish and shared this nomination with fellow stunt performers Jim Hart, Chris Palermo, Jay Caputo, Tim Rigby, and Frank Lloyd.
Bray also served as stunt coordinator for two episodes of Women's Murder Club (2008, with Linda Park and John Billingsley and stunts by Jeff Wolfe), for (2008, with stunts by Peewee Piemonte, Jimmy Ortega, Denney Pierce, Jeff Wolfe, and Thom Williams), and for (2009). He also performed stunts in (2009, with Sala Baker), an episode of (2009, with Chase Kim and Marcus Young), the short thriller Susannah (2009), and (2009, stunt coordinated by Anthony Molinari).
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