Edward Perez

Edward "Eddie" Perez is a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and assistant director who performed stunts in .
Perez was born in New York and graduated with a degree in education and a minor in biology from the Long Island University in New York. With athletic skills and experiences in boxing, he took jobs such as a doorman at several New York nightclubs, before he got the job as personal trainer and bodyguard for the music group . Perez also worked as head of security for the group and as bodyguard for stars such as and , before he has followed his true passion, stunts and acting. He studied under stuntman Paul Stader and acting under Peter Flood.
Perez has made his first steps into the business, performing on television series such as Baywatch (under stunt coordinator Greg Barnett) and in feature films such as (1987, with Rosana DeSoto, Noble Willingham, and stunts by Jimmy Ortega and Janet Brady), (1991, with Tony Plana, John Larroquette, Jeff Bornstein, and under stunt coordinator Webster Whinery), and (1993, with Bertila Damas and Brittany Parkyn), for which he also served as stunt coordinator.
He served as stunt coordinator for (starring Stephen Root and Andy Dick) and the feature films Where Truth Lies (1996, with John Savage, Kim Cattrall, Malcolm McDowell, Eric Pierpoint, and stunts by Mark Ginther and Hugh Aodh O'Brien), Legend of the Mummy (1997), (1998), and Permanent Midnight (1998, with Spencer Garrett, Douglas Spain, Sam Anderson, and stunts by Jeff Cadiente). He also continued to appear in front of the cameras and performed in , , , (1997-1998, starring James B. Sikking and Titus Welliver), and (1999-2000), and in (1995, with Christopher Darga, Vaughn Armstrong, and stunts by Pat Romano and Jeffrey Eith), (1997, with Colm Meaney), (1997, starring F. Murray Abraham), (1997, with Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, and stunts by Dennis Madalone and Johnny Martin), (1998), (1998), (1998, with Avery Brooks, Jennifer Lien, and stunts by Kiante Elam, Denney Pierce, and Mark Wagner), (1998), (1999, with stunts by Bobby Burns, Clint Lilley, and Eileen Weisinger), and (1999, starring Dina Meyer and Bob Gunton).
Perez continued with performances in , , The Closer (2007, with Gina Ravarra, Michelle C. Bonilla, under coordination of Spike Silver), (2007, with Cristine Rose, George Takei, Dominic Keating, Mark Colson, and stunts by Chrissy Weathersby under coordination of Scott Wilder), and (2007, with stunts by Denney Pierce and Joey Anaya), as well as in (2000), (2002), (2002, starring The Rock and with Branscombe Richmond and Joseph Ruskin), (2002, with Neal McDonough), (2005), (2006), and (2007, with Ray Xifo, Tommy Hinkley, Scott L. Schwartz, and stunts by Brian, Joni, and Rick Avery).
He served as stunt coordinator and a few times also as second unit director for , Special Unit 2 (2001), Phil of the Future, and Brannon Braga's (2005, starring Brent Spiner), and several feature films, including (2000, with Daniel Roebuck), (2002, with Zoe Saldana, Kim Cattrall, and Bahni Turpin), the fantasy film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), as co-stunt coordinator on (2004), and (2006).
He also performed stunt work in (2008, with Diedrich Bader and Phil Morris), (2008, with stunts by Buck McDancer, Peewee Piemonte, and Jim Wilkey), and (2008, with stunts by Alex Chansky and Paul Eliopoulos). Perez serves as associate producer and stunt coordinator on (2008) and as second unit director and stunt coordinator on the action film 62 Pickup (2008).
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