Chester E. Tripp III

Chester E. Tripp III is a stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in several episodes of , , and . He also worked as an additional fight choreographer on several locations and received no on-screen credit for all of his appearances. His costume from the episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. His name was misspelled as Chester Trapp on the name tag. 
For "Warlord", Tripp filmed his stunt scene under stunt coordination of Dennis Madalone on Wednesday on Paramount Stage 16 and is listed as "Chester Trip – Stunt Servant" on the call sheet. For "The Gift", he filmed his stunt scenes on Thursday and Friday on Paramount Stage 9 and is listed as "Stunt Security" on the call sheets.
Tripp was born in Wauseon, Ohio and is nicknamed Butch. Hailing from a big family he spent his youth in several foster homes. He played football and was also an awarded boxer. Tripp has entered the stunt industry in 1987 and has been married to D. LeAnn Tripp. They have three children. He has doubled for stars such as Bill Paxton, Greg Kinnear, William Sadler, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Weller, Steven Weber, and Josh Lucas and was also a member of a stunt group which performed show fights on several Star Trek conventions.
Among his resume are films such as (1992), Private Wars (1993, with Michael Champion and stunts by Scott Leva, Joe Murphy, Chino Binamo, Chuck Borden, Ken Lesco, Dennis Madalone, and Rick New), Monolith (1993, with Musetta Vander, Boris Krutonog, Todd Jeffries, and stunts by Chuck Borden, Maria Kelly, Dennis Madalone, and Joe Murphy), Ice (1994, with Zach Galligan, Michael Bailey Smith, and stunts by Chuck Borden, Chino Binamo, Nick Dimitri, Joe Murphy, Mark Riccardi, and Patricia Tallman), (1994, with Peter Slutsker and stunts by Chino Binamo, Chuck Borden, George Colucci, Nick Dimitri, Sonia McDancer, Lane Leavitt, Chuck Madalone, Dennis Madalone, Joe Murphy, Mark Riccardi, and Patricia Tallman), (1995, with Musetta Vander, Christopher Neame, and stunts by Ken Clark, Brennan Dyson, and Tim Sitarz), (1997, with Kaitlin Hopkins, Matt Malloy, and stunts by B.J. Davis, Gene LeBell, Phil O'Dell, Denise Lynne Roberts, and Pete Turner), (1998), (1999, with James Cromwell), (2001, starring Lori Petty, with Peewee Piemonte, Dick Miller, John Cade and Chuck Hicks), Betrayal (2003, with Tom Wright and stunts by Danny Downey, Austin Priester, Lisa Hoyle and Michael J. Sarna), (2003), (2006), and American Fork (2007, with Bruce McGill).
Tripp has also performed stunts in television series such as Roswell (2002, starring William Sadler), (1999), (1999), (2003), J.J. Abrams' (2003), (2004-06, starring Enrique Murciano and coordinated by Dennis Madalone), (2005), (2005-06), and (1999).
==Star Trek appearances==
File:MP guard 3.jpg|MP(uncredited)
File:Klingon officer 1, 2372.jpg|Klingon officer(uncredited)
File:Human DS9 ops lieutenant 5, 2372.jpg|Security lieutenant(uncredited)
File:Ilari servant 1.jpg|Ilari servant(uncredited)
File:Human DS9 ops lieutenant 5, 2373.jpg|Security lieutenant(uncredited)
File:Voyager ops officer 31.jpg|Voyager security officer(uncredited)
File:Jem'Hadar Terok Nor guard 1.jpg|Jem'Hadar guard(uncredited)
File:Jem'Hadar on Soukara 2.jpg|Jem'Hadar soldier(uncredited)
File:Human DS9 ops lieutenant 5, 2374.jpg|Security lieutenant(uncredited)
File:Drone attacking One 2.jpg|Borg drone(uncredited)
File:No image yet.jpg|Jem'Hadar soldier(uncredited)
File:Cardassian at Dominion headquarters 4.jpg|Cardassian guard(uncredited)
File:Nakan soldier 5.jpg|Nakan soldier(uncredited)
File:Borg invading Unimatrix Zero 2.jpg|Borg drone(uncredited)
File:Enolian Guard 2.jpg|Enolian guard(uncredited)
===Stunt double appearances===
File:Chester Tripp, Our Man Bashir.jpg|Stunt double forAndrew Robinson(uncredited)
File:Chester Tripp, Deadlock.jpg|Stunt double for Simon Billig(uncredited)
File:Chester Tripp, Shattered Mirror.jpg|Stunt double forAndrew Robinson(uncredited)
File:Chester Tripp, Apocalypse Rising.jpg|Stunt double for Robert O'Reilly(uncredited)
File:Chester Tripp, Retrospect.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Horton(uncredited)
File:Chester Tripp, In the Pale Moonlight.jpg|Stunt double forAndrew J. Robinson(uncredited)
File:Chester Tripp, What You Leave Behind.jpg|Stunt double forAndrew J. Robinson(uncredited)
===Further appearances===
* (over 45 episodes between 1996 and 1999)
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** (stunt double for Casey Biggs or stunt Jem'Hadar)
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** as stunt double for Andrew Robinson
* (over 25 episodes between 1997 and 2001)
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==External links ==
* – official site
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