Brennan Dyson

Brennan Dyson began his career as an actor in the early 1990s and appeared as a Deep Space 9 Starfleet officer in the first season episode . During this time he also trained in stunt work and became a working stuntman and stunt coordinator. He worked as a stunt double for Michael Dorn on many episodes of Deep Space Nine and on . More recently, he portrayed a Stunt Klingon in . 
His stunt costume from the episode and his uniform from Nemesis were later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Also sold were a pair of boots and trousers worn by Dyson. 
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dyson moved with his family to California at the age of four. Later, he started a modeling career for brands such as Nike and Gatorade. While working out he met stuntman Mark Riccardi who recommended the stunt business and made the contact with Chester E. Tripp III. Dyson's first stunt part was for stunt coordinator Red Horton on the adventure Storybook (1994, with Scott Leva and Kevin Grevioux). Among his earlier acting work is an appearance as a cop in (1994, starring Eriq La Salle, with Christine Harnos, Brigid Brannagh, Lily Mariye, Ilona Wilson, Melissa Vinicor, Catherine Wong, and Larry Polson).
Besides working as a double for Michael Dorn on Deep Space Nine, Dyson also performed stunts in (1995, with Chuck Borden, Ken Clark, Tim Sitarz, and Joe Witherell), (1996, with Chris Doyle, Ken Lesco, Chuck Madalone, and Tom Morga), as a stunt double for Sinbad in (1996, coordinated by Joel Kramer), (1997, with Max Daniels, Peewee Piemonte, and Scott Workman), (1997), the action movie Executive Target (1997), the action drama The Underground (1997, directed by Cole McKay), and (1997, with George Colucci, Dennis Madalone, Ed Anders, Mike Gunther, and stunt coordination by Rick New). He also worked as assistant stunt coordinator on .
In 1998, Dyson met while working as his stunt double on under stunt coordination by Donna Keegan. The two became friends and Dyson also doubled LL Cool J on (2002) and (2003). Since 2009, he has worked as a stunt double for LL Cool J on , which had Miguel Ferrer in its cast.
Dyson also doubled on two episodes of (1998-1999), on Malcolm & Eddie, on , on (2006), Brian White on , on , Rick Fox on One Tree Hill, Bert Belasco on (2007), David Ramsey on (2000), Sherman Augustus on (1999), Idris Elba on (2007), Omar Benson Miller on (2007), on (2007), Boris Kodjoe on J.J. Abrams' (2010), on (2010), Method Man on (2018), and Chris Judge on To Have and To Hold.
Other stunt work includes (1998, stunt coordination by Joel Kramer), (1998), (2000), (2000), (2001), (2002), (2003), (2004), (2009), (2009), (2009), (2009), and (2016). He also worked on the television series Brimstone, The Parkers, , , Martial Law, , , , , , , Sleeper Cell (2006, stunt coordination by Merritt Yohnka), (2009, stunt coordination by Joel Kramer), The Mentalist (2014, with Sala Baker and stunt coordination by Kevin Derr), If Loving You Is Wrong (2016), and (2019).
Among his credits as stunt coordinator are Recoil (2001), the horror film Sheltered (2010), the family movie Arlo: The Burping Pig (2016), the action thriller Altitude (2017, with Mickey Cassidy and Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom), the television comedy After School Special (2017, with Jessi Fisher), and the horror film Middle of the Night (2018), on which he also worked as executive producer and second unit director.
Later projects include utility stunts on the drama Bolden (2019, with Ser'Darius Blain, Jay Caputo, Alex Daniels, Zedric Harris, Cheryl Lewis, Kortney Manns, Hugh Aodh O'Brien, Eugene Collier, Jeff Sanders, and Damion Poitier) and stunt driving on the short thriller 38 Minutes (2020, written, produced, and directed by Paul Lacovara and with Troy Brenna and Eric Norris).
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:Human ds9 ops crewman 12.jpg|Deep Space 9 officer(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, The Way of the Warrior.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, To the Death.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, Looking for par'Mach.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, Trials and Tribble-ations.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, Sons and Daughters.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, Image in the Sand.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, Til death do us part.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, Strange Bedfellows.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, Tacking Into the Wind.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn(uncredited)
File:Brennan Dyson, Nemesis.jpg|Stunt double for Michael Dorn
File:No image yet.jpg|Stunt Klingon
== External links ==
* – official site
* 
* 
* 
* 
* at the 
es:Brennan Dyson
Category:Stunt performers
Category:Performers
Category:DS9 performers
Category:Film performers