Template:Realworld Michael John Sarna (born 12 September 1965; age 58) is a stuntman, stunt actor, stunt coordinator, and director who performed stunts in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine pilot episode "Emissary". He received no on-screen credits for his work.
Sarna was born in Syracuse, New York and has directed many music videos for artists such as Blink 182, 50 Cent, and Megadeth as well as several television commercials.
He has performed stunts in and/ or coordinated for films such as Ninja III: The Domination (1984), Moving Target (1988, with John Glover), Night Eyes (1990, with Paul Carr), El Diablo (1990, with John Glover, Robert Beltran, Branscombe Richmond, Jim Beaver, Geno Silva, and stunts by Rick Avery, Phil Chong, Al Jones, and Pat McGroarty), Alligator II: The Mutation (1991), The Rocketeer (1991, with William O. Campbell, Terry O'Quinn, Paul Sorvino, Ed Lauter, Max Grodenchik, Tiny Ron, and Don Pugsley), Hook (1991), Innocent Blood (1992), Out for Blood (1993), Galaxis (1995, with Russ Fega, Kristin Bauer, Jeff Rector, Christopher Doyle, Roger Aaron Brown, and stunts by Gary Baxley, Chuck Borden, Bob Bralver, Ken Lesco, Dennis Madalone, Spiro Razatos, and Jeff Rector), Black Scorpion (1995), Bio-Dome (1996, with Henry Gibson), Independence Day (1996, with Brent Spiner), DNA (1997, with Robin McKee and Roger Aaron Brown), Scream 2 (1997), Safe House (1998, with Patrick Stewart, Joy Kilpatrick, and stunts by Joni Avery, Rick Avery, Dan Koko, Johnny Martin, Joe Murphy, and John Nowak), Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999), She's No Angel (2001), Sabretooth (2002, with John Rhys-Davies), Spider-Man 2 (2004, with Kirsten Dunst and Donna Murphy), Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane (2007, with Erick Avari, Derek Webster, Todd Babcock, Tucker Smallwood, David Spielberg, Brian Thompson, and stunts by Ted Barba, Shawn Crowder, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Chuck Hicks, Dorenda Moore, Steve Rizzo, Spice Williams-Crosby, and Boni Yanagisawa), and Urban Decay (2007).
Sarna has also performed and coordinated stunts in television series such as Cheers, Hard Copy, Rescue 911, Seinfeld (starring Jason Alexander), Walker, Texas Ranger (starring Noble Willingham), Mad TV, Nash Bridges, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dharma & Greg (with Mitchell Ryan), Once and Again (with William O. Campbell and Susanna Thompson), Power Rangers Time Force, and Crossing Jordan.
Among his directing credits are films such as Sinners (1990), Steel Frontier (1995), Mercenary (1997), Alone with a Stranger (2000), Doomsdayer (2000), and Harsh Times (2005), and television series such as America's Most Wanted and Pacific Blue.
External links
- MichaelSarna.com - official site
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- ISAstunts.com - member profile