Todd Bryant

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Todd Bryant
Date of birth:	8 October
Place of birth:	Santa Monica, California, USA
Roles:	Actor; Stunt double
Character(s):	Captain Klaa; Additional characters

Todd Bryant (born 8 October) is a stuntman, stunt actor and occasional actor who appeared in three Star Trek films and was the stunt double for Ron Perlman in Star Trek Nemesis.

Bryant started his stunt career at the age of twelve and is now mostly working as a stunt coordinator and stuntman. In 2002 he received an American Choreography award nomination for best fight choreography in the film Deuces Wild, shared with stuntman Pete Antico.

He has stunt doubled for stars such as Will Ferrell, Brendan Fraser, Tim Robbins, Adam Baldwin, Dolph Lundgren and Ron Perlman (in Hellboy). Bryant is also a frequent guest at several Star Trek conventions, mostly as "Klingon duo" with Spice Williams. Bryant has also worked as a second unit director for the film Shattered Lies (2002) and as an associate producer for Blowing Smoke (2004).

Among his stunt resume are films such as Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985, with Richard Lineback and stunts by Gene LeBell and Tom Morga), Back to School (1986, with Sally Kellerman, Robert Picardo, Terry Farrell, Adrienne Barbeau, Michael McGrady, Phil Rubenstein, and stunts by Greg Barnett, Gary Epper, Johnny C. Meier, Noon Orsatti, Manny Perry, and Scott Wilder), Edward Scissorhands (1990, starring Winona Ryder, with Biff Yeager and Aaron Lustig), Full Eclipse (1993, with Mel Winkler and Joseph Culp), Last Man Standing (1996), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997, with Geno Silva, Ian Abercrombie, Harry Hutchinson, Katy Boyer, Marjean Holden, J. Patrick McCormack, and stunts by Chris Durand, Gary Epper, Tom Huff, Steve Kelso, Tom Lupo, Tom Morga, Hugh Aodh O'Brien, and Pat Romano), Batman & Robin (1997, with John Glover), Men in Black (1997), Alien Resurrection (1997, with Ron Perlman and Brad Dourif), Soldier (1998), The Matrix (1999), Mission to Mars (2000, with stunts by Erik Stabenau), We Were Soldiers (2002), Bruce Almighty (2003, with Christopher Darga, Mark Kiely, Dan Desmond, Robert Curtis Brown, Jamison Yang, Max Grodénchik, Michael Bofshever, and stunts by Charlie Brewer, Gene LeBell, Manny Perry, and Tim Rigby), The Haunted Mansion (2003), World Trade Center (2006), and 1408 (2007, with Jasmine Anthony, Len Cariou, and stunt coordinated by Greg Barnett).

Bryant has also performed in television series such as Baywatch (1989 and 2001, with Dana Sparks, Earl Boen, Monte Markham, Cliff Potts, and Ken Thorley), Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (starring Teri Hatcher), Friends, Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994, with Ann Gillespie, Kerrie Keane, Noley Thornton, and Cress Williams), The Pretender, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, V.I.P., Charmed, Angel, Alias (created by J.J. Abrams), She Spies, 24 (2003, with Penny Johnson, Michelle Forbes, Daniel Dae Kim, Jude Ciccolella, Miguel Perez, Steven Culp, and Harris Yulin), Las Vegas (starring Nikki Cox), Jericho, and ER.

Star Trek appearances

Engineering cadet
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
(uncredited)

Captain Klaa
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Klingon translator
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

External links

• StuntCoordinator.com – official site
• Todd Bryant at the Internet Movie Database
• Todd Bryant at Wikipedia