Wayne Michaels
Biography
Wayne David Michaels (born 22 January 1959 in Blackpool) is an English stuntman and stunt arranger. Michaels attended Millfield School from 1972 to 1977. He is married to Tracey Eddon since 1990 and have one child.He performed the bungee jump in the opening scenes in the James Bond film GoldenEye. The opening 220 m bungee jump, shot at the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland, was voted the best movie stunt of all time as of 2002 and set a record for the highest bungee jump off a fixed structure. Apart from his work on a number of James Bond films, he has performed stunts on more than 60 British and international film and television projects during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s.
Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles
Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes • as Ramsay
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Second Motorbiker
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as German Agent (uncredited)
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as Napier Hood
Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Ex-Paratrooper
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Policeman
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.
Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • as Ailric of Loxley
Herne the Hunter picks Robin of Loxley as his successor in his mission to support the oppressed. Robin builds his army and leads a guerrilla attack to suppress the exploited's Norman tormentors.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Party Guest
Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic ) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.
Drama Series - 1988, 16 episodes • as Man in Elevator
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Rory
During one of his robberies, a highwayman with a heart of gold falls in love with an aristocratic lady. Now, he is forced to choose between his true love or his true cause.
Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Self
Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Self
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Second biker
Seventeen-year-old Richard and his parents take their annual seaside holiday in a guesthouse on England's east coast in the 1950s. Julia, a teenage girl holidaying with her parents in a nearby guesthouse, catches Richard's eye, but her Dutch friend Anna is intent on causing trouble.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Ailric of Loxley
His family massacred by Norman soldiers, Robin takes on the mantle of the Hooded Man, a champion long prophesied. His first challenge is to free Maid Marion from the clutches of the evil, powerful Baron de Belleme. The feature-length pilot for the popular TV series.