Simon Crane Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Simon Crane

Simon Crane

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Biography

Simon Crane (born 1960) is a British stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and film director. Crane has been a staple in the stunt world for decades working on several of the biggest action films and franchises in movie history, including several Bond films, Aliens, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Superman 4, Terminator 3, X-Men 3 and Men in Black 3. When filming Cliffhanger (1993), Sly Stallone paid $1 million dollars out of his own pocket for stunt man Simon Crane to slide between two planes on a cable at 15,000 feet (4.6 km) – making it the most expensive aerial stunt ever, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Like Vic Armstrong and the Powells, Crane has been very popular with the Bond Film Series. Starting out in A View to a Kill (1985), and then he became Timothy Dalton’s stunt double for The Living Daylights (1987) and then graduating to 2nd Unit Stunt Coordinator for License to Kill. Finally in 1995, he was hired as the Stunt Coordinator for GoldenEye, he’s been a 2nd Unit Director or Stunt Coordinator on every film he’s worked since. After the Bond franchise, Simon coordinated stunts for the Academy-Award winning films Titanic and Saving Private Ryan. In 2014, Crane won a SAG Award for Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture on the film Unbroken.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Best Ever BondMOVIE
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Best Ever Bond

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Best Ever Bond
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Inside The Living Daylights movie poster
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Inside The Living Daylights

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Inside The Living Daylights
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Titanic movie poster
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Titanic

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Titanic
4th Officer Boxhall
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn movie poster
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Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn

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Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
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Building A Better Mummy movie poster
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Building A Better Mummy

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Building A Better Mummy
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Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's PassionMOVIE
MOVIE

Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion

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Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion
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Inside 'The Living Daylights' movie poster
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Inside 'The Living Daylights'

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Inside 'The Living Daylights'
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Inside 'Licence to Kill' movie poster
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Inside 'Licence to Kill'

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Inside 'Licence to Kill'
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files movie poster
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files

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Goldeneye: The Secret Files
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James Bond Down River movie poster
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James Bond Down River

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James Bond Down River
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Production

Bedtime Stories movie poster
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Bedtime Stories

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Bedtime Stories
Second Unit Director
Hancock movie poster
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Hancock

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Hancock
Second Unit Director
Chaos Walking movie poster
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Chaos Walking

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Chaos Walking
Second Unit Director
Stardust movie poster
MOVIE

Stardust

7.3(4.4K)
Stardust
Second Unit Director
Robin Hood movie poster
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Robin Hood

5.9(3.1K)
Robin Hood
Second Unit Director
The Huntsman: Winter's War movie poster
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The Huntsman: Winter's War

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The Huntsman: Winter's War
Second Unit Director
Elizabeth movie poster
MOVIE

Elizabeth

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Elizabeth
Stunts
Dolittle movie poster
MOVIE

Dolittle

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Dolittle
Stunt Coordinator
X-Men: The Last Stand movie poster
MOVIE

X-Men: The Last Stand

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X-Men: The Last Stand
Second Unit Director
X-Men: The Last Stand movie poster
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X-Men: The Last Stand

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X-Men: The Last Stand
Stunt Coordinator

Gallery

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