Brad Martin

Brad Martin is a native of Sun Valley Idaho He grew up alpine ski racing on an international level and practicing martial arts he has his Black Belt Tae Kwon Do and well versed in numerous other styles as well as mastering other sporting and athletic endeavors After graduating with a degree in Philosophy from the University of Washington Brad made the move to Los Angeles to pursue his lifetime passion of becoming a Hollywood stuntman Through hard work and dedication Brad quickly became one of the top stunt professionals in the business He has stunt doubled for some of the industrys elite actors including exclusive stunt double for George Clooney in movies Batman Robin The Perfect Storm Three Kings Out of Sight O Brother Where Art Thou and The Peacemaker Along with Batman Brad has also doubled for a several other superheroes Chris ODonnell in Batman Forever Ben Affleck in Daredevil and Toby Maguire in SpiderMan 2 Since the early 2000s Brad began focusing on stunt coordinating action directing and action design He is best recognized for his work designing coordinating and directing the action units in Underworld Underworld Evolution and Underworld Awakening Brad has also stunt coordinated countless other blockbusters like Live Free or Die Hard Tropic Thunder The Other Guys and Expendables 3 to name a few In 2008 Brad won the Red Bull Taurus Stunt Award for best Stunt Coordinator for his work in Live Free or Die Hard Second Unit directing is really Brads main focus nowadays With the Underworld franchise Total Recall I Frankenstein and most recently Night at the Museum 3 Brad is finding a new niche in the action film genre