Dan Bradley is an American

stunt coordinator A stunt coordinator, usually an experienced stunt performer, is hired by a TV, film or theatre director or production company for casting stunt performers. Their job is to arrange the casting (stunt players and stunt doubles) and performance of s ...

and second unit film director. He has worked on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Bourne Supremacy ''The Bourne Supremacy'' is the second Jason Bourne novel written by Robert Ludlum, first published in 1986. It is the sequel to Ludlum's bestseller '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980) and precedes Ludlum's final Bourne novel, '' The Bourne Ultim ...

'', '' The Bourne Ultimatum'', ''

Superman Returns ''Superman Returns'' is a 2006 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer, and written by Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris from a story by Singer, Dougherty and Harris, based on the DC Comics character Superman. It serves as a homage ...

'', ''

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson. It is the fourth installm ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''.Bradley tapped to aid Bond stunts
by

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Date September 04, 2007. Access date September 2009 Bradley was born and raised in the

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and his early street racing around

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led him into his career in stunts. He was originally cast to portray

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in '' Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives'' but was replaced by C.J. Graham. Despite this the scenes he filmed were still included in the film making this the third instance of 2 actors portraying Jason in one film. Bradley served as the

and

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for the car chase scenes in '' The Dukes of Hazard''.

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praised him saying "everyone in Hollywood wants Dan Bradley to shoot their car stuff" and cited him as a factor in his taking a role in the film. In July 2008, Bradley was announced as the director for the

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of the

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Cold War movie ''

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'', and was attached to the supernatural action feature ''Hellified'' for

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. In 2016, he made his debut in

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, as the Second Unit Director and Stunt co-ordinator of the Bollywood film '' Ghayal Once Again''.

Filmography

As second unit director

References

External links

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