Doug Chapman is a stunt coordinator,

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, a member of Stunts Canada, who works in

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Biography

He graduated in 1994 from the

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with a

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in Information and Communication Design in Media Arts.

Career

He has been a

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for

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and

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. He worked on TV shows from ''

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'' to ''

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'', and films from ''

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'' to ''

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''. He has also performed stunts for many

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, including precision driving for commercials for

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. Notable acting roles include Sergeant Cole in ''

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'' and Roy Chess in ''

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''. He has continued to work in stunt coordination and stunt performer roles in top TV series and films to date. Chapman was uncredited for a stunt in the ''Smallville'' episode "

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", where he was a

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. In the DVD commentary, Marsters says of Chapman, "...he was supposed to just land on top of the thing and the wine case and then slowly go down, and he got sent straight through it...that was such a nasty gag... but he was fine man, he's a pro." In the film ''Watchmen'', Doug performed the first ever bare-skin burn stunt performance in a feature film. In a production video diary on the film website showing some of the preparation for the stunt, Doug quips to the camera, "It's not a good week unless you burn at least a couple of times." Doug's character in the Industry Works's film ''Toxin'' by Tom Raycove - Lt. John Paxton - features as the perspective of a first-person shooter game for smartphones, ''Toxin: Zombie Annihilation'' - made by DisruptedLogic. Chapman's fire burn live on stage at the 2007 World Stunt Awards was used as a front page banner for the 2014 website.

Award nominations

He was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Fire Stunt in 2004 for a stunt performed for the film Freddy vs. Jason (2003). He doubled for Robert Englund as

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in a full body burn and wire stunt. In the DVD production commentaries, Englund said of him, "I've a great stunt double on this, and Doug's really making me look good." He was nominated for a Leo Award in 2013 for Best Stunt Coordination in a Motion Picture for ''Assault on Wall Street''.
Leo Awards 2013

Filmography

References

External links

* Visited January 6, 2024.
Profile at Stunts Canada
from Stunts Canada. Visited January 6, 2024.
Sergeant Cole profile
from GateWorld. Visited January 6, 2024.
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at YouTube. Visited January 6, 2024. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Doug Year of birth missing (living people) Living people California State University, Chico alumni Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian stunt performers Stunt doubles