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Mark Alexander Rayner

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Australian stunt performer

Mark Rayner (born 13 February 1974) is a stunt coordinator and second unit director from Bells Beach, Australia. He is known for his film work in Mad Max: Fury Road, Underwater, Inception, Baywatch and X-Men: First Class. He won the Screen Actors Guild Award twice.

Career

Rayner began his Hollywood stunt career work on Baywatch in 1998. He has performed stunt work in films including The Dark Knight Rises, Godzilla, The Hunger Games, Happy Death Day, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, John Carter, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, The Signal, Gamer, Inception, Dunkirk, Mad Max: Fury Road, Dolittle, All the Bright Places, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, and Thor.

In 2016, Rayner, directed the second unit for The Tribes of Palos Verdes and joined the Directors Guild of America. He directed the action scenes for the 2019 film Dreamland and the 2020 science fiction horror Underwater.

Rayner won the Screen Actors Guild Award twice for Outstanding Stunt Ensemble Performance in a Motion Picture.

References

  1. "Mark Rayner - Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  2. "Meet the surfers who've doubled as Hollywood's best stuntmen". Men's Journal. Jun 24, 2015.
  3. "'Mad Max: Fury Road' and 'Game of Thrones' Win SAG Awards for Stunt Ensembles". 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. Movieclips (2013-04-11). "STUNTS | Behind the Scenes on THE DARK KNIGHT RISES". fightdirector. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  5. "Mark Rayner". VicScreen. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  6. "Stunt Performers from "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Game of Thrones" Announced as 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards® honorees for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles | Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sagawards.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. "SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris and SAG Awards® Committee Chair JoBeth Williams to Announce This Year's Stunt Ensemble Honorees | Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sagawards.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.

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