Brian Simpson (born 18 August 1965; age 59) is a stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in several episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He received no credit for his appearances.
Simpson has doubled for actors such as Michael Caine and Steven Segal and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and a long time member of the International Stunt Association.
Simpson was one of the stunt doubles for Kevin Peter Hall's Predator in Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990). He performed stunts in The Client in 1994 and served as stunt double for William O. Campbell in Menno's Mind in 1997. Michael Dorn, Corbin Bernsen, Robert Picardo, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Anita Hart, and Denise Lynne Roberts also performed in this film. Simpson was Daniel Baldwin's stunt double in Fallout (1998) and The Pandora Project (1998, alongside Tony Todd) and was one of the stuntmen in the creature costume of Godzilla (1998).
He has also shown his skills in Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999, with Jeff Cadiente and Cole McKay), Epoch (2000, starring Stephanie Niznik, Brian Thompson, and Craig Wasson), Planet of the Apes (2001, with David Warner and Cary-Hiroyuki), High Crimes (2002, starring Ashley Judd and Bruce Davison), The Scorpion King (2002, with The Rock), Spider-Man (2002, starring Kirsten Dunst), Minority Report (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, starring Kristanna Loken), Elektra (2005), Domino (2005), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, with Corbin Bernsen, Martha Hackett, Christopher Gilman, Cole McKay, Ben Bray, Ariel Winter and Azalea Davila), Déjà Vu (2006, with Bruce Greenwood), Live Free or Die Hard, Transformers, and Rush Hour 3 (all three 2007).
He has also appeared in many television series, including The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (coordinated by Chris Doyle), Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996, starring Lanei Chapman), Mad TV, Martial Law, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Roswell (starring William Sadler), J.J. Abrams' Alias (2001-2003, coordinated by Shauna Duggins), Crossing Jordan, 24, Lost, and Chuck (2007, co-starring Bonita Friedericy and coordinated by Tim Trella). His credits also include several mo-cap appearances in video games such as NASCAR Racing 3 (1999) and Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2002).
Simpson was also one of the stunt performers in Beowulf (2007) alongside Paul Eliopoulos and Mike Smith and filmed scenes for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and the action film G-War (2009) in which he performed alongside Denney Pierce and Jimmy Ortega under the coordination of Doug Coleman.
Star Trek appearances[]
External links[]
- Brian Simpson at the Internet Movie Database
- ISAstunts.com – member profile