Dwayne McGee is a semi-retired stunt performer and stunt coordinator who worked as stunt double for actor James Louis Watkins on the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Code of Honor" under stunt coordination by Glenn R. Wilder.
Personal[]
McGee has started his martial arts training in 1980 at Ed Parker's West Los Angeles Kenpo Karate Studio under Master Larry Tatum. When he needed a break in his stunt career and recover from injuries, McGee went to Auckland, New Zealand where he worked with Joseph Ellerin spearheading Parker's Kenpo in New Zealand. He took over after Ellerin left and founded The South-Pacific Kenpo Association and his own school. He then moved with his school Temecula/Murrieta, California, USA several years later. Today, he is holding the 6th Dan Black Belt and is president of the South-Pacific Kenpo Association. [1]
Career[]
McGee started his career as background actor in the early 1980s with appearances in episodes of The White Shadow (1981, directed by Victor Lobl and with Joan Pringle, Renée Jones, and Christina Pickles), Lou Grant (1981, with Fred Williamson and Jim Boeke), Cheers (1982, with Gene Poe), and Hill Street Blues (1982, with James B. Sikking, Barbara Bosson, and Robin Gammell). In 1985, he had a memorable role as limo driver in Rocky IV, along with Michael Pataki, Mark DeAlessandro, Jeff Austin, and Gene LeBell.
Moving into the stunt business, his work include films such as Three for the Road (1987, along with Al Jones, Corey Michael Eubanks, Phil Culotta, and Kerrie Cullen), Back to the Beach (1987, with Rick Avery, Noon Orsatti, Greg Gault, Charlie Skeen, and stunt coordination by Gary Pike), Action Jackson (1988, stunt coordination by Jophery C. Brown), Colors (1988, with Vince Deadrick, Dana Dru Evenson, John Moio, Spiro Razatos, Cherie Tash, and Kim Washington), Caddyshack II (1988), Alien Nation (1988, with Brian J. Williams, Jim Wilkey, Sharon Schaffer, Gary Morgan, and Leslie Hoffman), the action thriller One Man Force (1989), and Glory (1989, stunt coordination by Bob Minor).
Throughout his career, McGee doubled actors such as Carl Weathers, Vondie Curtis-Hall, O.J. Simpson, Samuel L. Jackson, Damon Wayans, and Mario Van Peebles and performed martial arts stunts, car stunts, and high work.
In the 1990s, McGee performed stunts in films including Die Hard 2 (1990, with Keii Johnston and stunt coordinated by Charles Picerni), Eve of Destruction (1991, with John Escobar, Tim Trella, Jeff Cadiente, Eddie Mathews, and Tom Morga), Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991, with Carl Ciarfalio), The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991). Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Sleepwalkers (1992, with Mädchen Amick and Alice Krige and stunts by Jane Austin and Spice Williams), Mo' Money (1992), Gunmen (1993, with Patrick Stewart), 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Up Close & Personal (1996), Escape From L.A. (1996), Set It Off (1996), Recoil (1998), American History X (1998, with Avery Brooks and Jennifer Lien), and The Matrix (1999). He also appeared in television series such as Married… with Children (1992, with Al Goto), Rebel Highway (1994, with Carolyn Seymour, Bob Minor, Susie Stillwell, Wendy Schaal, stunt coordination by Bob Minor, and stunts by Gary Epper, Lincoln Simonds, Jim Wilkey, and Eddie Braun), and Renegade (1996, with Branscombe Richmond).
More recent stunt work include Blowback (2000, with stunts by Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi and Lisa Hoyle), Hot Boyz (2000, stunt coordination by Spiro Razatos), the comedy My Next Funeral (2000), The Replacements (2000, stunt coordination by Allan Graf and Alex Daniels), Zoolander (2001), Wishcraft (2002, stunt coordination by Jim Wilkey and stunts by Shauna Duggins, Keith Campbell, Mickey Cassidy, Chris Doyle, Richard L. Blackwell, Kevin Foster, Tanner Gill, Tabby Hanson, and Bruce Barbour), and the short fantasy film The Gateway to Hell (2003). In addition, he worked as stunt coordinator on MacArthur Park (2001) and on several commercials.
External links[]
- South-PacificKenpo.com – official site
- Dwayne McGee at the Internet Movie Database