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Eric Chambers (born 2 March 1960; age 64) is a stuntman, stunt coordinator and filmmaker who worked as stunt double for LeVar Burton on the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode "The Mind's Eye". According to the call sheet he filmed his stunt scene with Patrick Stewart's stunt double John Nowak on Tuesday 26 March 1991 on Paramount Stage 9. This fight scene was however not part of the final episode.
Chambers was born in San Diego, California and attended the California State University at Northridge where he graduated in 1983 with a degree in Film and Theater. Soon he started to work as stuntman for Universal Studios and also for film and television projects. In over twenty years as stuntman he worked on blockbusters and films such as The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988, with Tony Cecere and Irving Lewis), Glory (1989), For the Boys (1991), Demolition Man (1993), The Pelican Brief (1993), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Strange Days (1996, with John Alden, Doug Coleman, Mike Gunther, Gene LeBell, Denise Lynne Roberts, Lynn Salvatori, and Jeff Cadiente), Independence Day (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), Amistad (1997), Blade (1998), L.A. Heat (1997-1999), Monkeybone (2001), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Spider-Man 2 (2004), J.J. Abrams' Mission: Impossible III (2006), Fast & Furious (2009), and Iron Man 2 (2010). He also worked on Baywatch, Standoff, Without a Trace, The Unit, Grey's Anatomy, and Justified.
In 1994 he worked as director, writer and producer on the film Last Detour with Glenn Morshower, Jim Palmer, Steve Rizzo, and Gary Wayton. In 1995 he worked as director on the short drama Double or Nothing and in 2007 he wrote, directed and produced Movin' Too Fast (2007, with Jack Kehler, Marjean Holden, Shawn McConnell, Rich Minga, and Sharon Shaffer.
More recently, Chambers worked as first assistant director and stunt coordinator on the short drama Three7Nine (2009), as stunt performer on the thriller The Hit List (2011), and as stunt coordinator and second unit director on the thriller Project Hammer (2012).