Jan Shultz is a stuntman who portrayed the skull-faced opponent in the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "Where Silence Has Lease".
Working in the movie industry since the late 1970s, Shultz performed stunts in Coming Home (1978, starring Jon Voight, with Gwen Van Dam, David Clennon, Bruce French, and Jonathan Banks), When Time Ran Out (1980, with Janet Brady, Gary Epper, Donna Garrett, Tom Huff, Regina Parton, and Felix Silla), The Blues Brothers (1980), Riptide as double for lead actor Joe Penny, Odd Jobs (1986, with John Cade, Chuck Hicks, and Buck McDancer), Legal Eagles (1986), Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986), Blind Date (1987, with Yannick Derrien, Gene LeBell, and Harry Wowchuk), Critters 2: The Main Course (1988, with Laurie Creach, Chris Doyle, John Escobar, Al Jones, Janet Lee Orcutt, and Noon Orsatti), Police Academy 6: City Under Siege(1989), Child's Play 2 (1990, with Laurie Creach, Al Jones, Paula Moody, and J.P. Romano), CIA Code Name: Alexa (1992, with Red Horton, Dennis Madalone, Joe Murphy, and Janet Lee Orcutt), Sidekicks (1992), and Alien Intruder (1993, with Tracy Scoggins, Stephen Davies, Joe Durrenberger, Bill Zuckert, Red Horton, and Joe Murphy).
Further credits include the science fiction film Monolith (1993, with Chuck Borden, Caron Colvett, Maria Kelly, Dennis Madalone, Vincent Mazzella, Jr., and Chester E. Tripp III), the action film Private Wars (1993, with Chuck Borden , Red Horton, Steve Kelso, Scott Leva, and Dennis Madalone), Top Dog (1995), 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995), Project Shadowchaser III (1995, with Ken Clark, Brennan Dyson, Chuck Borden, Tim Sitarz, and Chester E. Tripp III), Switchback (1997), and Universal Soldier: The Return (1999, with Henry Kingi, Jr., Manny Perry, Debby Lynn Ross, Tim Trella, Jennifer Caputo, and Mic Rodgers) as well as several episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger (1996-2001).
Among his most recent credits are stunts in Cherry Falls (2000, with John Alden, Dana Hee, Justin Sundquist, and Mark Wagner) and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005, with Eddie Braun, Chuck Hicks, Kim Robert Koscki, Mike Massa, Erik Stabenau, and Darlene Williams). He also doubled actor Jonathan Bennett in Bachelor Party Vegas (2006, with Ron Althoff and Chris Doyle).