Michael P. Owen (born 10 October 1964; age 59) is a stunt actor and stuntman who played Branson in Star Trek Nemesis.
In addition to Nemesis, Owen has performed stunts for such films as Forrest Gump (1994), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Air Force One (1997), Starship Troopers (1997), Blade (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Italian Job (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Poseidon (2006), and Transformers (2007). Owen had a small acting role as a guard in Ride with the Devil (1999, with Star Trek: Enterprise guest actor Zach Grenier), for which he also performed stunts. For Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Owen worked as both a stunt actor and stunt driver. He was Thomas Jane's stunt double for The Punisher (2003, with Rebecca Romijn).
From 1998 to 2000, Owen did stuntwork for V.I.P. (with stunt coordination by Jeff Cadiente and Star Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager guest actor Albie Selznick and Enterprise guest actor Geoff Meed). In that latter year, he was seen in an episode of Nash Bridges with Michael Bailey Smith and Tracey Walter. His other TV credits include guest spots on Diagnosis: Murder (2001, with Dakin Matthews), CSI: Miami (2004, with John Kassir), and Crossing Jordan (2005, starring Miguel Ferrer).
He is currently the stunt coordinator of Walk the Prank (starring Biff Yeager).
External links[]
- Michael Owen at ISAstunts.com
- Michael Owen at the Internet Movie Database (acting credits)
- Michael Owen at the Internet Movie Database (stunt/acting credits)