Mike Washlake (born 4 November 1955; age 69) is a stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts as an Enterprise engineering trainee in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan under Stunt Coordinator Bill Couch, Sr.
A trained gymnast, Washlake has started his stunt career in the 1970s when he worked on Logan's Run (1976, starring Jenny Agutter, coordinated by Glenn R. Wilder and Bill Couch, Sr. and with stunts by Phil Adams, Greg Barnett, Bill Couch, Jr., Paula Crist, Donna Garrett, Tom Huff, Loren Janes, Gary Morgan, Beth Nufer, Regina Parton, and Dick Ziker).
In the 1980s, he worked as stunt double for John Hillerman on an episode of Hart to Hart (1980, coordinated by Greg Barnett) and for Bill Pullman on Spaceballs (1987, coordinated by Dick Warlock and with stunts by Bob Cummings, Dane Farwell, Denney Pierce, Jesse Wayne, and Brian J. Williams). Due to his gymnastic skills, Washlake worked as stunt double for actress Daryl Hannah on Blade Runner (1982, coordinated by Gary Combs and with Janet Brady, Diane Carter, Ann Chatterton, Gilbert Combs, Gary Epper, Jim Halty, Jeff Imada, Beth Nufer, George Sawaya, and Michael Zurich).
Other stunt work include an episode of Fantasy Island (1980), Wholly Moses! (1980, with Bobby Bass, Richard E. Butler, Gilbert Combs, Andy Epper, Loren Janes, Johnny C. Meier, Bennie E. Moore, Jr., and Victor Paul), Can't Stop the Music (1980), Raggedy Man (1981, with Loren Janes), Modern Problems (1981, with Bruce Barbour), Love Streams (1984, with Steve M. Davison), Bachelor Party (1984, with Richard E. Butler, Phil Chong, Gilbert Combs, Gary Epper, Shawn Lane, John Moio, Tom Morga, Victor Paul, John Robotham, Brian J. Williams, and Dick Ziker), Body Double (1984, with Nanci Rogers and Dick Warlock), Johnny Dangerously (1984, coordinated by John Moio and with stunts by Rick Avery, Leslie Hoffman, Gene LeBell, Pat Romano, Rick Sawaya, Jesse Wayne, Robert Herron, and Brian J. Williams), Explorers (1985, coordinated by Bill Couch, Sr. and with Janet Brady, Doc Charbonneau, Bill Couch, Jr., Robert Herron, Lane Leavitt, Kim Washington, Bennie E. Moore, Jr., and Jesse Wayne), Fright Night (1985, coordinated by Bill Couch, Jr. and with Christine Anne Baur, Paul Crist, Nick Dimitri, Terry James, Loren Janes, Lane Leavitt, and Kim Washington), Nomads (1985, coordinated by B.J. Davis and with Eddie Braun, Alan Marcus, and Gary T. Pike), Black Moon Rising (1986, coordinated by Bud Davis), American Anthem (1986), Big Trouble in Little China (1986, coordinated by Kenny Endoso and James Lew), A Fine Mess (1986), Touch and Go (1986, coordinated by Bill Couch, Sr.), Stewardess School (1986), Walk Like a Man (1987, coordinated by Max Kleven), The Monster Squad (1987, coordinated by John Moio), Sunset (1988, with Eddie Braun, Cheryl Wheeler Duncan, Allan Graf, Robert Herron, Keii Johnston, Denney Pierce, Brian J. Williams, Bobby Burns, Yannick Derrien, and Linda Fetters), License to Drive (1988), and How I Got Into College (1989).
In the 1990s, Washlake worked as stunt double for actor Peter MacNicol on Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995, coordinated by Gary Combs) and on sixteen episodes of Ally McBeal (1998-2001). He also doubled Sammo Hung in an episode of Martial Law (1998, coordinated by Jeff Cadiente and with stunts by Laura Albert and Kane Hodder).
Further stunt work includes Hook (1991), Surf Ninjas (1993, with Mickey Cassidy, Monty Cox, B.J. Davis, Gary Guercio, and Eddie Mathews), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Past Tense (1994, coordinated by Terry Jackson and with Noon Orsatti, Pat Romano, Don Ruffin, Lincoln Simonds, Erik Stabenau, and Brian J. Williams), Twin Sitters (1994, coordinated by Spiro Razatos), Wild Bill (1995), Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996, coordinated by Ken Bates and Spiro Razatos), Last Man Standing (1996), Face/Off (1997), Bowfinger (1999), and episodes of seaQuest DSV (1993, with Terry Jackson, Jimmy N. Roberts, and Brian J. Williams), Boy Meets World (1999), and Martial Law (1999, coordinated by Jeff Cadiente and with Brian Hite and Hiro Koda).
Washlake worked as stunt coordinator on episodes of Boston Public (2000-01), The Practice (2001), and Bella and the Bulldogs (2015-16) and as assistant stunt coordinator on the science fiction comedy The Pod (2017, written, executive produced, and directed by Edward Conna) for which he earned a Galactic Film Festival Award nomination in the category Best Action. He doubled actor Gordon Clapp in an episode of NYPD Blue (2001) and in an episode of Mob City (2013, coordinated by Charlie Brewer), Rip Torn in the comedy American Cowslip (2009, with Chris Torres), and Philip Baker Hall in an episode of Second Chance (2016, coordinated by Carrick O'Quinn).
Washlake worked as stunt rigger on the television series Dog Eat Dog (2003), American Gladiators (2008, with Tanoai Reed), No Ordinary Family (2011, with John Dixon, Lisa Hoyle, and Antal Kalik), The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011, with Tara Macken, Aaron Toney, Jessie Graff, and Martin De Boer), Glee (2014), Kickin' It (2011-14), Real Husbands of Hollywood (2014), Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (2015, coordinated by Caine Sinclair), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014, coordinated by Tanner Gill and with Charlie Brewer, Dane Farwell, Denney Pierce, Derek Graf, Tom McComas, Dustin Meier, and Jimmy N. Roberts), The Player (2015, coordinated by Eric Norris and with Laura Albert, Eddie Braun, Derek Graf, Tim Rigby, Tim Sitarz, Kofi Yiadom, Kenny Alexander, Paul Lacovara, Jimmy N. Roberts, and Alex Chansky), Colony (2016, with Oliver Keller and Omid Zader), and American Horror Story (2016, with Lisa Hoyle, Hugh Aodh O'Brien, Mark Chadwick, Theo Kypri, and Erik Stabenau), Evan Almighty (2007), Locke & Key (2011, with Antal Kalik), The Hangover Part III (2013), Straight Outta Compton (2015, coordinated by Lin Oeding), The Veil (2016, coordinated by Pat Romano), and the short film Albedo Absolute (2016, coordinated by Sandra Gimpel).
Further credits as stunt performer include Pearl Harbor (2001), Bubble Boy (2001), The Scorpion King (2002, starring The Rock), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Santa's Slay (2005), The New World (2005), Déjà Vu (2006), Norbit (2007), Vantage Point (2008, coordinated by Phil Culotta and Spiro Razatos and with Doc Charbonneau, Gregory J. Barnett, Gilbert Combs, John Eskobar, Dane Farwell, Mike Massa, Denney Pierce, and Justin Sundquist), Total Recall (2012), and the short horror film Catatonic (2015, coordinated by Pat Romano and with Tim Gilbert) and episodes of The King of Queens (2002), Gilmore Girls (2005, with Danny Downey), American Horror Story (2012), Kickin' It (2013-14), The Eric Andre Show (2014, with Nico Woulard), K.C. Undercover (2015, with Thom Williams), and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015, coordinated by Tanner Gill).
Washlake later worked as stunt rigger on Honey Boy (2019, with Mickey Cassidy, Craig Jensen, Dennis Keiffer, Cole McKay, and Merritt Yohnka), doubled actor John Savage in Gates of Darkness (2019, with William De Vital, Natalie Diaz, Charles Grisham, and Lane Leavitt), and performed stunts in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018, co-stunt coordinated by John Stoneham, Jr.) and in episodes of Camping (2018, coordinated by Shauna Duggins) and WandaVision (2021, with Brian Avery, Stacey Carino, Keith Campbell, Alex Chansky, Katie Eischen, Charles Grisham, Theo Kypri, Rob Mars, Anthony Molinari, Kyle Weishaar, Neraida Bega, Kevin Foster, Tim Gilbert, Cheryl Lewis, Simon Rhee, Trampas Thompson, and Mark Wagner).