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Theo Kypri (born September 1969; age 54) is a stuntman and stunt actor from London, England who performed stunts in Star Trek Nemesis.

Kypri is a martial arts expert and specialized in tae kwon do, wing chun kung fu, and boxing. He is also a professional trampolinist and athlete who won several awards and prizes. In 2007 he was nominated for two Taurus World Stunt Awards for best high work as stunt double for Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He has also doubled for actors such as Antonio Banderas, Justin Whalin, Stuart Townsend, Alan Arkin, Robin Shou, Robert Knepper, and Omar Sharif. Kypri works as a stunt performer in the United States as well as in the United Kingdom.

Among his stunt resume are films such as Shooting Fish (1997), Mortal Kombat (1997, with Brian Thompson, Reiner Schöne, Musetta Vander, Marjean Holden, Lance LeGault, Carolyn Seymour, and Dana Hee), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997, with Teri Hatcher), Entrapment (1999), Highlander: Endgame (2000, with Christopher Leps), Dungeons and Dragons (2000), The Mummy Returns (2001, with The Rock), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) (co-written by Patrick Massett), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Anger Management (2003, with stunts by Jennifer Caputo, George Colucci, Paul Eliopoulos, Tanner Gill, Eileen Weisinger, and Kurt D. Lott), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, with Kristanna Loken), Species III (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), The Legend of Zorro (2005), The Kingdom (2007), and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), with Tom Morga).

He has also performed stunts in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Band of Brothers (2001, with Scott Grimes and Neal McDonough), E-Ring (2005, with David Mattey), The Shield, 24 (with James Cromwell and Tzi Ma), and J.J. Abrams' Alias (2006, with Jack Donner and Daniel Zacapa).

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