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Tim Gilbert (born 31 January) is a stuntman and stunt coordinator who appeared as an member of Otrin's species in the Star Trek: Voyager seventh season episode "Friendship One". He received no credit for his performance and was identified by the name tag of his costume which was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1](X)

Gilbert started his career in the stunt business in the early '80s with performances in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Fletch (1985, with stunts by Vince Deadrick, Jr., Gene LeBell, and George Wilbur), North and South (1985, starring Kirstie Alley, Jim Metzler, James Read, and Jean Simmons), Legal Eagles (1986), the family comedy Harry and the Hendersons (1987, starring Kevin Peter Hall), Shakedown (1988, with stunts by John Alden, Gary Epper, Noon Orsatti, and Patricia Tallman), Moonwalker (1988), and Cyborg (1989, with stunts by Jophery C. Brown, Matt McColm, Jim O'Rear, and Alex Daniels).

In the '90s he performed stunts in A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990), City Slickers (1991), City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994, with stunts by Chris Doyle, Sandy Free, Maria Kelly, Deep Roy, and Lynn Salvatori), The Nutty Professor (1996), Liar Liar (1997), Volcano (1997), Starship Troopers (1997, starring Dina Meyer and Clancy Brown), The Truman Show (1998), Mystery Men (1999, with stunts by Joey Box, Bobby Burns, Leslie Hoffman, Diana Lee Inosanto, Joyce McNeal, and Karen Sheperd), End of Days (1999), and served as stunt double for Ron Eldard in the thriller The Runner (1999, stunt coordinated by Noon Orsatti).

More recent stunt credits include The Million Dollar Hotel (2000, with Harris Yulin), The Patriot (2000), Charlie's Angels (2000), Rat Race (2001, with Whoopi Goldberg and Lanei Chapman), XXX (2002), Catwoman (2004), Collateral (2004, with stunts by Simone Boisseree, Diana R. Lupo, Angela Meryl, Lin Oeding, Darlene Ava Williams, Lauro Chartrand, Lane Leavitt, Jade Quon, and stunt coordinator Joel Kramer), Domino (2005), Déjà Vu (2006), and Quarantine (2008, with stunts by Billy Burton, Jr. and Rosine "Ace" Hatem).

In 2005 Gilbert received a Taurus World Stunt Award nomination for Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Man for his performance in the action film Torque.

Working as a stunt coordinator since the early '80s, Gilbert coordinated for films and television series such as The Fall Guy (1984, with stunts by Matt McColm), the documentary Wheels in Motion (1988), In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993, with Neal McDonough and Jeri Ryan), the action drama Bloodhounds (1996, starring Corbin Bernsen and Christine Harnos), Something's Gotta Give (2003), Monk (2007), and more recently the third season of Heroes (2008-2009, starring Zachary Quinto, Greg Grunberg, and Cristine Rose). For Heroes Gilbert and his stunt cast received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series in 2009. Fellow Star Trek performers Robert Alonzo, Austin Priester, Mark Riccardi, Spike Silver, Pat Romano, Erik Stabenau, Xuyen Valdivia, Mark Wagner, Nancy Thurston, and Marcus Young were among the stunt cast.

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