Mic Rodgers
Michael G. “Mic” Rodgers | |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Film and commercial director, second unit director, stunt coordinator, stunt performer. |
Michael G. “Mic” Rodgers (born 1954) is an American film and commercial director, second unit director, stunt coordinator, and stunt performer. As a stunt performer, he is known for serving as a stunt double for actors such as Mel Gibson.[1] He has also served as a second unit action director and/or stunt coordinator for films such as Braveheart,[1] Hacksaw Ridge,[2] The Fast and The Furious,[3] and Twister.[4] A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, he won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2002 for his invention of the “Mic Rig,” a stunt vehicle.[5][6] He has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work on Hacksaw Ridge[7] and two Taurus World Stunt awards.[8][9]
Career
[edit]In the 1970s and 1980s, Rodgers worked as a stunt performer on television series such as Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, and Airwolf.[10] He also played minor roles on productions such as the aforementioned Airwolf.[11]
In the 1980s, Rodgers also began doubling for Mel Gibson on projects such as Lethal Weapon.[10] Lethal Weapon was the first of his multiple collaborations with director Richard Donner.[12] He went on to double for Gibson for 25 years on projects including Braveheart and Maverick.[10] He also served as the main stunt coordinator on Maverick and Braveheart, and co-coordinator for Lethal Weapon 2 and Lethal Weapon 3.[10][12] While doubling for Gibson in Maverick, Rodgers performed a team-to-team stagecoach transfer, which was a stunt originated by Yakima Canutt in the film Stagecoach.[12] He also served as a second unit director for Braveheart.[1]
In 1999, Rodgers made his directorial debut with the film Universal Soldier: The Return.[13]
Rodgers was a second unit director and a stunt coordinator for the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious.[14] During the production of The Fast and the Furious, Rodgers developed a vehicle named the “Mic Rig” in collaboration with special effects coordinator Matt Sweeney and the rest of the film's special effects department.[14][15]
Rodgers received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2002 for his efforts designing the vehicle.[6] Rodgers would return for other films in the series, including Fast & Furious (2009), for which he won the Taurus World Stunt award for Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director.[8]
In the 2000s, Rodgers went on to serve as a second unit director and/or stunt coordinator for films such as Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,[16] Mr. and Mrs. Smith,[17] and Wanted.[18]
Rodgers served as the stunt coordinator for the 2012 film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, training the film's star Benjamin Walker to perform the film's choreography.[19]
In the 2010s, he continued working as a second unit director and stunt coordinator for films such as the 2015 remake of Point Break,[20] Hacksaw Ridge,[7] and 12 Strong.[21] He would win a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance By a Stunt Ensemble for his work on Hacksaw Ridge in 2017.[7][22] He also won another Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director for Hacksaw Ridge.[9]
Rodgers continued working as a stunt performer for productions such as Django Unchained[23] and Sons of Anarchy.[10] He has also directed commercials such as BMW’s “Epic Drift Mob.”[24]
He was a long time member of the stunt organization Stunts Unlimited, leaving it to become one of the original members of Brand X Stunts.[25]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award Show | Award Category | Work | Status |
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2002 | Taurus World Stunt Awards | Best Stunt Coordination - Sequence | The Last Castle | Nominated[26] |
2002 | Taurus World Stunt Awards | Best Stunt Coordination - Feature Film | The Fast and the Furious | Nominated[26] |
2002 | Academy Awards | Technical Achievement Award | The Fast and the Furious, “Mic Rig” | Won[5] |
2010 | Taurus World Stunt Awards | Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director | Fast and Furious (2009) | Won[8] |
2016 | Taurus World Stunt Awards | Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director | Point Break | Nominated[27][28] |
2017 | Taurus World Stunt Awards | Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director | Hacksaw Ridge | Won[9] |
2017 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Best Stunt Ensemble | Hacksaw Ridge | Won[7][29] |
2017 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Stunt Coordination | Hacksaw Ridge | Won[30] |
Filmography
[edit]Director / Producer
[edit]Year | Title | Director | Producer |
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1999 | A Day in the Dirt | No | Yes |
2002 | Universal Soldier: The Return[13] | Yes | No |
Second-unit director / Stunt coordinator
[edit]Year | Title | Second-unit director | Stunt coordinator | Notes |
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1984 | When the Bough Breaks | No | Yes | |
1984 | Cover-Up | Yes | Yes | TV series |
1988 | Baja California | No | Yes | TV Movie |
1988 | Resurrection | No | Yes | |
1988 | Reckless | No | Yes | |
1988 | World Gone Wild | No | Yes | |
1988 | Cannonball 2 | No | Yes | |
1988 | Dead Bang | No | Yes | |
1988 | Lethal Weapon 2 | No | Yes | [12] |
1988 | Scrooged | Yes | Yes | |
1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Yes | Yes | TV series |
1990 | Marked for Murder | No | Yes | TV series |
1990 | Shannon’s Deal | Yes | Yes | TV series |
1991 | Dollman | No | Yes | Video |
1991 | Bird on a Wire | No | Yes | |
1991 | Radio Flyer | No | Yes | |
1991 | For the Boys | No | Yes | |
1992 | Year of the Comet | Yes | No | |
1993 | Arcade | No | Yes | Video |
1993 | Lethal Weapon 3 | No | Yes | [12] |
1993 | Point of No Return | No | Yes | |
1994 | Intersection | No | Yes | |
1994 | Maverick | Yes | Yes | [12] |
1995 | Braveheart | Yes | Yes | [12] |
1995 | Virtuosity | Yes | Yes | |
1996 | Fled | Yes | Yes | |
1996 | Twister | No | Yes | |
1997 | Volcano | Yes | Yes | |
1997 | Nothing to Lose | Yes | No | |
1998 | Species II | Yes | No | |
1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Yes | Yes | |
1999 | Payback | Yes | Yes | |
2001 | Texas Rangers | Yes | No | |
2001 | The Fast and the Furious | Yes | Yes | [14] |
2001 | James Dean | Yes | No | TV movie |
2001 | The Last Castle | Yes | Yes | |
2003 | Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle | Yes | Yes | |
2004 | Catch That Kid | Yes | No | |
2004 | Taking Lives | Yes | No | |
2004 | National Treasure | Yes | No | |
2005 | Mr. and Mrs. Smith | Yes | Yes | |
2006 | Payback: Straight Up | Yes | Yes | |
2006 | Apocalypto | Yes | Yes | |
2008 | The Eye | Yes | Yes | New Mexico |
2009 | Fighting | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | Straw Dogs | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Yes | Yes | Civil War Unit |
2015 | The Boy Next Door | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | Point Break | Yes | Yes | |
2016 | Blood Father | Yes | Yes | For additional photography |
2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Yes | Yes | [7] |
2018 | 12 Strong | Yes | Yes | |
2020 | Surrounded | Unknown | Yes |
Stunt Performer
[edit]Year | Title | Notes |
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1978 | The Return of Captain Nemo | TV series |
1979 | Survival Run | |
1979 | 1941 | Uncredited |
1980 | Resurrection | Double for Sam Shepard |
1980 | In God We Trust | Alternately known as Gimme That Old Time Religion |
1980 | Gridlock | |
1981 | Fall Guy | TV series |
1981 | Simon & Simon | TV series |
1981 | Dynasty | TV series |
1981 | Riker | TV series pilot |
1981 | The Archer | TV movie |
1981 | The Devil & Max Devlin | |
1981 | The Incredible Hulk | |
1981 | Underground Aces | |
1982 | A Time to Die | |
1982 | Megaforce | |
1982 | Yes, Giorgio | |
1983 | The Sting II | |
1983 | Stroker Ace | |
1983 | D.C. Cab | |
1984 | Raw Courage | |
1984 | Reckless | |
1984 | Cannonball Run 2 | |
1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | |
1984 | The Woman in Red | As Mic Rogers |
1984 | Dreamscape | Double for Dennis Quaid |
1984 | Cover Up | |
1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | |
1984 | City Heat | Double for Burt Reynolds |
1984 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | |
1984 | Birdy | |
1985 | Into the Night | |
1986 | Iron Eagle | |
1986 | Legal Eagles | As Mic Rogers |
1986 | Out of Bounds | |
1986 | When the Bough Breaks | |
1986 | Let’s Get Harry | |
1987 | Lethal Weapon | Double for Mel Gibson |
1987 | Down Twisted | As Mic Rodger |
1987 | Kidnapped | |
1987 | NightForce | Video |
1987 | Bulletproof | |
1987 | World Gone Wild | Also Stunt Coordinator |
1988 | Off Limits | |
1988 | Rambo III | |
1988 | Scrooged | |
1988 | Tequila Sunrise | Double for Mel Gibson |
1989 | Dead Bang | |
1989 | K-9 | |
1989 | Road House | |
1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | Double for Mel Gibson |
1990 | Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge | |
1990 | Bird on a Wire | Double for Mel Gibson |
1991 | Tales from the Crypt | TV series - Ep: Carrion Death |
1991 | Run | |
1991 | For the Boys | |
1992 | Radio Flyer | |
1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Double for Mel Gibson |
1992 | Forever Young | Double for Mel Gibson |
1993 | Marked for Murder | |
1993 | Point of No Return | |
1993 | Heart & Souls | |
1993 | Gettysburg | |
1994 | Intersection | Double for Richard Gere |
1994 | Ring of Steel | |
1994 | Village of the Damned | |
1994 | Chasers | |
1994 | The Road Killers | |
1994 | Maverick | Double for Mel Gibson |
1994 | The Puppet Masters | |
1994 | Drop Zone | |
1995 | Braveheart | Double for Mel Gibson |
1995 | Under Siege: Dark Territory | |
1995 | Virtuosity | |
1996 | The Rock | As Mic Rogers |
1996 | Ransom | Double for Mel Gibson |
1997 | Inventing the Abbots | |
1997 | Volcano | |
1997 | Batman & Robin | |
1997 | Conspiracy Theory | |
1997 | Titanic | |
1997 | Mousehunt | |
1998 | Palmetto | As Mac Rodgers |
1998 | Deep Impact | |
1998 | Godzilla | |
1998 | The Negotiator | |
1998 | The Adventures of Ragtime | |
1999 | Payback | Double for Mel Gibson |
1999 | Universal Soldier: The Return | |
2000 | The Scorpion King | |
2000 | Van Helsing | |
2000 | The Patriot | Stunt advisor to Mel Gibson |
2001 | The Fast and the Furious | |
2001 | Double Take | |
2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | |
2001 | Evolution | |
2003 | Old School | |
2005 | Sin City | |
2005 | xXx: State of the Union | |
2005 | Zathura: A Space Adventure | |
2006 | Southland Tales | |
2006 | Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny | |
2007 | The Invasion | |
2007 | Superbad | |
2007 | Ben 10: Race Against Time | |
2008 | Iron Man | |
2009-2011 | Sons of Anarchy | TV series; Double for Ron Perlman |
2009 | The Final Destination | |
2010 | Iron Man 2 | |
2010 | Faster | |
2012 | Bless Me, Ultima | |
2012 | Django Unchained | |
2013 | 21 | |
2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | |
2013 | Snitch | |
2013 | The Lone Ranger | |
2013 | True Blood | TV series as Michael Rodgers |
2013 | Thor: The Dark World | |
2013 | The List | |
2014 | The Night Shift | TV series |
2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | |
2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | |
2016 | Blood Father | Double for Mel Gibson |
2016 | The Magnificent Seven | |
2016 | Westworld | TV series |
2018 | Bird Box | |
2019 | Lucy in the Sky |
Actor
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | M*A*S*H | Private | |
1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Character actor | Voice role |
1982 | Mae West | TV movie | |
1984 | Courage | West | |
1985 | Misfits of Science | Policeman | |
1985 | Airwolf | Haver | TV series |
1987 | Lethal Weapon | Bus Driver | Uncredited |
1987 | Santa Barbara | Bounty Hunter | TV series |
1989 | Dead Bang | Sergeant Kimble | |
1990 | Perfect Strangers | Video Vendor | TV series |
1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Policeman in Garage | Uncredited |
1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Bomb Scene Cop | Uncredited |
1992 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Glinn Corak | TV series |
1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Bajoran Security Deputy | TV series |
1993 | Point of No Return | Cop | |
1998 | Deep Impact | Secret Service Agent | Uncredited |
1999 | Universal Soldier | Big Biker | Uncredited |
2003 | CSI: Miami | Jeff Macher | TV series |
2006 | The Shaggy Dog | Bus Driver | |
2012 | Maniac | Old Man | |
2019 | Lucy in the Sky | San Diego Cop | |
2022 | Boo, Bitch | 1 episode, TV MiniSeries |
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