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* Maggie Q of CW's ''{{Nikita}}'' always does her stunts.

* Hiroshi Fujioka, the first ''KamenRider'' actor did his own stunts... until an accident ended up breaking his leg, changing how stunts were done in Japan.

* TomCruise is also known for doing his own stunts (for example, in ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'').

* BasilRathbone was one of the finest on-screen fencers of his day and didn't use stunt doubles - except in ''TheCourtJester'', where DannyKaye was {{Flynning}} faster than Rathbone could keep up with.
* ChristopherLee is considered one of the finest swordsmen in film history, and has always done his own swordwork--even in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels (though a stunt double was used for the jumping and running scenes). He also served as an uncredited stunt driver on ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''.

* ''{{Film/Rocketeer}}'': Neville Sinclair doesn't have one, and is shown doing a pretty elaborate swashbuckling scene. It is referenced later as InsultBackfire.

* ''{{Rocketeer}}'': Neville Sinclair doesn't have one, and is shown doing a pretty elaborate swashbuckling scene. It is referenced later as InsultBackfire.

* LonChaney (to the extent he did stunts at all)

* Inverted in the StarWars parody SpaceBalls, where the stunt doubles appear [[AsHimself as themselves]] in one scene.

* In one {{Archie}} comic, Archie and Reggie were movie stars--Archie was a stuntman, but had to cover up the fact Reggie didn't do his own stunts.

* ''HomestarRunner:'' In [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail80.html "stunt double"]], Strong Bad insists that he does all his own stunts. He's lying, of course: when he shows his scenes from the film ''Dangeresque II: This Time It's Not Dangeresque 1'' as evidence, he has the least convincing stunt double ever.

->''I didn't want to use a stunt man, because I wanted to use a telephoto lens and zoom in slowly all the way to my face so you could see it was really me. I put on a little disguise and slipped into a sneak preview of the film to see how people liked it. When I was hanging up there in the air, the woman in front of me said to her friend, 'Gee, I wonder how they did that?' and her friend said, 'Special effects.'''

* ChristopherLee is considered one of the finest swordsmen in film history, and has always done his own swordwork--even in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels (though a stunt double was used for the jumping and running scenes). He also served as an uncredited stunt driver on ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun''.

* SummerGlau is well trained in several martial arts, so doesn't require a stunt double for most of her fight scenes. Bigger stunts she'll take one, but she can convincingly sell beating up multiple opponents much bigger than her.

* ClintEastwood did his own stunts.
* JackieChan, although [[DentedIron this has faded]] as he's gotten older.

* ChristopherLee is considered one of the finest swordsmen in film history, and has always done his own swordwork--even in the ''StarWars'' prequels (though a stunt double was used for the jumping and running scenes). He also served as an uncredited stunt driver on ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun''.
* Bethany Hamilton in SoulSurfer. It is convenient to have a one-armed surfer playing the part of a one-armed surfer.

* In ''101 Dalmations II: Patch's London Adventure'', Thunderbolt is a stunt dog--though he needs everything scripted.

* TomCruise is also known for doing his own stunts (for example, in ''[[Film/MissionImpossible Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol]]'').

* ViggoMortensen: Broke his toe, lost a tooth, and nearly drowned while filming ''Film/LordOfTheRings'', did many of his own stunts, was described by legendary swordmaster Bob Anderson as "the best swordsman I've ever trained" (which is saying something in a 50-year career), and kept his sword with him at all times for the duration of the filming. Oh, and slept in the stables in order to bond with his horse. Stabbed himself in the leg while shooting Alatriste, and kept filming.

* HaroldLloyd

* JackieChan, although this has faded as he's gotten older.

What do Creator/CharlieChaplin, BusterKeaton, HaroldLloyd, and Creator/JackieChan all have in common?

-->'''ClintEastwood'''

What do Creator/CharlieChaplin, BusterKeaton, HaroldLloyd, and JackieChan all have in common?

* [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer David Boreanaz]]

* In one ArchieComic, Archie and Reggie were movie stars--Archie was a stuntman, but had to cover up the fact Reggie didn't do his own stunts.

* Within the Marvel universe, Simon Williams, AKA Wonder Man, performs his own stunts, thanks to his powers essentially giving him an indestructible body in the way that he doesn't even have a physical form.

* CharlieChaplin

What do CharlieChaplin, BusterKeaton, HaroldLloyd, and JackieChan all have in common?

1) The actor ''is'' a stuntperson ''in his or her own right''--in other words, they've got the training and the skill. Quite common in SilentFilms, when stunt doubles were almost unknown and NoOSHACompliance was a RealLife fact.

2) Some actors insist on doing their own stunts--then they get injured and realize that yes, a professional stunt person really is necessary. In other words, they grow up. This tends to happen more to men than women.

3) The actor only claims to do their own stunts.

4) Virtually exclusive to InUniverse instances (often action series), where the hero will be hired or persuaded to protect an actor who does their own stunts. If the actor only claims to do their own stunts, the protagonist's job is to keep the truth from coming out.

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