Gary Connery

Actor

BIOGRAPHY

Gary Connery (born 1970) is a British skydiver, BASE jumper, and professional stuntman. Connery has performed stunt-work in films. He has also acted as the stunt-double for Gary Oldman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rowan Atkinson, and John Hurt. He is acknowledged as the first skydiver to land after a wingsuit jump without using a parachute. He made his first parachute jump at age 23, as part of his army training.He was the stunt-double of the Queen during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. He has performed 880 skydives and 450 BASE jumps. He has jumped from locations such as the Eiffel Tower, Nelsons Column, the London Eye, Londons Tower Bridge, and from inside the Millennium Dome.

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