Jeff Dashnaw

Biography

Jeffrey James Dashnaw is an American award-winning stunt coordinator and stunt performer with over 35 years experience in the stunt business. He is married to fellow stunt coordinator/stunt performer Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw; they have 5 children: their sons J.J., Chad, and Jake are also stunt coordinators/stunt performers. Their son Nick was a stunt performer until his death in 2016.

Personal Facts

Known For

Crew

Gender

male

Known Credits

214

Birth Date

1956-04-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

• 

  Avatar
• 

  Scary Movie 4
• 

  Iron Man 2
• 

  Iron Man
• 

  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• 

  Inglourious Basterds

Credits

• crew (180 credits)

  • Cut Off

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2026
  • The Lost Bus

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2025
  • Civil War

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2024
  • Emancipation

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2022
  • News of the World

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2020
  • Spenser Confidential

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2020
  • Lucy in the Sky

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2019
  • Booksmart

    stunt driver

    crew
    2019
  • The Highwaymen

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2019
  • Father of the Year

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2018
  • The Equalizer 2

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2018
  • The Hammer

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2017
  • Baywatch

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2017
  • Keep Watching

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2017
  • Deepwater Horizon

    stunts

    crew
    2016
  • The Magnificent Seven

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2016
  • Jason Bourne

    stunts

    crew
    2016
  • Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2016
  • Jane Got a Gun

    stunts

    crew
    2015
  • The Hateful Eight

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2015
  • Point Break

    stunts

    crew
    2015
  • Freaks of Nature

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2015
  • Fantastic Four

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2015
  • Love & Mercy

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2015
  • The Longest Ride

    stunts

    crew
    2015
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2014
  • The Purge: Anarchy

    utility stunts

    crew
    2014
  • Neighbors

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2014
  • Transcendence

    stunts

    crew
    2014
  • Need for Speed

    stunts

    crew
    2014
  • Thor: The Dark World

    stunts

    crew
    2013
  • Machete Kills

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2013
  • R.I.P.D.

    stunts

    crew
    2013
  • The Purge

    stunts

    crew
    2013
  • A Good Day to Die Hard

    stunts

    crew
    2013
  • Django Unchained

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2012
  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

    stunts

    crew
    2012
  • The Five-Year Engagement

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2012
  • Shark Night 3D

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2011
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2011
  • Cowboys & Aliens

    stunts

    crew
    2011
  • Drive Angry

    stunts

    crew
    2011
  • Due Date

    stunts

    crew
    2010
  • Piranha 3D

    stunts

    crew
    2010
  • Predators

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2010
  • Get Him to the Greek

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2010
  • Iron Man 2

    stunts

    crew
    2010
  • Avatar

    stunts

    crew
    2009
  • Gamer

    stunts

    crew
    2009
  • The Final Destination

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2009
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

    stunts

    crew
    2009
  • Inglourious Basterds

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2009
  • Spring Breakdown

    stunts

    crew
    2009
  • Powder Blue

    utility stunts

    crew
    2009
  • Whip It

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2009
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still

    stunts

    crew
    2008
  • Hell Ride

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2008
  • Iron Man

    utility stunts

    crew
    2008
  • Street Kings

    stunts

    crew
    2008
  • Stop-Loss

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2008
  • 21

    stunts

    crew
    2008
  • Love Lies Bleeding

    stunt double

    crew
    2008
  • Beowulf

    stunts

    crew
    2007
  • 3:10 to Yuma

    stunts

    crew
    2007
  • Balls of Fury

    stunts

    crew
    2007
  • Death Proof

    stunts

    crew
    2007
  • Nobel Son

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2007
  • Planet Terror

    stunts

    crew
    2007
  • The Return

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2006
  • Crank

    stunts

    crew
    2006
  • Scary Movie 4

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2006
  • Jarhead

    stunts

    crew
    2005
  • Venom

    stunts

    crew
    2005
  • Underclassman

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2005
  • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2005
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    utility stunts

    crew
    2005
  • xXx: State of the Union

    stunts

    crew
    2005
  • Sin City

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2005
  • First Daughter

    stunts

    crew
    2004
  • Cellular

    stunts

    crew
    2004
  • Collateral

    stunt driver

    crew
    2004
  • Starsky & Hutch

    stunts

    crew
    2004
  • Bad Santa

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2003
  • Secondhand Lions

    stunts

    crew
    2003
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2003
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2003
  • Hollywood Homicide

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2003
  • The Matrix Reloaded

    stunts

    crew
    2003
  • Dark Blue

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2002
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2002
  • CSI: Miami

    - Just One Kiss (2002) ... stunt coordinator crew

    - Losing Face (2002) ... stunt coordinator crew
    2002
  • Bubble Boy

    stunts

    crew
    2001
  • Spy Kids

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2001
  • In Pursuit

    stunts

    crew
    2001
  • Double Take

    utility stunts

    crew
    2001
  • Pay It Forward

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2000
  • What Lies Beneath

    stunts

    crew
    2000
  • Gone in Sixty Seconds

    stunts

    crew
    2000
  • Rules of Engagement

    stunts

    crew
    2000
  • South of Heaven, West of Hell

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    2000
  • The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave

    stunts

    crew
    2000
  • End of Days

    utility stunts

    crew
    1999
  • The Astronaut's Wife

    stunts

    crew
    1999
  • Enemy of the State

    stunts

    crew
    1998
  • Vampires

    stunts

    crew
    1998
  • Practical Magic

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1998
  • Desperate Measures

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1998
  • The Postman

    stunts

    crew
    1997
  • The Devil's Child

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1997
  • Trojan War

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1997
  • Fire Down Below

    stunts

    crew
    1997
  • Weapons of Mass Distraction

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1997
  • Grosse Pointe Blank

    stunts

    crew
    1997
  • The Inheritance

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1997
  • Riot

    stunts

    crew
    1996
  • The Rich Man's Wife

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1996
  • Pure Danger

    stunts

    crew
    1996
  • Bulletproof

    stunts

    crew
    1996
  • Matilda

    stunts

    crew
    1996
  • Mulholland Falls

    stunts

    crew
    1996
  • Co-ed Call Girl

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1996
  • Amanda

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1996
  • Money Train

    stunts

    crew
    1995
  • Rage

    stunts

    crew
    1995
  • Jade

    stunts

    crew
    1995
  • The Scarlet Letter

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1995
  • The Big Green

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1995
  • Waterworld

    stunts

    crew
    1995
  • Houseguest

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1995
  • The Puppet Masters

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1994
  • Blankman

    stunts

    crew
    1994
  • Pentathlon

    stunts

    crew
    1994
  • The Chase

    stunts

    crew
    1994
  • A Home of Our Own

    stunt double

    crew
    1993
  • The Real McCoy

    stunts

    crew
    1993
  • Father Hood

    stunts

    crew
    1993
  • The Ballad of Little Jo

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1993
  • Last Action Hero

    stunts

    crew
    1993
  • Ulterior Motives

    stunts

    crew
    1993
  • The Bodyguard

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • Mikey

    stunt double

    crew
    1992
  • Under Siege

    stunt coordinator

    crew
    1992
  • Diggstown

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • Cool World

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • Patriot Games

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • Lethal Weapon 3

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • American Me

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • Nervous Ticks

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • Kuffs

    stunts

    crew
    1992
  • The Fisher King

    stunts

    crew
    1991
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    stunts

    crew
    1991
  • Sweet Poison

    stunts

    crew
    1991
  • Out for Justice

    stunts

    crew
    1991
  • The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

    stunts

    crew
    1990
  • Marked for Death

    stunts

    crew
    1990
  • Die Hard 2

    stunts

    crew
    1990
  • Catchfire

    stunts

    crew
    1990
  • The Wizard

    stunts

    crew
    1989
  • Warlock

    stunts

    crew
    1989
  • Road House

    stunts

    crew
    1989
  • Winter People

    stunts

    crew
    1989
  • Dead Bang

    stunts

    crew
    1989
  • Her Alibi

    stunts

    crew
    1989
  • Tales from the Crypt

    - The Secret (1990) ... stunt double crew
    1989
  • My Stepmother Is an Alien

    stunts

    crew
    1988
  • Caddyshack II

    stunts

    crew
    1988
  • License to Drive

    stunts

    crew
    1988
  • The Hidden

    stunts

    crew
    1987
  • World Gone Wild

    stunts

    crew
    1987
  • Dragnet

    stunts

    crew
    1987
  • Gardens of Stone

    stunts

    crew
    1987
  • Lethal Weapon

    stunts

    crew
    1987
  • Over the Top

    stunts

    crew
    1987
  • Mannequin

    stunts

    crew
    1987
  • To Live and Die in L.A.

    stunts

    crew
    1985
  • The Terminator

    stunts

    crew
    1984
  • Second Thoughts

    stunts

    crew
    1983
  • Amy

    stunts

    crew
    1981
  • Smokey and the Bandit II

    stunts

    crew
    1980

• actors (16 credits)

  • Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Sock 'Em Dead

    The Vamp

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Drive Angry

    Cowboy with Cattle Prod

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Body Count: The Deaths of "Final Destination"

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • 21

    Russian Mafioso

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • In Plain Sight

    - Father Goes West (2010) ... Truck Driver actor actors
    2008
  • Undead or Alive: A Zombedy

    Townsman

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Californication

    - Zoso (2009) ... Alpha Male Frat Guy actor actors
    2007
  • Sin City

    Motorcycle Cop

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Criminal Minds

    - Compulsion (2005) ... Matthew Rowland actor actors
    2005
  • Spy Kids

    Brat's Dad

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    - Coming of Rage (2003) ... Brian Haddick actor actors
    2000
  • Amanda

    Sir Mordrick

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Joshua Tree

    Coffee Shop Cop #1

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Breaking the Rules

    Redneck #1

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Blind Fury

    Ski Lodge Killer #1

    actor

    actors
    1989

• directing (18 credits)

  • Lioness

    - The Lie Is the Truth (2023) ... second unit director directing

    - Truth Is the Shrewdest Lie (2023) ... second unit director directing

    - The Choice of Failure (2023) ... second unit director directing

    - Bruise Like a Fist (2023) ... second unit director directing

    - The Beating (2023) ... second unit director directing
    2023
  • News of the World

    second unit director

    directing
    2020
  • Spenser Confidential

    second unit director

    directing
    2020
  • The Highwaymen

    second unit director

    directing
    2019
  • The Equalizer 2

    second unit director

    directing
    2018
  • The Magnificent Seven

    second unit director

    directing
    2016
  • Freaks of Nature

    second unit director

    directing
    2015
  • Love & Mercy

    second unit director

    directing
    2015
  • Neighbors

    second unit director

    directing
    2014
  • The Five-Year Engagement

    second unit director

    directing
    2012
  • Shark Night 3D

    second unit director

    directing
    2011
  • Get Him to the Greek

    second unit director

    directing
    2010
  • The Final Destination

    second unit director

    directing
    2009
  • Whip It

    second unit director

    directing
    2009
  • Underclassman

    second unit director

    directing
    2005
  • Trojan War

    second unit director

    directing
    1997
  • The Rich Man's Wife

    second unit director

    directing
    1996
  • The Puppet Masters

    second unit director

    directing
    1994