Marcus Young
Marcus Young is a stuntman, martial artist, actor, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts as burly Starfleet cadet in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek. Young also worked as a fight coordinator on Star Trek Into Darkness. Young previously performed stunts for two of J.J. Abrams' productions; the television series Alias and the action sequel Mission: Impossible III (2006). Young, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, started his career as a stunt fighter in the late '90s with appearances in the action films Bloodsport III (1996, with John Rhys-Davies, Sidney Liufau, and Scott McElroy), Sworn to Justice (1997, with Brad Dourif, Walter Koenig, and Max Daniels), L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach (1998, with Cristian Letelier), Champions (1998, with Jeff Wolfe), and Better Never Than Late (1999). He performed stunts in the thriller True Vengeance (1997, along with Scott McElroy), the action film Recoil (1998, with Thomas Kopache,Robin Curtis, and stunts by Noby Arden, Bobby Burns, Erik Cord, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Al Jones, and Spiro Razatos), and the science fiction drama Interceptors (1999, with Brad Dourif and stunts by Lauro Chartrand). Young served as main stunt double for actor Bruce Locke in the fantasy action series Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998-1999), which starred Kristanna Loken and stunts by Dana Hee, Christopher Leps, and Boni Yanagisawa. Other television series he worked on include Walker, Texas Ranger, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (2000), V.I.P. (2000, with Michael Bailey Smith and stunts by Joni Avery and Darlene Ava Williams), Angel, The Invisible Man (2000, with Jeremy Roberts, Mike Massa, and Denney Pierce), The District, 24, She Spies, Birds of Prey (2002, starring Dina Meyer and Ian Abercrombie), and Threat Matrix. Further stunt performancs include the thriller The Ghost (2001, with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), the 2001 ABC World Stunt Awards (2001), the comedy sequel Scary Movie 2 (2001, with stunts by Geneviere Anderson,LaFaye Baker, Mike Gunther, and Chris…
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- 1972-10-01 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) — Fight Choreographer
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) — Stunts
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) — Stunts
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) — Merovingian's Thug (uncredited)
- Men in Black 3 (2012) — Stunts
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) — Stunt Double
- Bird Box (2018) — Stunts
- Star Trek (2009) — Burly Cadet
- Baywatch (2017) — Fight Choreographer
- Constantine (2005) — Stunts
- Mission: Impossible III (2006) — Chinese Guard (uncredited)
- Tropic Thunder (2008) — Stunts
- Cobra Kai (2018) — Head Referee
- Jungle Cruise (2021) — Goon (uncredited)
- Greenland (2020) — Stunts
- Scary Movie 2 (2001) — Stunts