Simon Crane
Known for Crew · 12 credits
- Born
- 1960-01-01 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Biography
Simon Crane (born 1960) is a British stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and film director. Crane has been a staple in the stunt world for decades working on several of the biggest action films and franchises in movie history, including several Bond films, Aliens, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Superman 4, Terminator 3, X-Men 3 and Men in Black 3.
When filming Cliffhanger (1993), Sly Stallone paid $1 million dollars out of his own pocket for stunt man Simon Crane to slide between two planes on a cable at 15,000 feet (4.6 km) – making it the most expensive aerial stunt ever, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Like Vic Armstrong and the Powells, Crane has been very popular with the Bond Film Series. Starting out in A View to a Kill (1985), and then he became Timothy Dalton’s stunt double for The Living Daylights (1987) and then graduating to 2nd Unit Stunt Coordinator for License to Kill. Finally in 1995, he was hired as the Stunt Coordinator for GoldenEye, he’s been a 2nd Unit Director or Stunt Coordinator on every film he’s worked since.
After the Bond franchise, Simon coordinated stunts for the Academy-Award winning films Titanic and Saving Private Ryan. In 2014, Crane won a SAG Award for Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture on the film Unbroken.
Known For
Titanic
1997
as 4th Officer Boxhall
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Policeman
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self
Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion
2000
as Self
TV Shows (2)
Movies (10)
Titanic
1997
as 4th Officer Boxhall
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self
Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion
2000
as Self
James Bond Down River
2000
as Self
Building A Better Mummy
1999
as Self
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
2000
as Self
Inside The Living Daylights
2000
as Self
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
2000
as Self
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
2000
as Self
About Simon Crane
Simon Crane (born 1960) is a British stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and film director. Crane has been a staple in the stunt world for decades working on several of the biggest action films and franchises in movie history, including several Bond films, Aliens, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Superman 4, Terminator 3, X-Men 3 and Men in Black 3. When filming Cliffhanger (1993), Sly Stallone paid $1 million dollars out of his own pocket for stunt man Simon Crane to slide between two planes on a cable at 15,000 feet… With 12 credits spanning from 1985 to 2002, Simon Crane has appeared in 10 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Simon Crane Movies
- Titanic (1997) — as 4th Officer Boxhall
- Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995) — as Self
- Best Ever Bond (2002) — as Self
- Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion (2000) — as Self
- James Bond Down River (2000) — as Self
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