Chad Stahelski

Chad Stahelski

Born: September 20, 1968
in Palmer, Massachusetts, USA
Charles F. Stahelski (born September 20, 1968) is an American stuntman and filmmaker. He is considered a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He first achieved prominence as an stunt performer and coordinator, notably as the key stunt double for Keanu Reeves on The Matrix (1999), and as the martial arts stunt coordinator on its first two sequels. He subsequently directed the 2014 film John Wick, starring Reeves, and its three sequels.

Movies for Chad Stahelski...

Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies
Title: Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies
Character: Self
Released: November 26, 2023
Type: Movie
Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies tells the story of a true renegade and his love for filmmaking, a free spirit who always did Hollywood his way despite the odds. The documentary follows Albert after his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and dementia. Fighting rapidly declining health, hallucinations, and memory loss, he is on a mission to make his final film, Cyborg Overture - Bad Ass Angels and Demons, the prequel to one of his most famous films, the post-apocalyptic classic Cyborg.
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The Matrix Resurrections
Title: The Matrix Resurrections
Character: Chad
Released: December 16, 2021
Type: Movie
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
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Title: The Art of Action
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2020
Type: TV
International action star Scott Adkins talks with some of the world's most renowned names in the action and martial arts film industry to discover what it takes to make good action movies and how to film fights.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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As Above, So Below: The Underworld of 'John Wick'
Title: As Above, So Below: The Underworld of 'John Wick'
Character: Self
Released: June 13, 2017
Type: Movie
A close look at the assassin's lifestyle in the film.
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Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
Title: Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
Character: Self
Released: June 13, 2017
Type: Movie
More fight choreography footage and in fact seems to be documenting more than one fight scene, unless one simply takes the entire film as one long extended fight scene, which isn't that far fetched of a perception.
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Friends, Confidantes: The Keanu/Chad Partnership
Title: Friends, Confidantes: The Keanu/Chad Partnership
Character: Self
Released: June 13, 2017
Type: Movie
An appealing look at the longstanding friendship between the two (Stahelski was Reeves' stunt double before going into directing).
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John Wick Chapter 2: Wick-vizzed
Title: John Wick Chapter 2: Wick-vizzed
Character: Self
Released: June 13, 2017
Type: Movie
A candid look at rehearsal footage in support of a focus on pre-viz.
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John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Title: John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry
Character: Self
Released: February 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Short documentary that looks at a number of elements like the initial pitch for the project and the 2nd Unit action sequences.
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Don't F*#% With John Wick
Title: Don't F*#% With John Wick
Character: Self
Released: February 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes look at fight choreography and action training.
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The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Title: The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Character: Self - Second Unit Director
Released: August 18, 2012
Type: Movie
A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and marketing. This is an amazing in-depth piece and it's notable how many women were involved in this production, from several Lionsgate executives to novelist Suzanne Collins herself. Jennifer Lawrence talks about her "hypocrisy" in not wanting to do a big budget blockbuster after having devoted herself to indies (despite X-Men, which she seems to discount somewhat). There's also a nice sequence on the strength and weight training the actors went through and the stunts that are so notable in the film, as well as having to dance around the violence implicit in the story due to the planned PG-13 rating the filmmakers were aiming for.
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The Mechanic
Title: The Mechanic
Character: Vaughn's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Released: January 13, 2011
Type: Movie
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.
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Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Title: Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Character: Self
Released: November 14, 2010
Type: Movie
Sylvester Stallone's 90-minute video diary, covering the making of "The Expendables".
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Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Title: Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Character: Self
Released: July 27, 2010
Type: Movie
Structured as a complete production diary of the 42-day shooting schedule, this supplement can be played in its entirety or easily broken down over the course of multiple nights. In essence, this fascinating behind the scenes supplement displays on-set footage of the cast and crew while Stallone provides an enlightening after-the-fact commentary track. If you ever thought Stallone was simply a knucklehead action star with big muscles, this should completely change your opinion.
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Title: Archer
Character: (voice)
Released: September 17, 2009
Type: TV
Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.
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Live Free or Die Hard
Title: Live Free or Die Hard
Character: Terrorist (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 2007
Type: Movie
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.
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Next
Title: Next
Character: US Marine (uncredited)
Released: April 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.
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Fetch
Title: Fetch
Character: Sunny
Released: April 15, 2007
Type: Movie
John 'Fetch' Fetcher is on the case. They said it would be easy. It's never easy.
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V for Vendetta
Title: V for Vendetta
Character: Storm Saxon
Released: February 23, 2006
Type: Movie
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
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Constantine
Title: Constantine
Character: Demon in Hospital (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 2005
Type: Movie
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
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Switchfoot Live in San Diego
Title: Switchfoot Live in San Diego
Character: Himself
Released: March 23, 2004
Type: Movie
San Diego's genre-busting rules-breaking rock band took the stage at the fabled punk rock venue Soma to give the group's hardcore hometown fans the kind of show that legends are made of.
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Title: Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Character: Masked Fighter
Released: January 25, 2002
Type: Movie
A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way he encounters some strange characters.
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The Matrix Revisited
Title: The Matrix Revisited
Character: Self - Stuntman (archive footage)
Released: November 19, 2001
Type: Movie
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
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Vampires
Title: Vampires
Character: Male Master #4
Released: October 30, 1998
Type: Movie
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
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Recoil
Title: Recoil
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Released: May 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Detective Ray Morgan accidentally kills the son of a mob boss. The mob boss orders to have Morgan killed unknowing that the assassin killed Morgan's wife and kids. Now Morgan's out for revenge..and he'll do it his own way
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The Hunted
Title: The Hunted
Character: FBI Agent #2
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Jake, an ex-Motocross champion, is set up for a crime he has not committed. He now finds himself running from the government, and must find the man who set him up and to clean his name.
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character: Kulak
Released: March 10, 1997
Type: TV
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
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Bloodsport III
Title: Bloodsport III
Character: Max Omega
Released: December 5, 1996
Type: Movie
Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite, the most vicious warrior alive - Beast. He must not only battle for his own honor, but also avenge the death of Sun, his mentor, teacher, and spiritual "father", when Sun is spitefully killed by crime boss Duvalier. In order to defeat Beast, destroy Duvalier, and avenge Sun's death, Alex turns to Leung to whom he was indebted in Bloodsport II. Leung directs him to the great shaman, Makato "the Judge", to whom Alex must turn for guidance. The judge teaches him to fully channel the energy in his mind and body in order to rout the Beast in the Kumite...
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The Glimmer Man
Title: The Glimmer Man
Character: Carjacker / Thug (uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1996
Type: Movie
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also involves terrorism and organized crime.
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Nemesis 3: Time Lapse
Title: Nemesis 3: Time Lapse
Character: Nebula
Released: June 18, 1996
Type: Movie
Using footage left over from Nemesis 2 and a very thin story line sees Alex again fighting the cyborg mercenaries in 1998 East Africa. This time, Alex finds that she has 20 half sisters who are waiting for her to return to 2077. Central Command wants Alex captured alive and scanned to see if her DNA is a strong and more powerful strain than the normal. But Alex may be too tough for Farnsworth to capture.
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Bloodsport II
Title: Bloodsport II
Character: Fighter
Released: March 1, 1996
Type: Movie
After thief Alex Cardo gets caught while stealing an ancient katana in East Asia, he soon finds himself imprisoned and beaten up by the crowd there. One of the guards, Demon, feels upset by Alex appearance and tortures him as often as he gets the opportunity. Alex finds a friend and mentor in the jailhouse, Master Sun, who teaches him a superior fighting style called Iron Hand. When a 'best of the best kumite' is to take place, Demon gets an invitation. Now Master Sun and Alex need to find a way to let Alex take part in the kumite too.
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Nemesis 2: Nebula
Title: Nemesis 2: Nebula
Character: Nebula
Released: August 18, 1995
Type: Movie
It has been 73 years since Alex failed and the Humans lost the Cyborg Wars. Since then, the Humans have been enslaved. Scientists have developed a new DNA strain, which could signal the end of the Cyborgs, and they inject it into a volunteer. When the Cyborgs learn of the woman and the baby they list both for termination.
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Heatseeker
Title: Heatseeker
Character: Budokam Fighter
Released: June 27, 1995
Type: Movie
A kickboxing champion is forced to fight cyborgs in a tournament when the company kidnaps his fiancee.
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Spitfire
Title: Spitfire
Character: Whit
Released: January 24, 1995
Type: Movie
A sultry assassin is the target of two separate operatives in this globe-trotting action flick shot on location in the Bahamas, Athens, Rome and Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong 97
Title: Hong Kong 97
Character: Leong
Released: November 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Hong Kong 97 takes place in Hong Kong right before the transfer of power from Britain to China. Reginald Cameron, an assassin affiliated with a large corporation with interests in the colony, guns down key members of the Chinese envoy which will take charge of Hong Kong the next day. Suddenly, he becomes a target for every two-bit mercenary in the city. With the help of his company mentor, a clueless friend, and his ex-girlfriend, Cameron must unravel the motives behind his sudden target status and escape Hong Kong alive.
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Mission of Justice
Title: Mission of Justice
Character: The Gauntlet
Released: December 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Mayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Larkin has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band of ex-convicts, called the Peacemakers, who roam the streets to do her bidding. When a boxer friend is killed by Larkin's thugs, an outlaw cop goes undercover to get evidence, and works his way up to the inner circle of the doctor's army.
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2nd Unit: Invisible Action Stars
Title: 2nd Unit: Invisible Action Stars
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A detailed look into a key element of action filmmaking, the second unit. We go behind the scenes and allow some of the biggest names in Hollywood to show us why the men and women of second unit are the unsung heroes of the film industry.