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Harry Wowchuk (born 16 October 1948; age 75) is a stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who performed stunts in Star Trek Nemesis.

Wowchuk was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has started as career as a boom operator and production manager beside his occupation as a stuntman.

He has performed and coordinated for films such as Jud (1971), Death Race 2000 (1975), Thunder and Lightning (1977, with Roger C. Carmel, George Murdock, and Charles Napier), Alligator (1980), The Entity (1981, with George Coe and Jacqueline Brookes), Trapped (1982), Repo Man (1984, with Tracey Walter, Biff Yeager, George Sawaya, Angelique Pettyjohn, and stunts by Eddie Hice and Rick Seaman), The Lost Empire (1985), Murphy's Law (1986, with Lawrence Tierney), Blind Date (1987), RoboCop (1987, with Peter Weller, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Freddie Hice, Gilbert Combs, and stunts by Doug Coleman, Gary Combs, Gene LeBell, Allan Graf, and Spiro Razatos), Alien Nation (1988), RoboCop 2 (1990), Last Action Hero (1993), Batman Forever (1995, with René Auberjonois), Set It Off (1996), Volcano (1997), Air Force One (1997), Conspiracy Theory (1997, with Patrick Stewart), Bulworth (1998), Magnolia (1999), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Red Dragon (2002, with John Rubinstein, Brenda Strong, David Doty, Robert Curtis Brown, Michael Cavanaugh, Andreana Weiner, William Lucking, Elizabeth Dennehy, Mark Moses, Frank Langella, and stunts by Keii Johnston, Kurt D. Lott, Monica Staggs, Gary Baxley, Joey Box, Eddie Braun, Phil Culotta, Tanner Gill, Steve Kelso, Peewee Piemonte, and Denney Pierce), Along Came Polly (2004), After the Sunset (2004), Bewitched (2005), Elizabethtown (2005, with Kirsten Dunst), and The Bucket List (2007, with Richard McGonagle and Jordan Lund).

Wowchuk has also performed and coordinated stunts in television series such as B.J. and the Bear, The A-Team (starring Dwight Schultz), St. Elsewhere, Moonlighting, Spenser: For Hire (starring Avery Brooks), Melrose Place, The Burning Zone (starring James Black, Michael Harris, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Players, The Division, Everwood (starring Stephanie Niznik), J.J. Abrams' Lost (starring Terry O'Quinn and Daniel Dae Kim), CSI: Miam, Invasion, Ghost Whisperer, and Passions (2002-2007).

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