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James D. Weston II (born 23 December 1963; age 60) is an actor and stuntman who worked as a stand-in on Star Trek. He also played a Klingon guard in the film, but his scene was deleted.
Weston has a military background which includes training and work with weapons, precision driving experience, work with military equipment, aviation maintenance training and graduated from the Aviation High School in New York, and is a member of the Tuskeegee Airmen. Currently he is part of the military reserve force.
Weston often portrays police officers or military officers but made his on-screen debut as a basketball fan in a crowd scene in Flubber (1997, featuring Christopher McDonald, Clancy Brown, Wil Wheaton, Dakin Matthews, Bob Sarlatte, Scott Trimble, and Peter White). This debut was followed by background parts in Nash Bridges (2001, with Cress Williams, Marco Rodriguez, and Bill Smitrovich), Boomtown (2003, with Neal McDonough, Erich Anderson, and Dayo Ade), and The Law and Mr. Lee (2003, along Tina Lifford, Bill Smitrovich, and Jeremy Roberts).
The same year, 2003, Weston performed precision driving stunts and portrayed a background Zeon reveler in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. In both films Anthony Zerbe portrayed a supporting role. Further roles include background parts in the television series Barbershop (2005, with Adam Clark), Nip/Tuck (2005), Sleeper Cell (2005, with Henri Lubatti and Brad Greenquist), Secrets of a Small Town (2006), Monk (2006, with Malcolm McDowell), and The Evidence (2006, with Karen Austin and John Fleck). Among his feature film performances are Hulk (2003), Twisted (2004, starring Ashley Judd, Titus Welliver, and Leland Orser), XXX: State of the Union (2005), Bee Season (2005), Just Like Heaven (2005, with Rosalind Chao and Willie Garson), Rent (2005), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), The Darwin Awards (2006), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Transformers (2007, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman), and Reno 911!: Miami (2007).
Weston also served as stand-in for Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and for actor Dennis Haysbert in two commercials. More recently, he appeared as a pilot in the thriller Terminal Trap (2008).