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Marty Murray (born 11 August 1972; age 51) is a stuntman, stunt actor, and film maker who worked as lead stunt double for actor Dominic Keating on the first through third seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise. In addition, he doubled guest actors as well and also had a stunt acting part in the first season episode "Oasis".

He was on set for the second season episode "Future Tense", doubling Dominic Keating's fall from the ladder in the launch bay but was not seen in the final episode. An operations division Starfleet uniform worn by Murray in the episodes "Terra Nova", "Regeneration", and "Oasis" was later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1] Also sold off was a Starfleet excursion jacket worn by him in an episode. [2] In addition, the costumes worn by Murray in the episodes "The Communicator", "The Breach", "Judgment", and "Extinction" were also sold off. At least two of them were also worn by stuntman Clark Tucker who doubled Keating in the fourth season. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Murray was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale where he graduated with a BA in Administration of Justive and degrees in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management in 1994. Murray has started his career in the film industry by working as a production assistant on several productions. In the late 1990s, after he worked on several stunt live shows such as "Wild Wild West", he moved on into the stunt industry. Since 2000 he has been married to stuntwoman and production coordinator Kori Murray. They have one child. In March 2009, Murray founded the film production company Full Throttle Pictures Inc. [8]

His earlier stunt work includes Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as stunt double for Peter Facinelli in Fastlane, Crossing Jordan, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Ghost Whisperer, as stunt double for Scott Caan in Ocean's Eleven (2001), Big Fat Liar (2002, with Erik Stabenau, Andy Gill, and Dick Ziker), Showtime (2002, with William Shatner, Rachael Harris, Christopher Darga, and stunts by Joni Avery, Rick Avery, Janet Brady, Eddie Braun, Charlie Brewer, Jophery C. Brown, Anita Hart, and Spike Silver), the short science fiction film Phoenix (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), the television science fiction film Future Tense (2003), and Timecop: The Berlin Decision (2003, with John Beck, Jeff Wolfe, Todd Bryant, Vince Deadrick, Mark De Alessandro, Jeff Pruitt, and Dennis Madalone).

For his work as stunt double for actor Tobey Maguire in Seabiscuit in 2003, Murray earned two Taurus World Stunt Award nominations in 2004 in the categories Best Specialty Stunt and Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Man, both shared with Kevin Derr.

Further stunt work include Twisted (2004, with Ashley Judd, Titus Welliver, Jennifer Caputo, Kiante Elam, and Rex J. Reddick), Paparazzi (2004, coordinated by Charles Picerni, Jr.), The Chumscrubber (2005, coordinated by Keith Campbell), Domino (2005), Big Momma's House 2 (2006, coordinated by Charles Croughwell), Mission: Impossible III (2006, with Tracy Middendorf, Bruce French, Ellen Bry, and stunts by Dana Dru Evenson, Joey Box, Steve Blalock, Mark DeAlessandro, Tanner Gill, Mark Riccardi, Ator Tamras, Spice Williams, Scott Workman, and Thom Williams), the television thriller Deceit (2006, with Paul Eliopoulos), Epic Movie (2007), Disturbia (2007), Fred Claus (2007), the television documentary Carrier at War: The USS Enterprise (2007), the fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), and Avatar (2009).

Murray earned two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of the stunt cast in the category Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture in 2008 for his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and in 2012 for his work on Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

He also performed stunts in the crime drama Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010, with Melissa Baldridge, Corbin Bernsen, B.J. Davis, Alan Marcus, and Spice Williams-Crosby), Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011, with John Dixon), the television thriller Last Man Standing (2011, with Shauna Duggins), Larry Crowne (2011, written, directed, produced, and starring Tom Hanks), 30 Minutes or Less (2011), the thriller Contagion (2011), Setup (2011, written and directed by Mike Gunther), the animated adventure The Adventures of Tintin (2011), the comedy LOL (2012), as stunt double for Christian Slater on Freaky Deaky (2012, with Andy Dick), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Dhoom 3 (2013), Divergent (2014), Marauders (2016), and episodes of Chicago Fire (2014, with Nicole Forester), Sense8 (2015, with Ness Bautista, Danny Goldring, Brian Christensen, Jennifer Caputo, Caryn Mower, and Michelle Sebek), APB (2017, with Marlene Forte, directed by John Putch, and stunt coordination by Carrick O'Quinn), and Chicago P.D. (2014-2018).

Through his production company Full Throttle Pictures Inc., he worked as producer and second unit director on the action film Misfire (2014), as writer, director, and producer on the horror film Paranormal Island (2014, with Brian Christensen), as second unit director and producer on the horror film Kill Game (2018, with Brian Christensen), and as producer on the action film Rumble (2018). He previously worked as co-producer on the comedy Holy Water (2009, with Linda Hamilton and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.) and as co-executive producer and stunt coordinator on the action film Dead Drop (2013).

Murray was the second assistant stunt coordinator on Hostel: Part III (2011, with John Dixon and Chris Torres) and assistant stunt coordinator on Vamps (2012, with Wallace Shawn, Scott Thomson, Malcolm McDowell, and Elle Alexander) and the drama Quad (2013, costume design by Durinda Wood). He was billed as stunt coordinator on American Fable (2016), the first season of The Exorcist (2016, with Alan Ruck and Francis Guinan), the thriller Stolen (2018), three seasons of the drama series Empire (2016-2018), and the television drama No Apologies (2018, with Mark Moses).

On two episodes of The Exorcist (2016) and on the thriller Stolen (2018) he also worked as second unit director. Other projects he directed the second unit include the drama Teacher (2017) and the scripted action film Guns of Ridgewood (tba). Further announced projects through his production company are the action film Remote, the horror film Halloween Man, and the comedy Lost on Patrol. [9]

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