Changes: Sala Baker

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Baker as a Romulan

Sala Baker (born 22 September 1976; age 47) is a stuntman and stunt actor from Wellington, New Zealand who performed stunts as a Romulan in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek.

Baker is probably best know for his role as Sauron and other Orc charcters in Peter Jackson's fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003), where he appeared alongside with Trek performer John Rhys-Davies. Lord of the Rings was the first film on which Baker he worked.

Baker performed stunts in all three Pirates of the Caribbean films (2003, 2006, and 2007) and was among the stunt cast who received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture in 2008 for the latter one.

Other projects he has worked on include the fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), the fantasy film Eragon (2006), the comedy Epic Movie (2007, with stunts by Joni Avery, Joey Box, Dennis Keiffer, David Mattey, Marty Murray, Brian Oerly, Scott L. Schwartz, Chrissy Weathersby, Scott Workman, and Kofi Yiadom), Prison Break (2007, with Wade Williams, Robert Knepper, Cullen Douglas, and stunts by Eric Norris), two episodes of 24 (2007, with Gregory Itzin, Glenn Morshower, Boris Lee Krutonog, Bob Gunton, James Horan, and stunts by Jeff Cadiente, John Dixon, Paul Lacovara, and Erik Stabenau), Lee Tamahori's science fiction thriller Next (2007), and Peter Berg's action thriller The Kingdom (2007). For the latter one Baker and the stunt cast received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture in 2008.

More recently, Baker had supporting roles and performed stunts in the thriller Stiletto (2008, with stunts by Alina Andrei, Ben Bray, Mark DeAlessandro, Buck McDancer, Edward Perez, Peewee Piemonte, Ben Scott, Trampas Thompson, and Jim Wilkey), the horror film Monster Mountain (2008), the short film The Prinve of Venice (2008), the drama Powder Blue (2009), the drama Blood and Bone (2009, with Troy Brenna, Fallon Brooks, Daniel Arrias, and stunts by Fernando Chien, Tony Donno, and Tim Storms), the crime drama Grifter (2010), and the action drama 62 Pickup (2010, stunt coordinated by Eddie Perez).

External links

Sala Baker at Wikipedia
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 '''Sala Baker''' {{born|22|September|1976}} is a stuntman and stunt actor from Wellington, New Zealand who performed stunts as a [[Narada personnel#Guards on drilling rig|Romulan]] in [[J.J. Abrams]]' {{film|11}}.
-Baker is probably best know for his role as {{w|Sauron}} and other Orc charcters in {{w|Peter Jackson}}'s fantasy trilogy ''The Lord of the Rings'' (2001-2003), where he appeared alongside with ''Trek'' performer [[John Rhys-Davies]]. ''Lord of the Rings'' was his first film he worked on.
+Baker is probably best know for his role as {{w|Sauron}} and other Orc charcters in {{w|Peter Jackson}}'s fantasy trilogy ''The Lord of the Rings'' (2001-2003), where he appeared alongside with ''Trek'' performer [[John Rhys-Davies]]. ''Lord of the Rings'' was the first film on which Baker he worked.
 Baker performed stunts in all three ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films (2003, 2006, and 2007) and was among the stunt cast who received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture in 2008 for the latter one.
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