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Tierre Ramon Turner (born 7 January 1960; age 64) is a stuntman, stunt actor and stunt coordinator who performed stunts as a Starfleet official in Star Trek Into Darkness and performed stunts for the 2013 video game Star Trek. Between 1994 and 1995, Turner worked as stunt coordinator and portrayed the working droid Zero in Earth 2, starring Clancy Brown, John Gegenhuber, and Terry O'Quinn.

Career[]

Acting[]

Turner started his career as an actor in the early 1970s with appearances in television series such as McCloud (1973, with Diana Muldaur, Nehemiah Persoff, Joseph Ruskin, and Terri Garr), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974), That's My Mama (1975), and Three for the Road (1975) and films including People Toys (1974), The Runaways (1975), and Bucktown (1975, with Fred Williamson and Thalmus Rasulala).

The following years, he had recurring roles in the comedy series The Cop and the Kid (1975-1976), James at 15 (1978), and The Waverly Wonders (1978) and guest roles in episodes of Mr. Merlin (1981), M*A*S*H (1982, with David Ogden Stiers, Earl Boen, and Matthew Faison), and Alien Nation (1989, with Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Ron Fassler, William Frankfather, Tim Russ, Jeff Austin, Aaron Lustig, and Biff Yeager).

Stuntwork[]

Turner worked as stuntman from the late 1980s on. His performances include the television crime drama Case Closed (1988, with Marc Alaimo and Don Ruffin), Glory (1989), Die Hard 2 (1990), Predator 2 (1990, with Janet Brady, Tony Brubaker, Jeff Cadiente, Randy Hall, Rusty McClennon, Jimmy Ortega, Manny Perry, and Brian Simpson), Eve of Destruction (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ricochet (1991, with Sandy Berumen-Justus, Kim Robert Koscki, Kenny Endoso, Noon Orsatti, and Victor Paul), For the Boys (1991), The Last Boy Scout (1991), American Me (1992), Rapid Fire (1992), Posse (1993), Gunmen (1993, with Patrick Stewart, Brenda Bakke, Johnny C. Meier, Buddy Joe Hooker, Billy Hank Hooker, and Jennifer Watson), and Double Dragon (1994).

Following his two year assignment on Earth 2, Turner continued to work as stunt coordinator on the television thriller Donor Unknown (1995, with Clancy Brown, Alice Krige, and stunts by Lynn Salvatori), the television thriller The Assassination File (1996), Grand Avenue (1996), U Turn (1997), From the Earth to the Moon (1998, with stunts by Joey Box, Lane Leavitt, and Chuck Borden), A Murder of Crows (1998, with Eric Chambers), Training Day (2001), Like Mike (2002), Antwone Fisher (2002), and the comedy Stuck on You (2003).

Throughout the years, Turner has been the personal stunt double for actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. on films including What Dreams May Come (1998), Instinct (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001), In the Shadows (2001, with stunts by Hugh Aodh O'Brien and Glenn R. Wilder), Boat Trip (2002), Linewatch (2008), and Hardwired (2009). He also doubled actor Chris Rock in Bad Company (2002).

Other stunt work can be seen in The Rock (1996), Escape from L.A. (1996), Anaconda (1997), The Faculty (1998), Men of Honor (2000), Bedtime Stories (2008, with stunts by Joni Avery, Alex Chansky, Kevin Derr, Tanner Gill, Lisa Hoyle, Caryn Mower, and Michelle Sebek), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2009, with stunts by Edward Conna, Max Daniels, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Tracey Ruggiero, and Spice Williams), The Devil's Tomb (2009), The Mechanic (2011), J.J. Abrams' Super 8 (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), The Finder (2012), Alex Cross (2012, starring Tyler Perry), and This Is 40 (2012).

Further credits as stunt coordinator are Coach Carter (2005), Shadowboxer (2005), Hood of Horror (2006, with stunts by Gary Guercio, Horace Knight, Jr., and Angela Meryl), The Heartbreak Kid (2007), Hung (2009-2010), Hall Pass (2011), the television movie Intercept (2012, with Jeff Wolfe, Allan Graf, Tom McComas, and Eric Norris), The Three Stooges (2012, with stunts by Eddie Braun, Ben Bray, Derek Graf, Diana R. Lupo, Tom McComas, Rene Mousseux, and Eric Norris).

More recently, Turner worked as stunt coordinator on Movie 43 (2013, with Omid Zader), the family drama Carry Me Home (2013, with Eric Norris), and Anatomy of Violence (2013, with stunts by Allan Graf, Rene Mousseux, and Alex Daniels) and performed stunts in the pilot episode of Gang Related (2013, with Hubie Kerns, Jr., Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom, Eric Norris, and Peewee Piemonte), The Butler (2013, with Jay Caputo and Kortney Manns), the documentary Chuck (2013), and Legends (2014, with Zack Duhame, Eric Norris, Rene Mousseux, and Allan Graf).

Producing[]

Turner worked as associate producer on The Fighting Temptations (2003) and Radio (2003, with Alfre Woodard). In 2005, he was one of the co-producers for Dirty, with Clifton Collins, Jr., Kevin Grevioux, Pat Healy, and Gates McFadden, followed by producing End Game (2006, with Patrick Fabian, Benito Martinez, and Johnny Martin). All of these four films had Cuba Gooding, Jr. in their cast as Gooding, Jr. and Turner are partners with the production company "Feel Good Films". [1]

In 2008, Turner worked as executive producer on the comedy Tied in Knots, with Jamison Yang.

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