Rowley Irlam was born in Guildford, Surrey, U.K. Rowley is a four-time Emmy® award-winning stunt coordinator and 2nd unit director. He is known for Game of Thrones (2014-2018), House of the Dragon (2022), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). With a film and television career spanning over three decades, his origins lie in live shows. He holds multiple world records, including shooting the most full fire burns performed at once, 22 in Season 8 of Game of Thrones (2018).

Filmography

• 2025The Fantastic 4: First Steps — Stunt Coordinator
• 3 Body Problem — Stunt Coordinator
• 2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore — Stunt Coordinator
• House of the Dragon — Stunt Coordinator
• 2021Bull — Stunt Coordinator
• The Nevers — Stunt Coordinator
• The Great — Stunt Coordinator
• 2020The Nest — Stunt Coordinator
• 2019After Louise — Stunt Coordinator
• 2019Downton Abbey — Stunt Coordinator
• 2019Dumbo — Stunt Coordinator
• 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Stunts
• 2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children — Stunt Coordinator
• 2016The Infiltrator — Stunt Coordinator
• 2015Mortdecai — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 2015Survivor — Stunt Coordinator
• 2014'71 — Stunt Coordinator
• 2014Exodus: Gods and Kings — Stunts
• 2014Guardians of the Galaxy — Stunt Coordinator
• 2014The Legend of Hercules — Stunt Coordinator
• 2013Captain Phillips — Stunts
• 2013Jack the Giant Slayer — Stunt Coordinator
• 2013The Counselor — Stunts
• 2013The Invisible Woman — Stunt Coordinator
• 2013Thor: The Dark World — Stunt Coordinator
• 2012Cheerful Weather for the Wedding — Stunt Coordinator
• 2012Keith Lemon: The Film — Stunts
• 2012Les Misérables — Stunt Double
• 2012Prometheus — Stunts
• 2012Skyfall — Stunts
• 2012Snow White and the Huntsman — Stunt Coordinator
• 2011Captain America: The First Avenger — Stunt Coordinator
• 2011Coriolanus — Stunt Coordinator
• Game of Thrones — Stunt Coordinator
• 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — Stunts
• 2010Robin Hood — Stunt Double
• 2010The Wolfman — Stunts
• 2009Bronson — Stunts
• 2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — Stunts
• 2009Octavia — Stunt Coordinator
• 2009The Boat That Rocked — Stunts
• 2009The Young Victoria — Footman
• 2008Adulthood — Vern, Stunt Coordinator
• 2008Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging — Stunt Coordinator
• 2008Doomsday — Stunts
• 2008Inkheart — Stunts
• Merlin — Stunts
• 2008Quantum of Solace — Stunt Coordinator
• 2008Red Mist — Stunts
• 20071408 — Stunts
• 2007Barbara Wood - Sturmjahre — Stunt Coordinator
• 2007Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Stunts
• 2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — Stunts
• 2007Hot Fuzz — Stunt Double
• 2007National Treasure: Book of Secrets — Stunts
• 2007The Bourne Ultimatum — Stunts
• 2007The Golden Compass — Stunt Double
• 2007The Trial of Tony Blair — Stunt Coordinator
• 2006Casino Royale — Stunts
• 2006Children of Men — Stunts
• 2006Flyboys — Stunts
• 2006Love and Other Disasters — Stunt Driver
• 2006Stormbreaker — Stunts
• 2006The Da Vinci Code — Stunts
• 2006The Magic Flute — Stunt Coordinator
• 2006United 93 — Stunts
• 2005Batman Begins — Stunts
• 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Stunts
• 2005Keeping Mum — Ted - Pond Workman
• 2005Munich — Stunt Double
• 2005The Legend of Zorro — Sneering Man (uncredited), Stunts
• 2004Alexander — Pausanius's Accomplice (uncredited), Stunt Double
• 2004Ella Enchanted — Stunt Double, Stunts
• 2004Fallen — Stunt Driver
• 2004Layer Cake — Stunts
• 2004The Phantom of the Opera — Stunt Double
• 2004The Rocket Post — Stunts
• 2004Thunderbirds — Stunts
• 2004Trauma — Stunt Double
• 2004Troy — Stunts
• 2003Johnny English — Stunts
• 2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life — Stunts
• 2003Sons & Lovers — Stunts
• 2003Three Blind Mice — Stunts
• 2003Young Adam — Stunt Double
• 200228 Days Later — Stunts
• 2002Below — Stunts
• 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — Stunts
• 2002Killing Me Softly — Stunts
• 2002Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch — Stunt Double
• 2002Nicholas Nickleby — Stunts
• 2002Possession — Stunts
• 2002Reign of Fire — Stunts
• 2002The Count of Monte Cristo — Stunts
• 2002The Four Feathers — Stunts
• 2002The One and Only — Stunt Double
• 2001Birthday Girl — Stunt Driver
• 2001Hawkins — Stunts
• 2001Hornblower: Mutiny — Stunts
• 2001Last Orders — Stunts
• 2001The Bombmaker — Stunts
• 2001The Mummy Returns — Stunts
• 2001The Parole Officer — Stunt Driver
• 2001The Whistle-Blower — Stunts
• 2000102 Dalmatians — Stunts
• Down to Earth — Stunt Double
• 1999All the King's Men — Stunts
• Oliver Twist — Stunt Double
• 1999Onegin — Stunt Double
• 1999Plunkett & Macleane — Stunts
• 1999Sleepy Hollow — Stunt Double
• 1998A Knight in Camelot — Stunts
• 1998Elizabeth — Stunts
• 1998Frenchman's Creek — Stunt Double
• Ivanhoe — Stunts
• 1997Murder in Mind — Stunt Double
• The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling — Stunt Double
• 1995First Knight — Stunts
• 1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves — Stunts

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2019Game of Thrones: The Last Watch — Self