Charles F. Stahelski (born September 20, 1968) is an American stuntman, stunt actor, and filmmaker. He is considered a highly influential figure in the action film genre. He first achieved prominence as a stunt performer and coordinator, notably as the key stunt double for Keanu Reeves on The Matrix (1999) and as the martial arts stunt coordinator on its first two sequels. He subsequently directed the 2014 film John Wick, starring Reeves, and its three sequels. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chad Stahelski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027Karoshi — Producer
• 2025Ballerina — Producer
• 2025I Was a Stranger — Executive Producer
• Lazarus — Other
• 2025Wick Is Pain — Self, Executive Producer
• Ninja Kamui — Action Director
• 2023John Wick: Chapter 4 — Producer, Director
• The Continental: From the World of John Wick — Executive Producer
• 2022Day Shift — Producer
• 2021The Matrix Resurrections — Chad
• 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) — Second Unit Director
• 2019John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum — Director, Executive Producer
• 2018Deadpool 2 — Stunts
• 2017Baby Driver — Thanks
• 2017John Wick: Chapter 2 — Director, Executive Producer
• 2016Captain America: Civil War — Second Unit Director
• 2016Grimsby — Second Unit Director
• 2015Hitman: Agent 47 — Action Director
• 2014John Wick — Director
• 2013After Earth — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 2013Escape Plan — Second Unit Director
• 2013Man of Tai Chi — Martial Arts Choreographer
• 2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 2013The Wolverine — Stunts
• 2012Safe — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 2012The Expendables 2 — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 2012The Hunger Games — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 2011Killer Elite — Stunt Coordinator
• 2011Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 2011Spy Kids: All the Time in the World — Stunts
• 2011The Mechanic — Vaughn's Bodyguard (uncredited)
• 2010Faster — Stunts
• 2010Iron Man 2 — Utility Stunts
• 2010TRON: Legacy — Stunt Coordinator
• 2010The Expendables — Stunt Coordinator
• 2010The Odds — Stunt Coordinator
• Archer — (voice)
• 2009Ninja Assassin — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 2009X-Men Origins: Wolverine — Stunts
• 2008Jumper — Stunts
• 2008Rambo — Stunt Coordinator
• 2008Speed Racer — Stunt Coordinator
• 2007300 — Stunt Coordinator
• 2007Balls of Fury — Fight Choreographer
• 2007Fetch — Sunny, Executive Producer, Stunts
• 2007Live Free or Die Hard — Terrorist (uncredited), Stunts
• 2007Next — US Marine (uncredited), Stunts
• 2006Beerfest — Stunt Coordinator
• 2006V for Vendetta — Storm Saxon, Stunts Coordinator
• 2005Constantine — Demon in Hospital (uncredited), Fight Choreographer
• 2005Mr. & Mrs. Smith — Utility Stunts
• 2005Serenity — Stunt Coordinator
• 2005The Dukes of Hazzard — Stunt Double
• 2005Thumbsucker — Stunt Double
• 2005xXx: State of the Union — Stunts
• 2004Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon — Stunt Coordinator
• 2004Spider-Man 2 — Stunts
• 2004Van Helsing — Fight Choreographer
• 2003The Matrix Reloaded — Stunt Coordinator
• 2003The Matrix Revolutions — Stunt Coordinator
• 2002Dead Above Ground — Stunts
• 2002Kung Pow: Enter the Fist — Masked Fighter, Stunts
• 2001Corky Romano — Stunts
• 2001Ghosts of Mars — Stunts
• 2001Rock Star — Stunts
• 2001Tomcats — Stunts
• 2000Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye — Stunts
• 2000Picking Up the Pieces — Stunts
• 2000The Gift — Stunts
• 2000The Replacements — Stunt Double
• 19998MM — Stunts
• 1999My Favorite Martian — Stunts
• 1999The Matrix — Stunt Double
• 1999Wild Wild West — Stunts
• 1998Almost Heroes — Stunts
• 1998CHiPs '99 — Stunts
• 1998Orgazmo — Stunts
• 1998Recoil — Henchman (uncredited), Stunts
• 1998The Hunted — FBI Agent #2, Stunt Coordinator
• 1998Vampires — Male Master #4
• 1997Alien Resurrection — Stunts, Stunt Double
• 1997Bean — Stunts
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Kulak
• 1997Perfect Target — Stunts
• 1997True Vengeance — Fight Choreographer
• 1996Bloodsport II — Fighter
• 1996Bloodsport III — Max Omega, Fight Choreographer
• 1996Escape from L.A. — Stunts
• 1996Nemesis 3: Time Lapse — Nebula
• 1996Riot — Stunts
• 1996The Glimmer Man — Carjacker (uncredited)
• 1995Fist of the North Star — Stunts
• 1995Heatseeker — Budokam Fighter
• 1995Nemesis 2: Nebula — Nebula
• 1995Spitfire — Whit
• 1995The Feminine Touch — Stunts
• 1994Hong Kong 97 — Leong
• 1994The Crow — Stunt Double
• 1993Brain Smasher... A Love Story — Stunts
• 1993Knights — Stunts
• 1992Mission of Justice — The Gauntlet
• Analog — Director, Producer
• Bella — Producer
• Caine — Producer
• Calexit — Director, Producer
• Highlander — Producer, Director
• John Wick: Chapter 5 — Producer, Director
• Loose Cannons — Producer
• Rainbow Six — Director, Executive Producer
• Sentinel — Producer
• Snow Ponies — Executive Producer
• The Man from Nowhere — Producer
• The Professionals — Producer
• Untitled Animated John Wick Prequel — Producer

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2023Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies — Self
• The Art of Action — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2017As Above, So Below: The Underworld of 'John Wick' — Self
• 2017Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene — Self
• 2017Friends, Confidantes: The Keanu/Chad Partnership — Self
• 2017John Wick Chapter 2: Wick-vizzed — Self
• 2017John Wick: Car Fu Ride-Along — Himself
• 2017Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick' — Self
• 2015Don't F*#% With John Wick — Self
• 2015John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry — Self
• 2015John Wick: NYC Noir — Himself
• 2012The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games — Self - Second Unit Director
• 2010Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' — Self
• 2010Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary — Self
• 2004Switchfoot: Live in San Diego — Himself
• 2001The Matrix Revisited — Self - Stuntman (archive footage)