When Norman Howell was fourteen years old his rodeo career landed him an acting part in the 1971 film The Cowboys. He was taught how to throw his first movie punch by the legendary John Wayne, who along with Yakima Canutt, were the innovators of the modern movie fight. This planted the seed that Norman may prefer stunt work over acting roles. Soon after, his career took off. He doubled John Travolta, Richard Chamberlain, Peter O'Toole, Bruce Willis, Mark Harmon, Dirk Benedict, and was Roger Moore's stunt-double in 007. Norman's stunt coordinator career started with Footloose and then Kevin Costner gave this nominee his first big break as a stunt coordinator on Dances with Wolves and as 2nd unit director in The Bodyguard, Open Range and Mr. Brooks. Norman Howell's professionalism, creativity and execution has earned him a place among the top stunt coordinators and second unit directors in the industry.

Filmography

• 2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 — Stunt Coordinator
• 2019The Highwaymen — Stunt Double
• 2015Furious 7 — Stunts
• 2012Least Among Saints — Stunt Coordinator
• 2012This Is 40 — Stunts
• 2011Water for Elephants — Stunts
• 2008The Rainbow Tribe — Stunt Coordinator
• 2007Death Proof — Stunts
• 2007Feel The Noise — Notch
• 2007Mr. Brooks — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 2007Planet Terror — Stunts
• 2007Rush Hour 3 — Stunts
• 2005Sin City — Stunts
• 2004First Daughter — Stunts
• 2004Spartan — Stunt Double
• 2003Daredevil — Stunts
• 2003Laurel Canyon — Stunts
• 2003Open Range — Stunt Coordinator
• 2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — Stunts
• 2003The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer — Stunts
• 2003The Hunted — Stunts
• 2003The Rundown — Stunts
• 2002Austin Powers in Goldmember — Stunts
• CSI: Miami — Stunt Coordinator
• 2002High Crimes — Stunts
• 2002Murder by Numbers — Stunt Coordinator
• 2002Showtime — Stunts
• 2002xXx — Stunts
• 20013000 Miles to Graceland — Stunt Double
• 2001Double Take — Utility Stunts
• 2001Heartbreakers — Stunts
• 2001Heist — Stunt Double
• 2001Jurassic Park III — Stunts
• 2001Texas Rangers — Stunts
• 2001The Fast and the Furious — Stunts
• 2001The Glass House — Stunts
• 2000All the Pretty Horses — Stunts
• 2000Gone in Sixty Seconds — Stunts
• 2000Pay It Forward — Stunts
• 1999For Love of the Game — Stunts
• 1999Message in a Bottle — Stunt Coordinator
• 1999Purgatory — Stunts
• 1999The Mod Squad — Stunts
• 1999Wild Wild West — Stunts
• 1998Desperate Measures — Kellen, Burnt Cop
• 1998Lethal Weapon 4 — Stunts
• 1998Mr. Murder — Stunts
• 1997Batman & Robin — Stunts
• 1997Fire Down Below — Stunts
• 1997Gattaca — Stunt Coordinator
• 1997In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory — Stunts
• 1997Kiss the Girls — Stunts
• 1997L.A. Confidential — Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station
• 1997Most Wanted — Stunts
• 1997The Pest — Stunt Coordinator
• 1997Volcano — Stunts
• 1996Eraser — Stunts
• 1996Escape from L.A. — Stunts
• 1996Kingpin — Stunts
• Profiler — Coach Mike
• 1996The Cable Guy — Utility Stunts
• 1996The Rich Man's Wife — Stunts
• 1995Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls — Stunts
• Charlie Grace — Stunt Coordinator
• 1995Heat — Stunts
• 1995Something to Talk About — Stunts
• 1995Waterworld — Stunt Coordinator
• 1994Deconstructing Sarah — Stunts
• 1994Dumb and Dumber — Stunts
• 1994The Haunting of Seacliff Inn — Stunt Coordinator
• 1994The Puppet Masters — Stunts
• 1994The Shadow — Stunts
• 1994True Lies — Stunts
• 1994Wyatt Earp — Johnny Ringo, Stunt Coordinator
• 1993A Perfect World — Stunt Double
• 1993Falling Down — Stunts
• 1993Joshua Tree — Rowdy #1
• 1993Jurassic Park — Stunts
• 1993Last Action Hero — Stunts
• 1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 — Stunts
• 1993Warlock: The Armageddon — Stunts
• 1992A Midnight Clear — Stunts
• 1992American Me — Stunts
• 1992Prey of the Chameleon — Armored Car Driver
• 1992Rapid Fire — Stunts
• Red Shoe Diaries — Zoner
• 1992The Bodyguard — Stunt Coordinator
• 1992Under Siege — Stunts
• 1992When No One Would Listen — Stunt Coordinator
• 1991Backdraft — Stunts
• 1991For the Boys — Stunts
• 1991Hook — Stunts
• 1991Ricochet — Stunts
• 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Stunts, Stunt Double
• 1991The Last Boy Scout — Stunts
• 1991Thelma & Louise — Stunts
• 1990Dances with Wolves — Stunt Coordinator
• 1990Days of Thunder — Stunts
• 1990Far Out Man — Stunts
• 1990Lambada — Stunts
• 1990The Last of the Finest — Stunts
• 1989Her Alibi — Stunts
• 1989Lethal Weapon 2 — Stunts
• 1989Next of Kin — Stunts
• 1989Road House — Stunts
• 1989Skin Deep — Stunts
• 1988Action Jackson — Stunts
• 1988Baja Oklahoma — Stunts
• 1988Die Hard — Stunts
• 1988I'm Gonna Git You Sucka — Stunts
• Police Story — Ricketts
• 1988They Live — Blonde Haired Cop, Stunts
• 1988Vice Versa — Stunts
• 1987No Man's Land — Stunts
• 1987Predator — Stunts
• 1986Modern Girls — Stunts
• 1986The Wraith — Stunts
• MacGyver — Stunt Double
• 1984Footloose — Stunts
• 1984Sheena — Utility Stunts
• 1984The Woman in Red — Stunts
• 1983Christine — Stunts
• The A-Team — M.P. #2
• 1983The Osterman Weekend — Stunts
• 1982My Favorite Year — Stunts
• 1972The Cowboys — Cowboy Weedy

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2007The Cowboys: Together Again — Self
• 2003Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic — Self
• 1990The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' — Himself
• 1988The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen — Self (archive footage)