Buddy Joe Hooker was born on May 30, 1942 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Grindhouse (2007), Hard to Kill (1990) and Rules of Engagement (2000).

Filmography

• 2025The Last Rodeo — Rodeo Announcer #1
• 2024Megalopolis — Stunt Coordinator
• 2021Free Guy — Stunts
• 2019Jexi — Stunt Coordinator
• 2017The Fate of the Furious — Stunt Driver
• 2016Independence Day: Resurgence — Stunts
• 2016The Magnificent Seven — Stunts
• 2015Rock the Kasbah — Stunt Coordinator
• 2015The Barber — Stunt Coordinator
• 2014Need for Speed — Detroit Cop #1
• 2012Django Unchained — Stunts
• 2012The Campaign — Stunt Driver
• 2011Horrible Bosses — Stunts
• 200912 Rounds — Stunts
• 2009Fighting — Stunts
• 2009Inglourious Basterds — Gaspar
• 2009The Final Destination — Stunts
• 2008Hell Ride — Stunts
• 2008Righteous Kill — Stunt Coordinator
• 2008Sex and the City — Stunts
• 2008The Day the Earth Stood Still — Stunts
• 2007Death Proof — Stunt Driver
• 2007Planet Terror — Stunts
• 2007Superbad — Stunts
• 2007The Invasion — Stunts
• 2006Déjà Vu — Stunts
• 2005The 40 Year-Old Virgin — Stunt Coordinator
• 2005The Skeleton Key — Stunt Coordinator
• 2004Suspect Zero — Suspect Zero, Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 2004The Big Bounce — Stunt Coordinator
• 2003Laurel Canyon — Stunt Coordinator
• 2003The Hunted — Stunt Coordinator
• Threat Matrix — Andy Wader
• 200115 Minutes — Stunts
• 24 — Jeep driver
• 2001Double Take — Stunts
• 2001Heartbreakers — Stunt Coordinator
• 2001In Pursuit — Stunt Coordinator
• 2001Spy Kids — Stunts
• 2001Vanilla Sky — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 2000Brother — Stunts
• 2000Coyote Ugly — Stunt Coordinator
• 2000Gone in Sixty Seconds — Stunts
• 2000Here on Earth — Stunts
• 2000Pay It Forward — Stunt Coordinator
• 2000Rules of Engagement — Stunt Coordinator
• 2000The In Crowd — Second Unit Director
• 1999End of Days — Utility Stunts
• 1999Man on the Moon — Stunt Coordinator
• 1998Jack Frost — Stunt Coordinator
• 1998Lethal Weapon 4 — Stunts
• 1998Meet Joe Black — Stunt Coordinator
• 1998Soldier — Stunts
• 1998The Siege — Stunts
• 1997Batman & Robin — Stunts
• 1997Grosse Pointe Blank — Stunt Coordinator
• 1997Money Talks — Pierre, Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1997Red Corner — Stunt Coordinator
• 1997The Jackal — Second Unit Director
• 1996Executive Decision — Stunts
• 1996From Dusk Till Dawn — Stunts
• 1996Mulholland Falls — Stunt Coordinator
• 1996Star Trek: First Contact — Stunts
• 1996The Arrival — DOD #2, Stunt Coordinator
• 1996The Sunchaser — Stunts
• 1995Jade — Assistant District Attorney, Stunt Coordinator
• 1995The Hunted — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1995The Scarlet Letter — Second Unit Director
• 1995Waterworld — Stunts
• 1994Pentathlon — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1994Terminal Velocity — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1994The Chase — Stunt Coordinator
• 1994The Crow — Stunts
• 1994The Road Killers — Stunts
• 1994The Shadow — Stunts
• 1993Beyond the Law — Stunts
• 1993Carlito's Way — Stunts
• 1993Demolition Man — Stunts
• 1993Gunmen — Stunt Coordinator
• 1993Last Action Hero — Stunts
• 1993Rising Sun — Stunts
• 1992American Me — Stunts
• 1992Beethoven — Stunt Coordinator, Stunts
• 1992Cool World — Stunts
• 1992Jennifer Eight — Stunt Coordinator
• 1992Lethal Weapon 3 — Stunts
• 1992School Ties — Second Unit Director
• 1991Dutch — Stunt Coordinator
• 1991For the Boys — Stunts
• 1991Thelma & Louise — Stunts
• 1990Catchfire — Stunts
• 1990Hard to Kill — Russ, Stunt Coordinator
• 1990Miami Blues — Shorty, Stunt Coordinator
• 1990The Godfather Part III — Stunt Coordinator
• 1990The Guardian — Stunt Coordinator
• 1989Dead Bang — Stunts
• 1989Gleaming the Cube — Corvette Driver, Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1989Great Balls of Fire! — Stunts
• 1989Lethal Weapon 2 — Stunts
• 1989Road House — Stunts
• 1989Sea of Love — Stunts
• 1989Who's Harry Crumb? — Stunts
• Police Story — Ziegman
• 1988The Presidio — Stunts
• 1988Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 1987Critical Condition — Stunts
• 1987Gardens of Stone — Stunt Coordinator
• 1987Mannequin — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 1987Nowhere to Hide — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 19868 Million Ways to Die — Stunts, Stunt Coordinator
• 1986F/X — Stunts
• 1986The Wraith — Stunt Coordinator
• 1985Into the Night — Stunts
• MacGyver — Stunt Coordinator
• 1985Moving Violations — Stunts
• 1985To Live and Die in L.A. — Stunt Coordinator
• 1984Against All Odds — Stunt Driver
• 1983Rumble Fish — Stunt Coordinator, Stunts
• 1983Scarface — Stunts
• 1983The Osterman Weekend — Hooker
• 1983The Outsiders — Stunt Coordinator
• 1983The Right Stuff — Stunt Coordinator
• 1983To Be or Not to Be — Stunts
• 1982Battletruck — Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
• 1982First Blood — Stunts
• 1982Lookin' to Get Out — Stunt Coordinator
• 1982Night Shift — Stunt Driver
• T. J. Hooker — Billy McGuire, Mike Donovan
• 1982The Entity — Stunts
• 1981King of the Mountain — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1981Nice Dreams — Stunt Double
• 1981Second-Hand Hearts — Stunt Coordinator
• 1981Sharky's Machine — Stunts
• 1981The Hand — Stunt Coordinator
• 1980Carny — Stunts
• 1980Defiance — Stunt Coordinator
• 1980Herbie Goes Bananas — Chef, Stunt Coordinator
• Magnum, P.I. — Mark Kiedash
• 1980Serial — Biker
• 1979Death Car on the Freeway — Stunts
• 1979Hot Rod — Stunt Coordinator
• 1979Legends of the Super Heroes — Stunt Coordinator
• 1979Prophecy — Stunts
• 1979The Odd Angry Shot — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1978Corvette Summer — Second Unit Director
• 1978Game of Death — Stunt Driver
• 1978Hooper — Stunt Rigger on Roof (uncredited), Stunts, Stunt Double
• 1978Hot Lead & Cold Feet — Stunt Coordinator
• 1978Just Tell Me You Love Me — Stunts
• 1978Paradise Alley — Stunts
• 1978The Evil — Stunts
• 1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Stunt Coordinator
• 1977Empire of the Ants — Stunt Coordinator
• 1977Heroes — Stunt Coordinator
• 1976Bound for Glory — Man Shot Off Train, Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1976Gus — Stunt Coordinator
• 1976Shadow of the Hawk — Stunt Coordinator
• 1976Vigilante Force — Stunt Coordinator
• 1975Framed — Stunts
• 1975Messiah of Evil — Stunts
• 1975Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins — Stunt Coordinator
• 1975Take a Hard Ride — Angel
• 1975White Line Fever — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1974Blazing Saddles — Stunts
• 1974The Castaway Cowboy — Boatman
• 1974The Conversation — Stunts
• 1974Three the Hard Way — Stunts
• 1974Wonder Woman — Stunt Coordinator
• 1973The No Mercy Man — Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
• 1973White Lightning — Highway Patrol, Stunts
• 1972Melinda — Rome's Servant, Stunts
• 1972The Night Stalker — Intern (uncredited)
• 1971Clay Pigeon — Stunts
• Columbo — Policeman on PA
• 1971Harold and Maude — Stunt Double, Stunt Coordinator
• 1971The Omega Man — Stunts
• 1969Hell's Angels '69 — Stunts
• 1969Sweet Charity — Baseball Player (uncredited)
• 1968Ice Station Zebra — Hill
• Mannix — Rowdy (uncredited), Biker (uncredited), Chase
• 1967The Game People Play — Stunt Coordinator
• Mission: Impossible — Driver (uncredited)
• My Three Sons
• 1959The Sound and the Fury — Boy (uncredited)
• The Twilight Zone — Dickie Weiss
• The Donna Reed Show
• 1958The Littlest Hobo — Tommy
• Leave It to Beaver — Chester Anderson
• 1957Outlaw's Son — Todd Wentworth - as a Child
• Wagon Train — Joel Reed /Lonnie Reed
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Hitchhiker

Appearances as themselves (10)

• Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - The Veteran (Pre-Tape Segment)
• 2025Megadoc — Self
• 2019Hal — Self
• 2018Stuntman — Self
• 2008Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” — Self
• 2003Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' — Self
• 2003Filming “The Hunted” — Self
• 2003Pursuing “The Hunted” — Self
• 2003The Cutting Edge — Self
• Hi Octane — Self