A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Brian K. Smyj
Brian Smij
Bryan Smyj
Smyj Brian
Brian Smyj (pronounced Smy) is a highly trained Stunt Coordinator and Stunt man with over 20 years in the business. From Gladiator (2000) to The Pink Panther (2006) he's crashed and burned his way across the big screen time and time again. When he's not launching someone off a building or lighting them on fire, he's designing and fabricating one-of-a-kind rigs, machines, and safety systems to make his stunts the best and safest in the business. Brian is one of the most creative, accomplished stunt rigger in the United States. Brian knows how to flex the rules of physics to defy the laws of gravity.
Stunt Coordinator:
1996 The Assassination File
1998 54
1998 The Substitute 2: School's Out
1999 Getting to Know You
1999 New Rose Hotel
1999 Outside Providence
1999 Superstar
2000 Once in the Life
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2006 Friends with Money
2006 The Ex
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 Carriers
2009 Sorority Row
2011 Our Idiot Brother
2011 The Oranges
2013 Begin Again
2013 Dead Man Down
2013 Europa Report
2013 The Place Beyond the Pines
2014 I Origins
2014 Sex Tape
2014 The Cobbler
2015 Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015 Ted 2
2018 Life Itself
2020 On the Rocks
Stunt Double:
1996 The Assassination File
1998 54
1998 The Substitute 2: School's Out
1999 Getting to Know You
1999 New Rose Hotel
1999 Outside Providence
1999 Superstar
2000 Once in the Life
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2006 Friends with Money
2006 The Ex
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 Carriers
2009 Sorority Row
2011 Our Idiot Brother
2011 The Oranges
2013 Begin Again
2013 Dead Man Down
2013 Europa Report
2013 The Place Beyond the Pines
2014 I Origins
2014 Sex Tape
2014 The Cobbler
2015 Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015 Ted 2
2018 Life Itself
2020 On the Rocks
Stunt Driver:
1996 The Assassination File
1998 54
1998 Claire Dolan
1998 The Substitute 2: School's Out
1999 Getting to Know You
1999 New Rose Hotel
1999 Outside Providence
1999 Superstar
2000 Once in the Life
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 Taxi
2006 Friends with Money
2006 The Ex
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 Carriers
2009 Sorority Row
2011 Our Idiot Brother
2011 The Oranges
2013 Begin Again
2013 Dead Man Down
2013 Europa Report
2013 The Place Beyond the Pines
2014 I Origins
2014 Sex Tape
2014 The Cobbler
2015 Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015 Ted 2
2018 Life Itself
2020 On the Rocks
Stunts:
1994 The Cowboy Way
1994 The Next Karate Kid
1994 True Lies
1995 Kiss of Death
1995 Twelve Monkeys
1996 The Assassination File
1996 The Juror
1997 Shadow Conspiracy
1997 The Devil's Own
1997 The Peacemaker
1998 54
1998 Claire Dolan
1998 Running Woman
1998 The Substitute 2: School's Out
1999 Arlington Road
1999 Cradle Will Rock
1999 Getting to Know You
1999 Man on the Moon
1999 New Rose Hotel
1999 Outside Providence
1999 Superstar
1999 The Corruptor
2000 Frequency
2000 Gladiator
2000 Once in the Life
2001 A Beautiful Mind
2001 Down
2001 Hannibal
2001 Pootie Tang
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 Taxi
2004 The Manchurian Candidate
2006 Failure to Launch
2006 Freedomland
2006 Friends with Money
2006 The Ex
2006 The Pink Panther
2007 Live Free or Die Hard
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 Ghost Town
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 Carriers
2009 Sorority Row
2010 The Bounty Hunter
2011 Our Idiot Brother
2011 The Oranges
2012 One for the Money
2012 The Dark Knight Rises
2013 Begin Again
2013 Dead Man Down
2013 Delivery Man
2013 Europa Report
2013 The Heat
2013 The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2014 I Origins
2014 John Wick
2014 Sex Tape
2014 The Cobbler
2015 Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015 Ted 2
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2018 Life Itself
2019 21 Bridges
2020 On the Rocks
2021 This Is the Night
2022 A Man Called Otto
Utility Stunts:
1994 The Cowboy Way
1994 The Next Karate Kid
1994 True Lies
1995 Kiss of Death
1995 Twelve Monkeys
1996 The Assassination File
1996 The Juror
1997 Shadow Conspiracy
1997 The Devil's Own
1997 The Peacemaker
1998 54
1998 Claire Dolan
1998 Running Woman
1998 The Substitute 2: School's Out
1999 Arlington Road
1999 Cradle Will Rock
1999 Getting to Know You
1999 Man on the Moon
1999 New Rose Hotel
1999 Outside Providence
1999 Superstar
1999 The Corruptor
2000 Frequency
2000 Gladiator
2000 Once in the Life
2001 A Beautiful Mind
2001 Down
2001 Hannibal
2001 Pootie Tang
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 Taxi
2004 The Manchurian Candidate
2006 Failure to Launch
2006 Freedomland
2006 Friends with Money
2006 The Ex
2006 The Pink Panther
2007 Live Free or Die Hard
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
2008 Ghost Town
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 Carriers
2009 Sorority Row
2010 The Bounty Hunter
2011 Our Idiot Brother
2011 The Oranges
2012 One for the Money
2012 The Dark Knight Rises
2013 Begin Again
2013 Dead Man Down
2013 Delivery Man
2013 Europa Report
2013 The Heat
2013 The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2014 I Origins
2014 John Wick
2014 Sex Tape
2014 The Cobbler
2015 Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015 Ted 2
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2018 Life Itself
2019 21 Bridges
2020 On the Rocks
2021 This Is the Night
2022 A Man Called Otto
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