MathewYanagiya
GENDER
Male
HEIGHT
5 ft 9 in
WEIGHT
170 lbs
SHIRT SIZE
16 x 33
PANT SIZE
32 x 32
SHOE SIZE
9
SUIT SIZE
40
DESCRIPTION
“I’d like to recommend Matt Yanagiya for our stunt directory. Matt and I have worked together on the Netflix film Atlas. Matt showed great skill riding wires and taking some wrecks. Matt has great body awareness due to his extensive Gymnastic background. He also has a fight and stunt rigging background along with acting skills making him a very versatile stunt actor / performer.” – Brett Sheerin, stunt designer and coordinator, stuntman and member of Stunts Unlimited
SKILLS
Fights, ratchets, Ex-competitive gymnast – Provincial champion 2003, National level Wrestler - National champion 2006, Canadian Level Rugby Player – U-20 national team member 2010, Advanced Snowboarder, rollerblade, waterski/wakeboard. Acting and improv experience Acting Demo Reel: https://vimeo.com/207560883
TRAINING
Training • Rigging assistant (Ariel Lift/Fall Protection/Teleboom Forklift Operation ticket (skytrak)) • Gymnastics at Flicka, Origins Parkour, Delta, West Van and Aviva (2011 – present) • Sparring/film fight training at Versus & Griffins Boxing, Parkour at Origins
DOUBLED
John Cho (Exorcist), Wilmer Valderrama (Minority Report) Victor Rasuk (Godzilla) Chin Han (Sky Scraper) Chai Hansen (The 100) Drew Tanner (Supergirl), Hiro Kanagawa (X files). Military training for film.
ETHNICITY
Asian
LOCALITY
Los Angeles, CA
Vancouver, Canada
SPONSORED BY
J.J Perry, Melissa Stubbs, Tamiko Brownlee, Brett Sheerin
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