Garvin Cross is a Canadian stuntman,

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, and

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. Cross is best known for his role as Angelo in the 1995 martial arts film ''

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'', which starred

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Career

Garvin Cross started his career as

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's stuntman in the film ''

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''. He later performed as a stuntman in films and television shows including ''

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'', ''

Deep Rising ''Deep Rising'' is a 1998 American action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen and Anthony Heald. It was distributed by Hollywood Pictures and Cinergi Pictures and released on February 2, ...

'', ''

Shanghai Noon ''Shanghai Noon'' is a 2000 martial arts western action comedy film starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. The first in the ''Shanghai'' film series and marking the directorial debut of Tom Dey, ''Shanghai Noon'' was written by Alfred ...

'', '' Tron: Legacy, Fantastic 4'' and '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''. Cross has performed stunts for actors including

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and Jeremy Renner. Cross has acted in films and television shows including ''

'', '' Blade: Trinity'', '' Battlestar: Galactica'', and ''

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''. He is uncredited as the "Military Snow Commander" in

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's ''

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''. He is included in the '' Guinness Book of World Records'' for his skills as a precision stunt driver, and he has worked on films and television spots for automobile companies such as

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, Porsche,

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, Dodge, Mercedes,

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

, Nissan and

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. Cross is also an experienced

; he has worked on film and television projects including Steven Spielberg's '' Taken'', '' Lost Boys: The Tribe'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

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