Nicholas Daines is a professional gymnast and high diver from Surrey, UK, who competed in the 2003 Trampoline World ChampionshipsBBC News - From Team GB to Tinseltown: A gymnast's journey before becoming a Hollywood stuntman."Team GB Gymnast becomes stuntman" 2012 Olympic News A Day with a Hollywood Stuntman Top Billing.. Eastbourne Herald.
In 2013, Daines is European Masters High Dive champion. He won a silver medal at the Open Dutch Masters Diving Championship in 2012"13th European Masters Diving Championships - Yalta-Kiev Ukraine". Beaumont Diving Academy. and was crowned European Masters 3M Champion and 10M Champion, in Kiev in 2011.Stuntman’s really flying high after a golden performance - Hemel Gazette
Daines is a member of Equity and the World Stunt Academy.
He has performed stunts in over 50 TV shows and films, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Die Another Day, World War Z, Neverland and four Harry Potter films."How stuntman Nicholas Daines has made cheating death a profession". The Scotsman."Stuntman entertains at school" - Eastbourne Herald.
Daines was a member of the stunt team which won a Screen Actor's Guild award for performance in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)."Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" & "Game of Thrones" are Recipients of SAG’s Honors for Film & TV Stunt Ensembles | Screen Actors Guild Awards In 2008 Nicholas was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for his high fall from a glacier in Switzerland on the motion picture The Golden Compass."2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards.
Daines has appeared in advertisements for Adidas, G Star Raw and Yellow Pages. He is a stunt double for Michael Owen.
References
External links official website http://www.nicholasdaines.com Professional showreel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGauHc8AAlw IMDB page https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1966810/ Profile for Nicholas Daines :: Sports Promotions (UK) Ltd