Mitch Gaylord

Mitch Gaylord

Nascimento : 1961-03-10, Van Nuys - California - USA

História

Mitchell Jay Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, son of Fred and Linda Gaylord, a Jewish family. He made his first U.S. National team in gymnastics in 1980 and continued to retain his place on the team for the next five years. Gaylord appeared in several movies and TV shows. Most notably, he performed as a stunt double for Chris O'Donnell (as Robin) in the 1995 movie Batman Forever and starred in American Anthem opposite actress Janet Jones. He was also a frequent guest star on Hollywood Squares, and appeared in advertisements for Diet Coke, Nike, Vidal Sassoon, Soloflex, Levi's, and Texaco. Over the years Gaylord has also remained an ambassador to the sport of gymnastics, serving as a commentator for NBC and Fox Sports during televised gymnastics events, as well as developing several nationally televised fitness programs and products. He currently works as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. In June 2007 Gaylord was named the seventh best US gymnast of all time by Yahoo Sports. He was also named to the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1995, the US Olympic Hall of Fame in 2006, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Perfil

Mitch Gaylord

Filmes

Este é Sledge
Brother
Um documentário fictício sobre a ascenção e queda de um stripper que acaba se tornando super-astro dos filmes de ação. Após um período de decadência, Sledge decide retornar aos seus dias de glória. Sátira à carreira - e ao trabalho - de atores como Van Damme, Steven Seagal e Dolph Lundgren, entre outros.
Batman Eternamente
Stunt Double
Duas-Caras e Charada, dois excêntricos bandidos, decidem descobrir a identidade do Homem-Morcego para depois matá-lo. Este por sua vez recebe a ajuda de um jovem que tem sede de vingança, por ter perdido a família em um acidente provocado exatamente pelo Duas-Caras.
Sexual Outlaws
Francis Badham
Behind their conservative middle-class exterior, a young couple runs a highly successful sex fantasy magazine. Ironically, to spice up their marriage, the wife responds to a fantasy ad submitted to a magazine, but her new penpal is the prime suspect in a brutal murder.
Animal Instincts
Rod Tennison
A cop and his sexually frustrated wife are struggling to keep their failing marriage intact, when by chance she finds that he is at heart a voyeuristic peeping tom. To satisfy him and herself, his wife has numerous affairs, which her husband watches on closed-circuit televison. However, the pair soon learn that when you play with fire, you'll always get burned.
American Rickshaw
Scott Edwards
After a stripper tricks him into filming a sex tape, Scott Edwards (Olympic Gold Medalist Mitch Gaylord), a Miami rickshaw runner, becomes embroiled in the murder of a televangelist's son when he inadvertently takes the wrong videotape. With the help of the stripper and an Asian witch, Edwards sets out to clear his name while avoiding the assassin dead-set on retrieving the tape.
American Anthem
Steve Tevere
Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While dealing with the conflicts in their personal lives and the stress of training, they prepare for the US Olympic Trials.
16 Days of Glory
Self
The definitive photographic record of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, told "from the inside" through the lives of the participants, the words of David Perry, and the singing voice of Placido Domingo. From the opening to closing ceremonies, this unique style of storytelling shows a side of the Olympic Games not seen by television audiences.
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Fuga no Século 23
Cub (uncredited)
No século XXIII, os sobreviventes de um Holocausto vivem numa cidade condenada isolada do resto do mundo. Ali, apenas podem viver até os 30 anos por causa do controle populacional e dos recursos escassos. Por isso, têm duas escolhas: ou participam numa cerimônia de exterminação onde lhes é prometido o renascimento ou podem tentar fugir e sobreviver fora da cidade.