David Shumbris

He was born on 7th November 1972 in Goshen New York He is a middle child with a younger brother and an older sister He grew up watching movies and playing sports his favorite being baseball After seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 at age 10 he fell in love with the action and by the time he was 15 he wanted to be part of the action After much persistence and determination he received his SAG Screen Actors Guild membership as a Stuntman in 1994 doubling Leonardo DiCaprio in the film The Basketball Diaries 1995 He has worked on more than a 100 films TV shows and commercials A few stunt credits include Angels in America 2003 Analyze That 2002 and The Manchurian Candidate 2004 He has also done work on The Forgotten 2004 starring Julianne Moore for which hes nominated for a 2005 Taurus Stunt Award in the High Work Category performing a backwards 180 descender fall From 1999 to 2001 he studied acting with famed drama teacher William Esper at his studio in New York Other students that have attended his studio are David Morse Patricia Heaton Aaron Eckhart and Kathy Bates Since then David has combined his acting with his stunt abilities to form a wellrounded stuntactor His acting credits include notable TV appearances on Law Order 1990 Law Order Special Victims Unit 1999 and The Sopranos 1999 David and his wife Leda were married in June 2005 and currently live in the New York City area