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Ray Purkis

  • Special Effects
  • Property Department
  • Stunts
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Ray Purkis is known for Aquaman (2018), Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).
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    • Known for

    Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
    Aquaman
    6.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2018
    Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
    Thor: Ragnarok
    7.9
    • Special Effects
    • 2017
    Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
    Godzilla vs. Kong
    6.3
    • Special Effects
    • 2021
    Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas (2015)
    San Andreas
    6.1
    • Special Effects
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Tadanobu Asano, Damon Herriman, Josh Lawson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Karl Urban, Ana Thu Nguyen, CJ Bloomfield, Lewis Tan, Mehcad Brooks, Chin Han, Jessica McNamee, Joe Taslim, Ludi Lin, Desmond Chiam, Max Huang, Tati Gabrielle, Martyn Ford, and Adeline Rudolph in Mortal Kombat II (2026)
      Mortal Kombat II
      6.3
      • special effects assistant supervisor
      • 2026
    • Thierry Frémont, Ling Cooper Tang, Tyrone Ngatai, Kayden Price, Céline Menville, Georgia Flood, Pacharo Mzembe, and Shazad Latif in Nautilus (2024)
      Nautilus
      6.8
      TV Series
      • special effects assistant supervisor
      • 2024
    • Teagan Croft in True Spirit (2023)
      True Spirit
      6.8
      • special effects foreman
      • 2023
    • Thirteen Lives (2022)
      Thirteen Lives
      7.8
      • special effects pre rig supervisor
      • 2022
    • Austin Butler in Elvis (2022)
      Elvis
      7.3
      • special effects assistant supervisor
      • 2022
    • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
      Godzilla vs. Kong
      6.3
      • special effects pre-rig supervisor
      • 2021
    • Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman in Total Control (2019)
      Total Control
      7.9
      TV Series
      • special effects technician
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Benicio Del Toro, Danny Trejo, Eugenio Derbez, Nicholas Coombe, Isabela Merced, Madeleine Madden, and Jeff Wahlberg in Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
      Dora and the Lost City of Gold
      6.1
      • special effects assistant supervisor
      • 2019
    • Richard Roxburgh, Travis Fimmel, Daniel Webber, and Luke Bracey in Danger Close (2019)
      Danger Close
      6.8
      • special effects technician
      • 2019
    • Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
      Aquaman
      6.8
      • special effects breakaways supervisor
      • 2018
    • Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
      Thor: Ragnarok
      7.9
      • special effects breakaways supervisor
      • 2017
    • Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Pablo, and Chiquita in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
      6.5
      • special effects technician & breakaways foreman
      • 2017
    • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
      Kong: Skull Island
      6.7
      • special effects lead senior technician
      • 2017
    • Blake Lively in The Shallows (2016)
      The Shallows
      6.3
      • special effects senior technician
      • 2016
    • Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas (2015)
      San Andreas
      6.1
      • senior special effects technician
      • 2015

    Property Department

    • Cane Toads: The Conquest (2010)
      Cane Toads: The Conquest
      7.0
      • prop maker
      • 2010
    • Daniel Goddard in BeastMaster (1999)
      BeastMaster
      6.2
      TV Series
      • property designer
      • 1999–2001

    Stunts

    • Huub Stapel in Amsterdamned (1988)
      Amsterdamned
      6.6
      • stunt rigger
      • 1988
    • Horace Cohen, Nelly Frijda, Jan-Willem Hees, René van 't Hof, Nani Lehnhausen, Tatjana Simic, and Huub Stapel in Flodder (1986)
      Flodder
      6.7
      • stunt rigger
      • 1986
    • George C. Scott in The Last Days of Patton (1986)
      The Last Days of Patton
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • stunt rigger
      • 1986
    • Morons from Outer Space (1985)
      Morons from Outer Space
      4.5
      • stunt rigger
      • 1985

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Ray Parkis
    • Children
      • Siobhan Purkis

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    • Trivia
      Father of Set Designer Siobhan Purkis.

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