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David Michael Fordham

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David Michael Fordham was born on 26 February 1976 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Starship Troopers (1997), The Island (2005) and War of the Worlds (2005).
BornFebruary 26, 1976
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    • Known for

    Dina Meyer and Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997)
    Starship Troopers
    7.3
    • Stunts
    • 1997
    Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson in The Island (2005)
    The Island
    6.8
    • Production Department
    • 2005
    Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Michael Kevin Walker, Ed Vassallo, Michael Arthur, Becky Ann Baker, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, John Michael Bolger, Justin Chatwin, Robert Cicchini, Vito D'Ambrosio, Marianne Ebert, John Eddins, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Franzese, Peter Gerety, Stephen Gevedon, Rick Gonzalez, Jim Hanna, Danny Hoch, Amy Hohn, Tracy Howe, Omar Jermaine, Erika LaVonn, Adam Lazarre-White, Mark Manley, Mariann Mayberry, Sharrieff Pugh, Ana Maria Quintana, Zoe Quist, Ann Robinson, Amy Ryan, Camillia Monet, John Scurti, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Jerry Walsh, Lisa Ann Walter, Christopher Evan Welch, Julie White, Marlon Young, Dan Ziskie, David Harbour, Michael Stanton, Lisa Waters, Michael Brownlee, GoGo Toucette, Rafael Sardina, Stacy Ann Wilkins, Patrick Tierney, Ty Simpkins, Ed Schiff, Channing Tatum, David Conley, Tommy Guiffre, Michael Waldron, Athena Stamos, January LaVoy, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, Mark Valinsky, Lorelei Llee, Daniel Eric Gold, Ellen Barry, Roz Abrams, Kenneth Wright, Nicole Signore, Tasciotti, Johnny Torres, Rochelle Warner, Joseph Benjamin Stewart, Terry Ward, Tracy Lee Staton, Jessica Anne Taylor, Mike Yedwab, and William G. Stowell in War of the Worlds (2005)
    War of the Worlds
    6.6
    • Production Department
    • 2005
    Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    6.2
    • Stunts
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The 67th Annual Grammy Awards (2025)
      The 67th Annual Grammy Awards
      6.1
      TV Special
      • rigging grip
      • 2025
    • Taylor Swift in Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)
      Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
      8.0
      • grip
      • 2023
    • The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023)
      The 65th Annual Grammy Awards
      5.2
      TV Special
      • rigging grip
      • 2023
    • Gordon Ramsay in Hell's Kitchen (2005)
      Hell's Kitchen
      7.2
      TV Series
      • assistant camera
      • 2021–2022
    • iHeartRadio Music Awards (2022)
      iHeartRadio Music Awards
      6.0
      TV Special
      • rigger
      • 2022
    • American Music Awards 2021 (2021)
      American Music Awards 2021
      5.2
      TV Special
      • rigging electrician
      • 2021
    • Adele in Adele: One Night Only (2021)
      Adele: One Night Only
      8.0
      TV Special
      • rigging grip
      • 2021
    • BattleBots: Bounty Hunters (2021)
      BattleBots: Bounty Hunters
      8.0
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2021
    • Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show Starring Maroon 5 (2019)
      Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show Starring Maroon 5
      3.0
      TV Special
      • rigging grip
      • 2019
    • Riley Reid and Aspen Rae in Best in Sex: 2017 AVN Awards (2017)
      Best in Sex: 2017 AVN Awards
      5.2
      TV Special
      • grip
      • 2017
    • Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson in 2016 MTV Movie Awards (2016)
      2016 MTV Movie Awards
      5.4
      TV Special
      • rigging and effects
      • 2016
    • Miley Cyrus in 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (2015)
      2015 MTV Video Music Awards
      4.7
      TV Special
      • rigging grip
      • 2015
    • Tommy Pistol, Alexis Texas, and Farrah Laurel Abraham in Best in Sex: 2015 AVN Awards (2015)
      Best in Sex: 2015 AVN Awards
      4.3
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 2015
    • Tatyana Ali, Ricky Schroder, and Jon Gries in Locker 13 (2014)
      Locker 13
      4.7
      • key grip (segment "The Other Side")
      • 2014
    • Danny Trejo in Dead in Tombstone (2013)
      Dead in Tombstone
      4.8
      Video
      • rigging grip
      • 2013

    Stunts

    • Freeze
      • stunt coordinator
      • Post-production
    • All Elite Wrestling: Double or Nothing (2024)
      All Elite Wrestling: Double or Nothing
      7.7
      TV Special
      • utility stunts
      • 2024
    • Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Omari Hardwick, Dave Bautista, and Ella Purnell in Army of the Dead (2021)
      Army of the Dead
      5.8
      • utility stunts
      • 2021
    • Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthias Schoenaerts, Luca Marinelli, Marwan Kenzari, and KiKi Layne in The Old Guard (2020)
      The Old Guard
      6.7
      • stunts
      • 2020
    • Jillian Shea Spaeder, Brandon Severs, Cody Veith, and Bryce Gheisar in Walk the Prank (2016)
      Walk the Prank
      4.2
      TV Series
      • stunts
      • 2018
    • Matt Damon in Jason Bourne (2016)
      Jason Bourne
      6.6
      • stunt performer
      • 2016
    • The Guest House (2016)
      The Guest House
      3.7
      • stunts
      • 2016
    • Demon Legacy (2014)
      Demon Legacy
      3.4
      • stunts
      • 2014
    • The Lift (2013)
      The Lift
      8.0
      Short
      • stunt performer
      • 2013
    • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
      Transformers: Dark of the Moon
      6.2
      • stunts
      • 2011
    • Nicholas Acosta in The Refuge (2011)
      The Refuge
      8.4
      Short
      • stunt performer
      • 2011
    • The War Within (2010)
      The War Within
      Short
      • stunts
      • 2010
    • Control (2009)
      Control
      5.7
      Short
      • stunt coordinator
      • 2009
    • ELI (2007)
      ELI
      6.0
      Short
      • stunt performer
      • 2007
    • James Cromwell, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, Theresa Russell, Tobey Maguire, Ted Raimi, Thomas Haden Church, Joe Virzi, Elizabeth Banks, Mike Alexander, Frank Anello, Becky Ann Baker, Dylan Baker, Elya Baskin, Joe Bays, Andre B. Blake, Bruce Campbell, Craig Castaldo, Terrell Clayton, Alan Cohn, Grant Curtis, Robert Curtis Brown, Gregg Daniel, Walt Dohrn, Dean Edwards, Hal Fishman, James Franco, Anne Gartlan, Lucy Gordon, Topher Grace, Rosemary Harris, Bryce Dallas Howard, Andrew James Jones, Ron King, Mark Kubr, Stan Lee, Tim Maculan, Sonya Maddox, Joe Manganiello, Danny Mann, Carolyn Neff, Bill Nunn, Ayesha Orange, Edward Padilla, Michael Papajohn, John Paxton, Alyssa Lakota, Timothy Patrick Quill, Emilio Rivera, Cliff Robertson, Bill E. Rogers, Shade Rupe, J.K. Simmons, Peter Sohn, Evelyn O. Vaccaro, Steve Valentine, Marc Vann, Jennifer Weston, Keith Woulard, Dan Callahan, Jeshua Vargas, Gary Flamik, Mageina Tovah, Claudia Katz Minnick, Toni Wynne, April Parker Jones, Martha Millan, Margaret Laney, Christina Cindrich, Dawn Marie Anderson, Reynaldo Gallegos, Natali Jones, Sincerely A. Ward, Nick Vlassopoulos, Gerald Bunsen, Jim Coope, David Backus, Vanessa Ross, Aimee Miles, Natalie McNeil, Jen Oda, Perla Haney-Jardine, Dan Cummings, Kristi Clainos, Brittany Krall, David Collihan, Joe O'Brien, Peter Donato, Rogelio T. Ramos, Linda Lee, Graig F. Weich, Arne Starr, Liam Stone, Ray Wineteer, Samantha Ressler, Stella Stark, Julie Jei, Derrick 'Phoenix' Thomas, Michael Ciesla, Tiffany L. Baker, La Rivers, Tanya Bond, Tony Besson, Kristin Somo, Brigid Turner, Ramon Adams, Marc C. Cancassi, Silq Webster, Anya Avaeva, Bernadette Lords, Bria Roberts, Sandrine Marlier, Jhing, Kellie Aiken, Abigail Skinner, Anjelia Pelay, Crystal Marie Denha, Kathryn Bryding, Michael McLaughlin, Nick Poltoranin, Paul Edney, Chuck Gerena, Arick Salmea, Kevin Fung, Christopher Stadulis, Jennifer Sparks, Carol Chaikin, Lorne Raimi, Emma Raimi, Taylor Hemhauser, Austin Hendrickson, Nasir Stewart, Jessi Collins, Menachem Mendel Boymelgreen, Henry Raimi, Vance Hammond, Logan Fry, Daniel Shafer, Dan Maysen, Cesar Di Parra, Eric Shackelford, Veronica, Amy V. Dewhurst, Robert Myers, Samantha Kelly, Vanessa Reseland, Sujeilee Candele, Irina Costa Jelinek, Christopher Jude, Halla, Brianna Leann Florian, Tiffany Ashley Florian, Amanda Florian, Laura McDavid, Tony Galtieri, Jimmy Star, Natalie Fabry, John Crann, Angelis Alexandris, Trenton Willey, Marmee Regine Cosico, Shaun Patrick Flynn, Brian Hopson, Tajna Tanovic, Aija Terauda, Daniel Mignault, Pierangeli Llinas, Philip Vaiman, Luis Rosa, A.J. Adelman, Fredrick Weiss, Donn R. Nottage, Don Pravda, Keith Fausnaught, Claude Jay, Tia Latrell, Kadrolsha Ona Carole, Michele-Nanette Miller, Emily Eckes, Tom Coughlin, Austin Rospert, Karen Schiff Freeman, and Roger Petan in Spider-Man 3 (2007)
      Spider-Man 3
      6.3
      • stunts (uncredited)
      • 2007
    • Holla Final Key Art
      Holla
      3.3
      • stunt coordinator
      • stunt rigger
      • 2006

    Actor

    • Freeze
      • Scarecrow
      • Post-production
    • Beast Games (2024)
      Beast Games
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Guard
      • 2024–2025
    • The Guest House (2016)
      The Guest House
      3.7
      • Thug #1
      • 2016
    • The Lift (2013)
      The Lift
      8.0
      Short
      • Robber #2
      • 2013
    • Aaron Toney in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
      Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
      5.9
      • Union Soldier (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Nicholas Acosta in The Refuge (2011)
      The Refuge
      8.4
      Short
      • Agent #3 (as Dave Fordham)
      • 2011
    • The War Within (2010)
      The War Within
      Short
      • Doc
      • 2010
    • Christopher Eccleston, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lee Byung-hun, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Sienna Miller, and Channing Tatum in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
      G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
      5.7
      • Special Operations Soldier (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • The Weather Man (2005)
      The Weather Man
      6.5
      • Guy in Food Court (uncredited)
      • 2005
    • Ted Danson, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox, and William Petersen in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
      CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Tranny (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • The Angels of Death Island (2003)
      The Angels of Death Island
      7.5
      • SS Officer
      • 2003
    • Gary Busey, Jeff Fahey, and Michael Worth in Ghost Rock (2003)
      Ghost Rock
      3.5
      • Jebb Stewart (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Rob Schneider in The Animal (2001)
      The Animal
      4.9
      • Tie Dyed Hippy (uncredited)
      • 2001
    • Clifton Collins Jr., Sara Gilbert, Rosario Dawson, Usher, Robert Ri'chard, and Fredro Starr in Light It Up (1999)
      Light It Up
      6.0
      • Knowles Kid (uncredited)
      • 1999
    • Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey in The Negotiator (1998)
      The Negotiator
      7.3
      • FBI SWAT Officer (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • Bruce Willis and Miko Hughes in Mercury Rising (1998)
      Mercury Rising
      6.1
      • (uncredited)
      • 1998

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    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Dave Fordham
    • Height
      • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
    • Born
      • February 26, 1976
      • Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA

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    • Trivia
      Started a Production Company with Film Making Friends Gary Ambrosia and Alex Rouse.

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