Cast & creator
John Stead
Best known for Designated Survivor, Due South, Taken
Canadian John Stead works as a fight director, stunt performer and coordinator for stage, film and television productions.
53
film credits
16
television credits
8
1990–2025 · acting roles
6.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (69)
Showing 69 of 69 credits
Designated Survivor
Stunt Coordinator
2016
Due South
Stunts
1994
Taken
Stunts
2017
Earth: Final Conflict
Stunt Coordinator
1997Earth: Final Conflict
Director
1997
Relic Hunter
Stunt Coordinator
1999Relic Hunter
Stunts
1999
Dark Matter
Director
2015
Mutant X
Stunts
2001Mutant X
Stunt Coordinator
2001
It Chapter Two
Stunts
2019
Frankenstein
Stunts
2025
Ransom
Stunt Coordinator
2017
Shazam!
Bus Passenger
2019
SkyMed
Mayor
2022
The Adventures of Sinbad
Stunts
1996The Adventures of Sinbad
Stunt Coordinator
1996
Cinderella Man
Stunts
2005
RED
Stunt Double
2010
Mary Kills People
Stunt Coordinator
2017
Land of the Dead
Stunts
2005
RoboCop
Stunts
2014
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Deer Lick Sentry
1996The Long Kiss Goodnight
Stunts
1996
Exit Wounds
Stunts
2001
The Amazing Race Canada
Self
2013
Zoom
Stunts
2006
Code 8
Stunts
2019
Billy Madison
Stunts
1995
Star Trek: Section 31
Stunts
2025
Prince Charming
Tybalt
2001
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Stunts
1994
Strange but True
Stunt Coordinator
2019
Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
Stunt Coordinator
2011
The Freshman
Stunts
1990
Pushing Tin
Stunt Double
1999
The Man
Stunts
2005
5ive Girls
Stunt Coordinator
2007
Operation Avalanche
Associate Producer
2016
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Stunts
1995
Princess
Stunt Coordinator
2008
Troubled Waters
Director
2006
Stage Fright
Opera Ghost
2014Stage Fright
Stunt Coordinator
2014
King Lear
Fight Choreographer
2015
Ice Soldiers
Second Unit Director
2013Ice Soldiers
Stunt Coordinator
2013
Small Town Murder Songs
David
2010
No Contest
Stunts
1995
TekWar: TekJustice
Stunt Double
1994
The Limit
Stunt Coordinator
2004
Timon of Athens
Fight Choreographer
2018
When the Dark Man Calls
Stunts
1995
Warriors of Terra
Stunt Coordinator
2006
Grindstone Road
Stunt Coordinator
2008
Witchblade
Fight Choreographer
2000
The Tempest
Fight Choreographer
2019
Hamlet
Stunt Coordinator
2016
Cyborg Soldier
Director
2008Cyborg Soldier
Writer
2008
Drive Time Murders
Stunt Double
2006
Survivor
Stunt Double
1999
Friends at Last
Busboy
1995
Double Take
Stunts
1998
Gridlock
Stunt Double
1996
Life with Luca
Stunt Coordinator
2023
Romeo and Juliet
Fight Choreographer
2018
Survival Box
Executive Producer
2019
The Announcement
Stunt Coordinator
2020