Nick Dimitri

Prolific Hollywood stuntman / actor / bodybuilder who portrayed bare knuckle fighters, tough thugs, vicious hoodlums and even a living dead sculptor in a career spanning over thirty years. A US navy veteran, the athletically built Dimitri first got involved in cinema in the late 1950's and contributed stunt work to TV series like _77 Sunset Strip (1958)_ (qv) and _Route 66 (1960)_ (qv) and appeared in minor acting roles in _Kid Galahad (1962)_ (qv), _The Train (1964)_ (qv) and Ambushers, The (1967).Dimitri was genuinely terrifying as an artist who returns from the dead seeking blood to build a hideous statue and to terrorize 'Angie Dickinson' (qv) in the TV pilot _The Norliss Tapes (1973)_ (qv). He was equally impressive as a ruthless bare knuckle fighter hired by white collar gangsters to slug it out with 'Charles Bronson' (qv) amongst pits of oyster shells in the climax of the gritty _Hard Times (1975)_ (qv).He remained perpetually busy during the 1980's contributing stunts and acting appearances in many action oriented TV shows including _Knight Rider (1982)_ (qv), _The A-Team (1983)_ (qv), _MacGyver (1985)_ (qv) and _Hunter (1984)_ (qv). In the 1990s, Dimitri tangled with cop 'Steven Seagal' (qv) during a pool room brawl in _Out for Justice (1991)_ (qv) and he was knocked out cold by a bomb laden corpse (!) as 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv) made his escape for a gangster's lavish rooftop funeral in _Last Action Hero (1993)_ (qv). A longtime member of the well known Stuntmen's Association, Dimitri enjoys minor cult status amongst some movie fans for his "tough as nails" screen characters !::firehouse44@hotmail.com