Born in the land of 'Braveheart' Scotland in 1967, Tom Delmar was
brought up in the Cairngorm Mountains. As a young man he was a fabulous
sportsman in many discipline's including fencing, skiing, swimming,
Judo and ice hockey. At Glasgow University when not studying for his
BSc in mathematics and computer science he could be found at the Army
OTC (Officer Training Corps) where at weekends and holidays he learned
many of the skills that he would use later as a young stunt man.
He moved to London and attended the 'London City Lit' Actors training
course and after spending 46 weeks working at the BBC and ITV in
various rolls in front of camera he qualified for the British Stunt
Register [1984]. He quickly found himself working as a young stunt man
on some of the biggest Hollywood films of the time including James
Cameron's Aliens and the action packed '007 James Bond' films through
to Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch' and Georg Lucas's Star Wars (II). He doubled
many stars of the day including Steve Guttenberg, Sylvester Stallone,
Ray Winston, Robbie Coltrane, Alfred Molina and many more !
He started working as a stunt coordinator in 1987, over the next 25
years he would stunt coordinate and double in over 300 Film and TV
shows working with the cream of Hollywood. Tom quickly applied his
scientific background to his advantage when he started the 'Action
Stunt Company' in which he designed and fabricated stunt equipment, air
bags, tracking vehicles and camera rig's, the company is now one of the
world leaders.
His passion for film and his need to express action and emotion in the
same frame led him to start directing in 1998. Today he is one of
Hollywood's leading 2nd Unit Directors & Stunt Coordinators with over36
films to his credit.
