Chuck Jeffreys

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William Charles Jeffreys III (born July 23, 1958) is an American actor, martial artist, stuntman, and fight choreographer.

Born
William Charles Jeffreys III

(1958-07-23) July 23, 1958 (age 67)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • stuntman
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Chuck Jeffreys
Born
William Charles Jeffreys III

(1958-07-23) July 23, 1958 (age 67)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • stuntman
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Early life

Jeffreys is originally from Washington, D.C.. He grew up in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland.[1][2] He has been studying martial arts since around the age of 7 or 8.[3] As a martial artist, he has studied Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and wushu under Sifu Willy Lin.[4]

Career

Actor

As an actor he has appeared in more than 24 films and television shows. He had supporting roles in Aftershock, Lockdown, Superfights and The Substitute 2: School's Out and co-starred in the 1997 film Bloodmoon. He is also the Fire Warlord in the Digital Pictures full-motion video action game Supreme Warrior.

Some of the martial arts films he has acted in include Hawkeye and Fight to Win. Both films also starred George Chung.[5] He co-starred as Detective Chuck Baker in the film Bloodmoon that starred Darren Shahlavi.[6][7] He had a major supporting role in the film Zong heng tian xia aka Honor and Glory which starred Cynthia Rothrock, which was released in 1993.[8][9]

It has been said that he has a resemblance to Eddie Murphy.[10] In the late 1980s he joined the cast of the WJLA Saturday show "Pick Up The Beat". He also filled in for Erik King as the shows host.[11]

Stunts

From the late 1980s to 2016 he had worked on more than 60 films and television shows in various stunt roles. He was the fight coordinator for the 2015 television series The Player.

As a choreographer he has worked with Jessica Biel, Willem Dafoe, Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds and Wesley Snipes.[12] He did stunt work for the film 12 Monkeys which was released in 1995.[13] Jeffreys was also responsible for getting Darren Shahlavi the stunt work on Blade: Trinity.[14] Jeffreys did work on 21 Jump Street, released in 2012.[15] He was one of the stunt coordinators for the 2015 films Black Mass, which was a film about the career of infamous American mobster James "Whitey" Bulger,[16] and Miles Ahead, which was a film about jazz musician Miles Davis.[17]

Partial filmography

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Actor
Title Role Director Year Notes #
Dangerous Passages aka Fight to Win Michael Leo Fong 1987
Hawkeye Charles Wilson George Chung 1988
Blood Street 'Bones' Leo Fong 1988
Aftershock Danny Girrard Frank Harris 1990
Lockdown Mac Maguire Frank Harris 1992
Flodder in Amerika! Annoying Negro #2 Dick Maas 1992
Zong heng tian xia Jake Armstrong Godfrey Ho 1993
Rage 'I-Ron' Anthony Maharaj 1994
The Addiction Bartender Abel Ferrara 1995
12 Monkeys Thug #2 Terry Gilliam 1995
The Ultimate Warrior Fire Warlord Guy Norris 1995
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