Tanoai Reed (born February 10, 1974 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Hollywood stunt man with Samoan and Norwegian descent. He is also the cousin and stand-in double of pro wrestler turned actor, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
He is featured in the video "Pump It" by The Black Eyed Peas, playing one of the villains Fergie fights.
Reed appears in the 2008 relaunch of American Gladiators as the gladiator Toa.
In the first 2008 episode of Gladiators, Toa delivered an abbreviated version of Ka Mate, a New Zealand Maori haka before beginning his defense of the top of the pyramid.
Movies featured in:
Urban Justice (2007) (stunt performer)
The Game Plan (2007) (stunt double) (stunts)
Half Past Dead 2 (2007) (V) (stunts)
Epic Movie (2007) (stunts)
Gridiron Gang (2006) (stunt double: The Rock)
You, Me and Dupree (2006) (stunts)
Southland Tales (2006) (co-stunt coordinator)
Doom (2005) (stunts)
Be Cool (2005) (stunt double: The Rock)
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004) (stunts)
Walking Tall (2004) (stunt double: Dwayne Johnson)
The Stepford Wives(2004) Tonkiro
The Rundown (2003) (stunt double: Dwayne Johnson)
Daredevil (2003) (stunts)
The Tuxedo (2002) (stunts)
The Scorpion King (2002) (stunt double: Mathayus)
“Angel” (1999) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
“Nash Bridges” (1996) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
“Baywatch Nights” (1995) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
Waterworld (1995) (stunts)
References
^ Liane Bonin (2003-09-24). "Rock Candy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. "...The Rock's double, his cousin Tanoai Reed, shattered an ankle."
^ Tenley Woodman (2008-01-03). "Red, white and bruised". Boston Herald. Retrieved on 2008-01-09. "Among the new gladiators are Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's cousin Tanoai Reed as Toa, an island warrior who intimidates opponents by performing a tribal war dance..."
^ "Meet American Gladiator Toa (aka Tanoai Reed) by Ryan Spoon". BeRecruited.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
External links
Official site
Official page on MySpace
Tanoai Reed at the Internet Movie Database
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