Norman Kent (born 23 August 1956; age 68) is a skydiver, aerial stuntman, aerial cinematographer, and aerial director of photography who was the skydiving stunt double for William Shatner in the opening scene of Star Trek Generations which was cut from the final aired version. He worked without a credit but can be seen in the special feature section of the Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) DVD.
Kent was born in El Paso, Texas and grew up in Mexico City, Mexico. He lost his first wife Deanna, a parachute specialist, in 1997 and married his second wife Nicole in 2002. Kent is an aerial specialist, skydiver, parachute jumper, and aerial photographer and cinematographer. He has earned several awards and nominations throughout the years and was featured on several magazines and documentaries such as "Willing to Fly", his life work which he finished with his second wife after started in the 1980s.
Kent has performed aerial stunts and coordinated aerial sequences in films such as Cliffhanger (1993), Terminal Velocity (1994, with Christopher McDonald and Tim Kelleher), Smoke Jumpers (1996, with Timothy Carhart, Spencer Garrett, Jana Marie Hupp, and Bill Bolender), Eraser (1996, with Vanessa Williams), Cutaway (2000), xXx (2002), and Last Holiday (2006), and in television series such as Rescue 911, Saved by the Bell, Dave's World, and German productions such as Der Clown and Schutzengel.
More recently he served as director of photography and stunt coordinator for the skydiving unit for the action comedy Get Smart (2008, with The Rock).
He has coordinated several projects and created aerial scenes for films and commercials such as the "Coca Cola" commercial with actor Miko Hughes and over one hundred parachute jumpers.
External link[]
- NormanKent.com — official site
- Norman Kent at the Internet Movie Database