Ripper going back to work!
Larry Rippenkroeger to return to movie work:hail:
May 23, 2007
The IJSBA is very pleased to bring you this news from John Chadwell, author of the coming movie: Hunt of the Sea Wolves (
http://huntoftheseawolves.net/blog/).
Famed Stuntman, Larry Rippenkroeger, Joins “Hunt of the Sea Wolves” as Stunt Coordinator
Famed Hollywood stuntman, Larry Rippenkroeger, has signed on as stunt coordinator for “Hunt of the Sea Wolves,” written by John Chadwell and under development at Feverpitch Pictures.
LarryRippenkroeger, a four-time world champion Jet Ski racer, broke into stunt work in 1995 with Waterword, starring Kevin Costner. He parlayed that into doubling as Costner’s character, Mariner, in Universal Studio’s Waterworld Stunt Show, as he continued to work both as a stuntman and actor in 45 films.
His credits include: Dante’s Peak (1997), Godzilla (1998), The Patriot (2000), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Whole Ten Yards (2004 when he first doubled for Bruce Willis), Hostage (2005, again doubling for Willis), The Longest Yard (2005), Live Free or Die Hard (2007, another stint at doubling for Willis) and Iron Man, now filming.
Films and TV series he appeared as an actor include Smoke Jumpers (1996), Profiler (1997), The X-Files (1998), CSI Miami (2003) and Crazy (2006).
He is stunt double for Bruce Willis and has also doubled for Vin Diesel, Treat Williams and James Caan on the Las Vegas series. Willis recently presented Rippenkroeger the Taurus Foundation Award at the 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards.
Rippenkroeger was severely injured during filming of Willis’ new film, Live Free or Die Hard, but is already on the mend and back at work on Iron Man.