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Mike Massa
Mike Massa is probably best known as stunt coordinator and main stunt double for lead actor David Boreanaz in the fantasy series Angel (1999-2004). He has worked in the stunt business since the early ’90s, with stunt performances in many notable television series and films before moving on to stunt coordinating and second unit directing.
In 2002 Mike was nominated for an American Choreography Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fight Choreography for the Angel episode A New World. In 2004 he won the Taurus World Stunt Award for Best Specialty Stunt for his boat work on The Italian Job. In 2009 he was among those stunt performers who were nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2010 he earned a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture as part of the Star Trek stunt crew. The same year he received two Taurus World Stunt Award nominations in the categories Best High Work and Best Specialty Stunt.