Graf, Allan (Alan Graf, Allan L. Graf, Allan Lee Graf, Allen Graf, Alan Graff)

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Graf, Allan (Alan Graf, Allan L. Graf, Allan Lee Graf, Allen Graf, Alan Graff)

PERSONAL

Education: Graduated from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1973.

Addresses:

Agent—Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr., North Bldg., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Actor, stunt coordinator, stunts, second unit director, and football coordinator. Played professional football with the Portland Storm of the World Football League, 1974-76, and the Los Angeles Rams.

Awards, Honors:

Taurus Award nomination, best stunt coordinator and/or second unit director—feature, World Stunt Awards, 2003, We Were Soldiers.

CREDITS

Film Work:

(Uncredited) Stunt double for Dick Butkus, Gus, Buena Vista, 1976.

(Uncredited) Stunts, The Cannonball Run, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981.

Stunts, Fighting Back (also known as Death Vengeance), Paramount, 1982.

Stunts, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (also known as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), Paramount, 1982.

Stunts, D.C. Cab (also known as Mr. T and Company and Street Fleet), Universal, 1983.

Stunts, Code Name: Zebra, Transcontinental, 1984.

Stunts, City Heat, Warner Bros., 1984.

Stunts, Surf II, Aquarius Releasing, 1984.

Stunts, Real Genius, TriStar, 1985.

Stunts, Gung Ho (also known as Working Class Man), Paramount, 1986.

Stunts, Back to School, Orion, 1986.

Stunts, Raising Arizona, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Stunts, Extreme Prejudice, TriStar, 1987.

Stunts, Dragnet, Universal, 1987.

(Uncredited) Stunts, RoboCop, Orion, 1987.

Stunts, Real Men, 1987.

(As Allen Graf) Stunts, Action Jackson, Lorimar Film Entertainment, 1988.

Stunts, Sunset (also known as Catalina), TriStar, 1988.

Stunts, Red Heat, Artisan Entertainment, 1988.

Stunts, License to Drive, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988.

Stunts, They Live (also known as John Carpenter's "They Live" and They Live!), MCA/Universal, 1988.

Stunts, K-9, Universal, 1989.

Stunt coordinator and second unit director, Johnny Handsome, Columbia TriStar, 1989.

(As Allan L. Graf) Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Another 48 Hrs., Paramount, 1990.

(Uncredited) Stunts and stunt coordinator, The Fourth War, Cannon, 1990.

Stunts, Total Recall, TriStar, 1990.

Football coordinator, stunt coordinator, and second unit director, Necessary Roughness, Paramount, 1991.

Stunts, Dutch (also known as Driving Me Crazy), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991.

Stunts, The Butcher's Wife, Paramount, 1991.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Wayne's World, Paramount, 1992.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Trespass (also known as Looters), Universal, 1992.

Stunt coordinator, Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (also known as Wild Orchard 2: Blue Movie Blue), Triumph, 1992.

(As Allan L. Graf) Second unit director, stunt coordinator, and head football coach, The Program, Buena Vista, 1993.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Geronimo: An American Legend, Columbia, 1993.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, The Specialist (also known as El especilista), Warner Bros., 1994.

Stunts, F.T.W. (also known as F.T.W.: Fuck the World and Last Ride), 1994.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Wild Bill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.

Stunts, Chameleon, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1995.

Second unit director and (uncredited) stunts and stunt coordinator, Last Man Standing, New Line Cinema, 1996.

(As Alan Graf) Stunt coordinator, Broken Arrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

Stunts, Independence Day (also known as ID4), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

Second unit director, football sequences, stunt coordinator, and (uncredited) football coordinator, Jerry Maguire, TriStar, 1996.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Vegas Vacation (also known as National Lampoon's "Vegas Vacation"), Warner Bros., 1997.

Second unit director, Double Team (also known as The Colony), Columbia, 1997.

Stunts, Steel, Warner Bros., 1997.

Stunts, A Life Less Ordinary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, The Replacement Killers, Columbia, 1998.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, The Waterboy, Buena Vista, 1998.

Stunts, The Odd Couple II (also known as Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple II"), Paramount, 1998.

Stunt coordinator, The Deep End of the Ocean, Columbia, 1999.

Stunts, Magnolia (also known as mag-no'il-a), New Line Cinema, 1999.

Second unit director, stunt coordinator, and football coordinator, Any Given Sunday, Warner Bros., 1999.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000.

Football coordinator, Boys and Girls, Dimension, 2000.

Second unit director, stunt coordinator, and football coordinator, The Replacements, Warner Bros., 2000.

(As Allan L. Graf) Second unit director and stunt coordinator, A Knight's Tale, Columbia, 2001.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Domestic Disturbance, Paramount, 2001.

Stunts, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (also known as Megiddo), Gener8Xion Entertainment, 2001.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, We Were Soldiers (also known as Wir waren Heiden), Paramount, 2002.

Stunt coordinator, Punch-Drunk Love, Columbia, 2002.

Stunts, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (also known as P.O.T.C.), Buena Vista, 2003.

Stunts, S.W.A.T., Columbia, 2003.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Timeline, Paramount, 2003.

Stunt performer, Bad Santa (also known as Badder Santa), Dimension Films, 2003.

Stunts, Starsky & Hutch, Warner Bros., 2004.

(As Allan L. Graf) Football coordinator, The Ladykillers, Buena Vista, 2004.

Second unit director, stunt coordinator, and football coordinator, Friday Night Lights, Universal, 2004.

Stunts, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Buena Vista, 2005.

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Man of the House, Columbia, 2005.

Second unit director, stunt coordinator, and football coordinator, Two for the Money, Universal, 2005.

Stunts, Bad News Bears, Paramount, 2005.

Stunt coordinator and football coordinator, Gridiron Gang, Columbia, 2006.

Stunt player, The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, Universal, 2006.

Second unit director, stunt coordinator, and football coordinator, The Comebacks, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

Second unit director, stunt coordinator, and football coordinator, The Express, Universal, 2008.

Film Appearances:

Uniformed cop, The Driver, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978.

Bank customer, The Long Riders, United Artists, 1980.

Tiny, Roadie, United Starts, 1980.

Hunter, Southern Comfort, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981.

Baseball fan, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.

Sam, Poltergeist, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982.

Deputy, Impulse, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984.

Tiny, Space Rage (also known as A Dollar a Day, Space Rage: Breakout on Prison Planet, and Trackers), Vestron Pictures, 1985.

Camden Brave, Brewster's Millions, Universal, 1985.

Alvin, Crossroads, Columbia, 1986.

Graf, Blue City, Paramount, 1986.

Biker, Out of Bounds, Columbia, 1986.

Collins, Over the Top (also known as Meet Me Half Way), Warner Bros., 1987.

(Uncredited) Sal's bodyguard, RoboCop, Orion, 1987.

(Uncredited) Hartman (clown), Real Men, United Artists, 1987.

Workman, The Presidio (also known as The Presidio: The Scene of the Crime), Paramount, 1988.

Joliet prison guard, Red Heat, Artisan Entertainment, 1988.

Bob Lemoyne, Johnny Handsome, Columbia TriStar, 1989.

Bookman's guard, The Wizard of Speed and Time, Shapiro-Glickenhaus, 1989.

Studie, Flashback, Paramount, 1990.

Bus driver, Another 48 Hrs., Paramount, 1990.

Theatre man number two, Come See the Paradise, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990.

Miami cop, The Doors, TriStar, 1991.

Billy Bob's bartender, Necessary Roughness, Paramount, 1991.

Hank the cook, Universal Soldier, TriStar, 1992.

Bus driver, Nowhere to Run, Columbia, 1993.

Bus driver, The Specialist (also known as El Especialista), Warner Bros., 1994.

Convoy driver, Last Man Standing, New Line Cinema, 1996.

Wife beater, L.A. Confidential, Warner Bros., 1997.

Man with gun, Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema, 1997.

Lenny, Trojan War (also known as Rescue Me), Warner Bros., 1997.

Gordon, Valentine's head bodyguard, The Limey, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Firefighter, Magnolia (also known as mag-no'li-a), New Line Cinema, 1999.

Referee, Any Give Sunday, Warner Bros., 1999.

(Uncredited) Dallas head coach, The Replacements, Warner Bros., 2000.

(As Alan Graf) Football referee, Thirteen Days, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Himself, School of Hard Knocks (documentary short), Columbia TriStar, 2001.

Interrogator, Looney Tunes: Back in Action (also known as "Looney Tunes Back in Action": The Movie), Warner Bros., 2003.

Himself, Journey Through "Timeline" (documentary), Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, Broken Trail: The Making of a Legendary Western, 2006.

Soup waiter, Beerfest, Warner Bros., 2006.

Referee, Gridiron Gang, Columbia, 2006.

Television Work; Series:

Stunt coordinator, Bring 'Em Back Alive, CBS, 1982.

Stunts, The A-Team, NBC, 1983.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Second unit director, Broken Trail, AMC, 2006.

Television Work; Movies:

Second unit director and stunt coordinator, Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story, Fox, 1994.

Stunts, Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love, Fox, 1994.

Second unit director, The Law and Mrs. Lee, 2003.

Television Work; Pilots:

Second unit director, stunt coordinator, and football coordinator, Friday Night Lights, NBC, 2006.

Television Work; Episodic:

Stunt coordinator, Love & War, CBS, 1993-94.

Stunt coordinator, "Juarez," Red Shoe Diaries, Showtime, 1996.

Stunt coordinator, "Reconnoitering the Rim," Deadwood, HBO, 2004.

Second unit director and football coordinator, "Eyes Wide Open," Friday Night Lights, NBC, 2006.

Second unit director and football coordinator, "Wind Sprints," Friday Night Lights, NBC, 2006.

Second unit director and football coordinator, "Homecoming," Friday Night Lights, NBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

Captain Turner, Deadwood, HBO, 2005-2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

For the Love of It, ABC, 1980.

Johnson, White Water Rebels, CBS, 1983.

Jason, Braker, ABC, 1985.

Wheeler, Assassin, CBS, 1986.

(As Alan Graff) Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife, NBC, 1987.

Ox, The Cover Girl and the Cop, NBC, 1989.

Elmo, Fever, HBO, 1991.

Rugged man, Kiss of a Killer, ABC, 1993.

Irene's father, Lake Consequence, Showtime, 1993.

Jets assistant coach, Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story, Fox, 1994.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Starz Special: "Gridiron Gang," Starz, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Heavy number one, "Does She or Doesn't She?," Hart to Hart, ABC, 1980.

Carl, "Mr. Galaxy," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1981.

Thug, "Something Fishy," Riptide, NBC, 1984.

Handley, "HX-1," Airwolf (also known as Lobo del aire), CBS, 1984.

(As Alan Graff) Highway patrolman, "Mouth of the Snake: Part 1," Knight Rider, NBC, 1984.

Gunman at the Tee Mar office, "Professor Jonathan Higgins," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1985.

Construction worker, "Lost Link," Misfits of Science, NBC, 1985.

"Collision Course," Falcon Crest, CBS, 1986.

Jarrett, "Voo Doo Knight," Knight Rider, NBC, 1986.

Other man, "The Grey Team," The A-Team, NBC, 1986.

(As Allen Graf) Richard, "First Date," Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1986.

Al, "Get a Job," Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1987.

Lou, "Close Encounters," Valerie (also known as The Hogan Family, The Hogans, and Valerie's Family), NBC, 1988.

(As Allen Graf) Richard, "College Bound," Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1988.

Deputy sheriff, "Charley," Falcon Crest, CBS, 1989.

Driver, "Cutting Cards," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1990.

Dick, L.A. Law, NBC, 1990.

John, "The Game," Red Shoe Diaries, Showtime, 1994.

Man hitting window, "It's Miller Time," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1995.

(Uncredited) Thug number two, "Cowboy," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBS, 1995.

Kevin Richards, "Everyday Heroes," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBS, 1998.

Himself, "Full Contact: The Making of ‘Any Given Sunday,’" HBO First Look, HBO, 1999.

Guy at bar, Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1999.

Big man, "Justice Delayed," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBS, 2000.

Cab driver, "Love Is All Around: Part 2," Ally McBeal, Fox, 2002.

Santa, "Chris-Mess," Becker, CBS, 2002.

Inmate number one, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," Desperate Housewives, ABC, 2005.

Panthers defensive coach, "Wind Sprints," Friday Night Lights, NBC, 2006.

Coach Graf, "Who's Your Daddy," Friday Night Lights, NBC, 2006.

Also appeared as man in restaurant, "The Thrill of Agony, the Victory of Defeat," My Sister Sam, CBS; in Deadwood, HBO.

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