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Thomas "Tom" William McComas (born 13 February 1970; age 54) is a stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts for two Star Trek: Enterprise fourth season episodes.
He is the son of director and writer Tom McComas, Sr. In 2007 he was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for best specialty stunt in Accepted, a film for which he also worked as the second unit director. In 1996 he created the short sport documentary Yoga Kids, where he worked as director, assistant editor, and videographer. He has doubled for stars such as Ben Affleck, Josh Hopkins, and Thomas Jane.
Among his stunt resume are films such as Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), The Perfect Storm (2000, with Bob Gunton, Christopher McDonald, Billy Mayo, and stunts by Brian Avery, Mark Chadwick, Joey Box, Doug Coleman, Eliza Coleman, Dana Dru Evenson, and George Wilbur), Pearl Harbor (2001), Zoolander (2001), The Italian Job (2003), S.W.A.T. (2003), Paycheck (2003), The Punisher (2004, with stunts by Michael Owen), Alpha Dog (2006), Poseidon (2006), The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007, with Christopher McDonald, Sam Zeller, and stunts by Brian Avery and Diamond Farnsworth), and Live Free or Die Hard (2007, with Tim Russ and stunts by Johnny Martin, Mark Chadwick, Greg Barnett, Shawn Crowder, Mark Riccardi, and Boni Yanagisawa).
He has also performed stunts in television series such as Baywatch, The X-Files, JAG, Sliders (1995, starring Jerry O'Connell and John Rhys-Davies with Monica Staggs), Ally McBeal, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Melrose Place (1998, with Dan Gauthier), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 24, Las Vegas (starring Nikki Cox), Medium (2006, with Matt Winston), and CSI: New York (2007).
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