Allan Graf
Biography
Allan Graf is an American stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and former football player who was born in Los Angeles and raised in Sylmar, California. He played offensive guard on the University of Southern California team that went undefeated and won a national championship in 1972, and after a brief spell in professional football he moved into stunt work, doubling for Chicago Bears player Dick Butkus on the comedy Gus. He became known for coordinating stunts on football films such as Any Given Sunday and Friday Night Lights. Frequent work with director Walter Hill led him to coordinate stunts and direct second unit on the 1989 film Johnny Handsome, and he later directed second unit on Wayne's World, Jerry Maguire, The Waterboy, The Replacements and We Were Soldiers. He has also acted in many films and television shows, including a role in the HBO series Deadwood.
76years old
Turns 77 on December 16in 64 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Allan Lee Graf
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 40 years1981 to 2021
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First role
While he was still a Portland Storm player, Graf did side work for Disney in Santa Clarita. He served as stunt double for Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears on Gus, a children's sports comedy about a mule that kicks field goals.
A first
Walter Hill had often worked with Graf, and in 1989 Hill asked him to coordinate stunts for Johnny Handsome and to direct its second unit, something Graf had never done before.
Own stunts
Graf performed a cannon-roll with a school bus for Another 48 Hrs., lifting the bus 17 ft with dynamite and rolling it 285 ft down the highway.
Getting ready for a role
For Friday Night Lights, Graf interviewed more than 900 people himself to fill a forty-man roster, which included doubles for the actors. Once he chose the talent, he made a playbook and had the roster run plays, easing the actors into practices.
Allan Graf movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Walter Hill directed three of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Peter Jason's page
Scott Wilson's page
Edward Walsh's page
Lewis Smith's page
All films by Walter Hill
Box office
What Allan Graf's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$430 million
13 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$126M29.3% of the total
- 2$122M28.3% of the total
- 3$64M14.9% of the total
- 4$48M11.3% of the total
- 5$19M4.5% of the total
- 6$16M3.7% of the total
- 7$7.2M1.7% of the total
- 8$6.9M1.6% of the total
$20.5 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total
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