| David Holmes | |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
David Holmes (born 1 December 1983) is a British podcast host and former actor and stunt performer.
Holmes was the stunt double for Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in the first six films of the Harry Potter film series. He played a Slytherin beater in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but an error in the film's credits lists him as playing the character Adrian Pucey instead; that role was actually played by Scot Fearn.[1]
In January 2009 Holmes was seriously injured and left partially paralysed after an accident during the filming of a stunt test for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.[2] [3] [4] He is credited in the finished film as a stunt performer.
After becoming disabled, he took up automobile racing, driving a car with hand controls which he could operate. With two friends – also paralysed – Holmes started Ripple Productions, which in 2020 launched a podcast with Daniel Radcliffe, called Cunning Stunts, interviewing other stunt actors to raise awareness about the risks they face.[5] [6]
, a documentary about Holmes's life, premiered at Doc NYC on 13 November 2023 before being released on HBO on 15 November 2023.[7] Daniel Radcliffe served as the film's executive producer.[8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Lost In Space | Stunts | Uncredited | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Harry Potter stunt double | Uncredited | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | |||
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | |||
| 2005 | Green Street Hooligans | Stunt performer | ||
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Harry Potter stunt double | Uncredited | ||
| 2007 | The Last Legion | Romulus Augustus stunt double | ||
| Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul | Stunts | 3 episodes | ||
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Harry Potter stunt double | Uncredited | ||
| My Boy Jack | Stunt performer | Television film | ||
| The Golden Compass | Stunts | |||
| Stunts | ||||
| 2008 | Doomsday | Stunt performer | ||
| Mutant Chronicles | ||||
| Inkheart | Utility stunts | |||
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Harry Potter stunt double | Uncredited | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Young Bis stunt double | ||
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Harry Potter stunt double | |||
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | |||
| 2015 | Mortdecai | Additional stunt performer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Bedazzled | Student | uncredited | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Slytherin Beater | Mistakenly credited as "Adrian Pucey" | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Slytherin Beater No. 1 | ||
| 2023 | Self | HBO Max Documentary |