Danny Le Boyer
Danny Le Boyer
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Danny Le Boyer was born in Bien Hao, South Vietnam. His father Jean
Boyer was a Colonel and Commander of the 518th fighter Squadron for the
Peoples Republic of Vietnam. Due to the fall of Saigon, his mother Ba
Nguyen fled the country with Danny and his younger sister Christy
Boyer. They left on a Military C-130 transport aircraft, and had
survived over 3000 mortar rounds fired at the airbase the previous
night. His Father Jean Boyer stayed behind to lead his men, only to be
taken prisoner after the fall of Saigon, and became a P.O.W. for the
next 13 years.
Relocating to the United States Danny grew up in the Santa Clara Valley in California. Danny started his martial arts training at the age of 8 first with Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and later Jui jit su. His success led him to a Silver Medal in the California State Tae Kwon Do Championship at the age of 18, and he was the Kenpo Karate Grand National Champion. Danny has also competed in various Full Force Open Mixed Martial Arts competitions winning 1st place in his division.
Dannys aunt Wynne Wicker worked on Apocalypse Now with director Francis Ford Coppola as his Vietnamese Technical Advisor. Apocalypse now won 2 Oscars along with 14 other wins and 32 nominations. Wynne Wicker also worked on Platoon with director Oliver Stone as his Vietnamese Technical Advisor. Platoon later went on to win 4 Oscars along with 18 other wins and another 9 nominations.
Inspired by his aunts work Danny Le Boyer pursued a career in Film. Danny got his big break in Hollywood in 2000 when he received a callfrom Stephen McEveety, one of Mel Gibsons producing partners at ICON Productions, to come work on the film We Were Soldiers, directed by Randall Wallace. Danny worked on the project as the background casting director and Vietnamese Technical Advisor. We Were Soldiers later won the ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films and 5 other nominations.
Danny went on to work in Hollywood as a stuntman, stunt double, actor, and more recently as a stunt coordinator. Danny has worked on major blockbuster hits such as The Last Samurai with director Edward Zwick, and actors Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. Inception with director Christopher Nolan, and actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gorden-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Ken Watanabe.
Danny Le Boyer has worked as an actor alongside Johnny Depp Geoffrey Rush, Penelope Cruz, and Ian McShane on the much anticipated sequel in the Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise, On Stranger Tides, directed this time by Rob Marshall and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
In 2007 Danny was nominated by the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a motion picture on the film Pirates of the Caribbean, At Worlds End.
In 2010 Danny was nominated and won the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a motion picture for the film Inception.
Relocating to the United States Danny grew up in the Santa Clara Valley in California. Danny started his martial arts training at the age of 8 first with Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and later Jui jit su. His success led him to a Silver Medal in the California State Tae Kwon Do Championship at the age of 18, and he was the Kenpo Karate Grand National Champion. Danny has also competed in various Full Force Open Mixed Martial Arts competitions winning 1st place in his division.
Dannys aunt Wynne Wicker worked on Apocalypse Now with director Francis Ford Coppola as his Vietnamese Technical Advisor. Apocalypse now won 2 Oscars along with 14 other wins and 32 nominations. Wynne Wicker also worked on Platoon with director Oliver Stone as his Vietnamese Technical Advisor. Platoon later went on to win 4 Oscars along with 18 other wins and another 9 nominations.
Inspired by his aunts work Danny Le Boyer pursued a career in Film. Danny got his big break in Hollywood in 2000 when he received a callfrom Stephen McEveety, one of Mel Gibsons producing partners at ICON Productions, to come work on the film We Were Soldiers, directed by Randall Wallace. Danny worked on the project as the background casting director and Vietnamese Technical Advisor. We Were Soldiers later won the ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films and 5 other nominations.
Danny went on to work in Hollywood as a stuntman, stunt double, actor, and more recently as a stunt coordinator. Danny has worked on major blockbuster hits such as The Last Samurai with director Edward Zwick, and actors Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. Inception with director Christopher Nolan, and actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gorden-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Ken Watanabe.
Danny Le Boyer has worked as an actor alongside Johnny Depp Geoffrey Rush, Penelope Cruz, and Ian McShane on the much anticipated sequel in the Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise, On Stranger Tides, directed this time by Rob Marshall and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
In 2007 Danny was nominated by the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a motion picture on the film Pirates of the Caribbean, At Worlds End.
In 2010 Danny was nominated and won the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a motion picture for the film Inception.
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