Chris Denison

Chris Denison is a stunt performer and coordinator Denison grew up in the mountains in Colorado engaging in outdoor and physical activities from a young age including motocross snowboarding and offroad racing He competed professionally in freestyle motocross as a teenager achieving a top15 ranking in the International Freestyle Motocross Association circuit before transitioning to other forms of racing and later into the film stunt business Around 2009 Denison began gaining formal entry into stunt work through mentorship with industry professionals like Gary Hymes He obtained his Screen Actors Guild SAG card in 2010 marking a milestone in his professional stunt career Denison has worked in a variety of stunt rolesperformer stunt double driver coordinatorand in different environments including underwater work He also has training in disciplines outside traditional stunt performing such as freediving Brazilian JiuJitsu Krav Maga and other combat and safety skills In Avatar The Way of Water 2022 he served as a stunt double for Sam Worthington In Black Panther Wakanda Forever 2022 he was credited as a stunt coordinator At the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards the stunt ensemble for Avatar The Way of Water 2022 was nominated for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture and Denison was among those so nominated He also shared in the same recognition for Black Panther Wakanda Forever 2022 In addition he was part of the stunt ensemble nominated for the same category at the 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Logan 2017