Robert 'Bob' Francis Brown is an American stunt coordinator, stunt performer, stunt double, second unit director, and world champion high diver. He has doubled for Kevin Costner, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Spacey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Carrey, Sam Neill, Robert Patrick, and Brent Spiner.
Brown received three Taurus World Stunt Award nominations: in 2002, in the category Best Driving for his work on the action thriller Swordfish, shared with Scott Rogers, Gilbert Combs, Brett A. Jones, and Mike Justus, in 2005, in the category Best Specialty Stunt for his work on the action drama Flight of the Phoenix, and in 2008, in the category Best High Work on the thriller The Number 23.
In 2011, he won a Taurus World Stunt Award in the category Best High Work on the science fiction prequel Predators, shared with Jeremy Fitzgerald. Brown was also part of the stunt team which received Screen Actors Guild Award nominations in the category Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture for his work on the comic adaptation Iron Man in 2009 and on the science fiction sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in 2010.
He has worked as a stunt double for Brent Spiner in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation - pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" (1987), for Robert Patrick in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), for Arnold Schwarzenegger in Last Action Hero (1993), for Jim Carrey in The Mask (1994) and The Cable Guy (1996), for Kevin Spacey in Se7en (1995), for William Baldwin in Fair Game (1995), for Kevin Costner in Waterworld (1995), for Nicolas Cage in Face/Off (1997), for Sam Neill in Jurassic Park III (2001), for Rory Cochrane in the television series CSI: Miami (2003), and for Gregory Sims in NCIS: Los Angeles (2009).
He was a member of the United States High Diving Team (1985-1991). His diving awards & achievements include Mediterranean Cup High Diving Champion (1996) and World High Diving Champion (1991, 1989, 1988). He was also a National & World Age Group Trampoline Champion (1974).
He has been married to stuntwoman Marta Merrifield since 1996 and they have 3 children.
