Joss Gower

Born in London, England in 1968, I developed a passion for action films, westerns, and WW2 films at a young age. I was fascinated by the art of stunt work and cinema and began teaching myself stunts at the age of nine by falling down the stairway of our family home. My mother was shocked but relieved to see that I was unharmed, albeit with a few bruises. I soon got my first professional job recreating the stunt for Uncle Ken for a fee of $1, and from there, my career in stunts took off. At 15, I studied acting at the Anna Scher Theatre in Islington, London while also training in a variety of sports, including trampolining, karate, judo, climbing, diving, and horse riding, as well as other adventure activities. After working as a stunt performer at The American Adventure Theme Park, I landed small stunt roles in television shows before being accepted onto the British Actors Equity Stunt Register in the UK at the age of 22. My early stunt jobs were working alongside great stuntmen such