Jade Kindar-Martin
{{Short description|American circus performer (born 1974)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jade Kindar-Martin
| image =
| caption = Kindar-Martin (right) on their wedding day at Chateau de Chantilly in 2004
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|02|16}}
| birth_place = Vermont, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Tightrope walker|circus performer}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Karine Mauffrey|2004}}
| children = 3
| url = {{URL|http://funambule.com/}}
}}
Jade Kindar-Martin (born February 16, 1974) is an American highwire walker and circus performer.
Career
Kindar-Martin started performing on the wire at the age of 14 with Circus Smirkus, a youth circus based in Vermont. Following his graduation from Champlain Valley Union High School in 1992, he went on to further his studies in the circus arts in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Ecole Nationale de Cirque and then at the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. Kindar-Martin there came under the tutelage and mentorship of highwire artist Rudy Omankowski Jr. and began his partnership with Didier Pasquette.
Together, Kindar-Martin and Pasquette soon began touring worldwide, as well as performing their own brand of highwire theatre as part of the Camion Funambule. In the six years they performed together, the two became known equally for their highly technical bicycle acrobatics and dramatic skywalks, including their Guinness World Record-setting double skywalk across the River Thames in London in 1997.
In 1999, Kindar-Martin was recruited by Cirque du Soleil for a new show, La Nouba, in Orlando, Florida, where he performed until January 2004.
In the summer of 2004, Jade married fellow Cirque du Soleil performer and stunt woman Karine Mauffrey, high up in the air on a wire stretched over the grounds of the Château de Chantilly in Chantilly, France. Kindar-Martin and his wife now split their time between Los Angeles, California, and their home in the south of France.
In the summer of 2005, Jade joined The Flying Wallendas, the world-famous highwire family, and performs regularly with them in the "Seven-Man Pyramid".{{Cite magazine |last=Petersen |first=Kane |date=August 7, 2013 |title=Walkin' a Tightrope |magazine=Sports Illustrated |url=https://www.si.com/edge/2013/08/07/high-wire-acts |access-date=April 2, 2023}}
In May 2007 in Seoul, South Korea, Kindar-Martin competed in the First World Highwire Championships. Kindar-Martin, along with 18 other highwire walkers from around the world, competed for the fastest crossing of the kilometer-long wire over the Han River. With a time of 0:11:35.54, Kindar-Martin won the bronze medal, 13 seconds behind first place. In completing the walk, all who made it across now also share a new Guinness World Record for longest highwire walk. A longer skywalk may have been accomplished by Rudy Omankowski Jr.,{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Muskan |title=Who is Jade Kindar-Martin? America's Got Talent: Extreme contestant is a high-wire walker with a Guinness World Record |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/who-jade-kindar-martin-america-s-got-talent-extreme-contestant-high-wire-walker-guinness-world-record |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |date=March 2022 |language=en-us}} Kindar-Martin's mentor.
In 2022, Kindar-Martin took place on AGT: Extreme where he finished as a Grand Finalist.{{Cite web |last=Romualdi |first=Melissa |date=2022-03-01 |title=Jade Kindar-Martin Shocks 'AGT: Extreme' With 'Super-Dangerous' Highwire Walk |url=https://etcanada.com/news/871999/jade-kindar-martin-shocks-agt-extreme-with-super-dangerous-highwire-walk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301160534/https://etcanada.com/news/871999/jade-kindar-martin-shocks-agt-extreme-with-super-dangerous-highwire-walk/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 1, 2022 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=ET Canada |language=en-US}}
In 2023, Kinder-Martin was a suit performer for the indigo rabbit animatronic Bonnie in the Five Nights at Freddy's film.{{Cite web |last=Shrishty |date=October 16, 2023 |title='Five Nights at Freddy's' Animatronics Come to Life in New Featurette |url=https://collider.com/five-nights-at-freddys-sneak-peek/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019072439/https://collider.com/five-nights-at-freddys-sneak-peek/ |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |access-date=October 16, 2023 |website=Collider}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" |Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |2003
|Romeo - High Wire | | |
|---|
| NCIS
|Stunts | | |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |2015
|Stunt Double |Stunt: High-Wire Performer |
| The Walk
|Circus High Wire Performer |Stunt: Joseph Gordon Levitt | style="text-align:center;"| |
| rowspan="1" scope="row" |2017
|Mystère au Louvre |High-Wire Performer |Stunt: Cyril Descours | |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |2018
|Stunts | | |
| ELI
|Utility Stunts | | |
| rowspan="4" scope="row" |2019
|Eli |Stunts | | |
| Looking for Alaska
|Lead Stunt Double | | |
| Troop Zero
|Stunt Performer | | |
| Queen & Slim
|Stunts |As Jade Kinder Martin | |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" |2020
|Utility Stunts | | |
| Filthy Rich
|Stunt Rigger | | |
| Unhinged
|Stunt Double |Stunt: Austin P. McKenzie | |
| Bill & Ted Face the Music
|Stunt Rigger |Uncredited | |
| Your Honor
|Stunt Rigging |Stunt: Hunter Dooh | |
| rowspan="1" scope="row" |2021
|Bodyguard | |
| rowspan="3" scope="row" |2022
|America's Got Talent: Extreme |Himself |FireWire Walker | |
| Interview with the Vampire
|Stunt Double |Stunt: Lestat | |
| Causeway
|Stunt Driver |Uncredited | |
| rowspan="5" scope="row" |2023
|Stunt Rigger | |
| Crater
|Utility Stunts | | |
| The Killer
|Stunt Rigger | |
| Five Nights at Freddy's
|Bonnie the Rabbit |Suit performer |
| Fast Charlie
|Stunt Rigger | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://funambule.com/}}
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Category:American circus performers
Category:Entertainers from Vermont
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