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Tanoai Reed

{{Short description|American stunt performer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Tanoai Reed

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|10|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Stuntman|actor}}

| relatives = Dwayne Johnson (cousin)

| years_active = 1995–present

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Tanoai Reed (born February 10, 1974) is an American stuntman and actor. He is best known as the stunt double for his cousin Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Early life

Tanoai Reed was born in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, on February 10, 1974. He is primarily of Samoan descent with smaller amounts of Irish, Norwegian, and Swedish ancestry. After the separation of his parents, he grew up in California before being sent back to Hawaiʻi to live with his grandmother.{{cite magazine |url=https://hanahou.com/24.1/the-rocks-stead |last=Flemister |first=Beau |title=The Rock's Stead |magazine=Hana Hou! |date=January–March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912013938/https://hanahou.com/24.1/the-rocks-stead |archive-date=September 12, 2021 |volume=24 |issue=1 |access-date=July 24, 2023}} He was educated at Kahuku High School and the University of Hawaiʻi. He continues to make his home on Oahu's North Shore and, with his wife, is a proud advocate for local businesses and conservation.

Career

Reed's stunt career began when he worked on Waterworld (1995), and he began steady work as a stunt double for his cousin Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/09/25/inside-rocks-new-movie-rundown/ |title=Rock Candy |access-date=January 9, 2008 |author=Liane Bonin |date=September 24, 2003 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |quote=...The Rock's double, his cousin Tanoai Reed, shattered an ankle.}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view.bg?articleid=1064185 |title=Red, white and bruised |accessdate=January 9, 2008 |author=Tenley Woodman |date=January 3, 2008 |work=Boston Herald|quote=Among the new gladiators are Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's cousin Tanoai Reed as Toa, an island warrior who intimidates opponents by performing a tribal war dance...}} on The Scorpion King (2002).{{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/real-life-diet-tanoai-reed-dwayne-johnson-stunt-double |title=The Real-Life Diet of The Rock's Longtime Stunt Double, Tanoai Reed |author=Alex Shultz |publisher=GQ |date=July 30, 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2021}} His other work includes acting in the music video for the Black Eyed Peas song "Pump It" (2005), playing one of the villains fought by Fergie. He also appears in the 2008 relaunch of American Gladiators as the gladiator Toa.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvovermind.com/five-things-didnt-know-tanoai-reed/ |title=Five Things You Didn't Know about Tanoai Reed |publisher=TV Overmind |date= April 17, 2018|access-date=September 12, 2021}} His first episode of Gladiators saw him performing a shortened version of "Ka Mate", a New Zealand Māori haka, before beginning his defense of the top of the pyramid.

Filmography

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.tanoaireed.com}}
  • [http://www.myspace.com/tanoaireedfansite Official page] on MySpace
  • {{IMDb name|715708}}

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Category:Living people

Category:1974 births

Category:American stunt performers

Category:American people of Irish descent

Category:American people of Swedish descent

Category:American people of Norwegian descent

Category:American people of Samoan descent

Category:Actors of Samoan descent

Category:People from Hawaii

Category:Anoaʻi family