Terry Notary

Born in San Rafael, California, Notary was diagnosed as being severely hyperactive at age 7. His parents enrolled him in gymnastics class to burn off excess energy.{{cite news|last1=Dundjerski|first1=Marina|title=Monkey Business|url=http://magazine.ucla.edu/year2001/fall01_02.html|accessdate=17 November 2016|work=UCLA Magazine|issue=Fall 2001|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005203330/http://magazine.ucla.edu/year2001/fall01_02.html|url-status=live}} He won a gymnastics scholarship at the University of California, where he graduated with a major in theatre.

Notary's first career was as a performer with Cirque du Soleil. His first job as a stunt movement coach was on Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Director Ron Howard was hiring Cirque gymnasts for the film, and after sufficiently impressing Howard, Notary was offered the job of teaching all the actors how to move.{{cite news|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Sanjiv|title=Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: how to act like an ape|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10952417/Dawn-of-the-Planet-of-the-Apes-how-to-act-like-an-ape.html|accessdate=17 November 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=11 July 2014|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201003903/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/10952417/Dawn-of-the-Planet-of-the-Apes-how-to-act-like-an-ape.html|url-status=live}} Notary followed this new career path to Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, for which he prepared by studying ape movements at the LA County Zoo. Notary's first motion capture film was Avatar, where he was the movement coach for the Na'vi.{{cite web|title=MEET THE TALENT – TERRY NOTARY|url=http://animatrik.com/meet-talent-terry-notary/|website=Animatrik.com|accessdate=17 November 2016|archive-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616154007/http://animatrik.com/meet-talent-terry-notary/|url-status=dead}}

Swedish director Ruben Östlund hired Notary when casting his Palme d'Or-winning 2017 film The Square. For Oleg, a character who acts like an ape, Östlund discovered Notary after running a Google search for "actor imitating monkey" and viewing one of Notary's performances (which was for an audition for Planet of the Apes).{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/ruben-ostlund-director-interview-square-palme-dor-cannes-1202103984/ |title=Meet Ruben Östlund, Director Of The Newly-Crowned Palme D'Or Winner, 'The Square' – Cannes |last=Utichi |first=Joe |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=29 May 2017 |accessdate=29 May 2017 |archive-date=29 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529234154/http://deadline.com/2017/05/ruben-ostlund-director-interview-square-palme-dor-cannes-1202103984/ |url-status=live }} His performance in that single scene, in which a performance artist acts like a hostile ape at a fancy dinner, was widely praised, The Independent calling it "the most tense, uncomfortable scene of the year."{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/ruben-ostlund-terry-notary-stunning-climax-square/|title=Ruben Östlund and Terry Notary on the Stunning Climax of 'The Square'|date=1 November 2017|publisher=|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023034813/https://filmschoolrejects.com/ruben-ostlund-terry-notary-stunning-climax-square/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/how-the-squares-bonkers-monkey-man-scene-was-made.html|title=The Square's Monkey-Man Scene Is Bonkers. Here's How It Was Made.|first=Jada|last=Yuan|date=6 November 2017|publisher=|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104215614/https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/how-the-squares-bonkers-monkey-man-scene-was-made.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-square-used-a-naked-ape-man-pull-films-intense-unexpected-scene-1054658|title=How 'The Square' Used a Half-Naked Ape-Man to Pull Off the Film's Most "Intense and Unexpected" Scene|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=14 November 2017|publisher=|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123095244/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-square-used-a-naked-ape-man-pull-films-intense-unexpected-scene-1054658|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-square-dinner-ape-scene-terry-notary-ruben-ostlund-a8261266.html|title=How the most tense, uncomfortable scene of the year was achieved|website=Independent.co.uk|date=22 March 2018|publisher=|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=4 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104221117/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-square-dinner-ape-scene-terry-notary-ruben-ostlund-a8261266.html|url-status=live}}

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