Webster Whinery, Jr.

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Webster Palmer Whinery, Jr. (born 3 February 1988; age 37) is a stuntman and stunt actor who worked as stunt double for Jimmy Bennett during his car stunt on Star Trek under stunt coordinator Joey Box.

Whinery, Jr. is the son of stuntman Webster Whinery and the cousin of actor, director, and stuntman Scott Ryan Whinery. He studied stunt driving under Rick Seaman and is skilled in stunt fights, motorcycle work, high falls, and sports.

Whinery, Jr. performed stunts in Bad New Bears (2005, with Shannon O'Hurley and stunts by Zane Cassidy, under the coordination of his father), Two Tickets to Paradise (2006, with Mark Moses under the stunt coordination of Scott Workman), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007, with Tom Morga, Shawn Crowder, Chien Funan, Lisa Hoyle, and Star Trek co-star Lin Oeding), and Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007, with Robert Picardo and stunts by Joey Box, Theo Kypri, and Mic Rodgers).

Other projects he was involved in include the television series Criminal Minds and Las Vegas.

More recently he performed stunts in J.J. Abrams' Cloverfield (2008), Kids in America (2008), Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008), 17 Again (2009, under coordination of his father), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), and Imagine That (2008, with Ronny Cox and stunts by Chris Antonucci and Scott Workman).

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