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Terry Notary

Terry Notary

Terry Notary (born August 14, 1968) is an American actor, stunt coordinator/double, and movement coach. Notary mainly portrays creatures and animals for the film and television industry and is known for his motion capture performances in films like Avatar, The Adventures of Tintin: Secrets of the Unicorn, the Planet of the Apes reboot series, The Hobbit trilogy, and Kong: Skull Island. In 2018, Notary played Cull Obsidian in the Marvel Studios films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. 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. He won a gymnastics scholarship at UCLA, 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.[4] 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. 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). 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Notary, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1968-08-14

Birth Place

San Rafael, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Attack the Block

Attack the Block

2011

6.5

Movie
Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

2019

8.2

Movie
Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

8.2

Movie
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

7.3

Movie
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

2024

7.1

Movie
Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island

2017

6.5

Movie
Nope

Nope

2022

6.8

Movie
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011

7.3

Movie
The Beautiful Escape

The Beautiful Escape

2018

10.0

Movie
The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods

2012

6.6

Movie
The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

2020

7.6

Movie
The Electric State

The Electric State

2025

0.0

Movie
The Forgotten Ones

The Forgotten Ones

2008

5.1

Movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

7.4

Movie
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

7.3

Movie
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

7.6

Movie
The Lost Tribe

The Lost Tribe

2009

4.6

Movie
The Square

The Square

2017

6.8

Movie
War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

7.2

Movie
Warcraft

Warcraft

2016

6.4

Movie