Eddie Kidd

Eddie Kidd (b. 22 June 1959, Islington, London) is an English stunt performer best known for his motorcycle jumps. Kidd started his career at the age of fourteen. He has worked as a double in many films notably for Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights, Roger Moore and Michael Caine in Bullseye!, and Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye. One of his most famous motorcycle stunts was in the 1979 film Hanover Street starring Harrison Ford. Doubling for Ford... more

Eddie Kidd (b. 22 June 1959, Islington, London) is an English stunt performer best known for his motorcycle jumps. Kidd started his career at the age of fourteen. He has worked as a double in many films notably for Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights, Roger Moore and Michael Caine in Bullseye!, and Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye. One of his most famous motorcycle stunts was in the 1979 film Hanover Street starring Harrison Ford. Doubling for Ford on a motorbike, he jumped a 120 feet (37 m) railway cutting at 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. In 1993 he jumped over the Great Wall of China on a motorbike. He is the holder of many world records for jumping over cars and buses. Despite performing over 3,000 jumps in his career, he did not have a UK motorcycle licence until 1995. Kidd suffered serious head and pelvic injuries in a stunt bike crash at the Bulldog Bash, held at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford-upon-Avon on 6 August 1996, when a landing went wrong.... less