Nick Gillard (born 1959) is a British stunt man and coordinator. He is best known as the stunt coordinator for the Star Wars prequels.
Gillard was born in Brighton, England, in 1959.
At the age of twelve, Gillard ran away from military school to join the circus and performed horse stunts. Four years later, as he performed with the Moscow State Circus, Gillard was invited to do stunts on The Thief of Baghdad. He enjoyed it, and later left the circus to perform stunt work in films, including the original Star Wars.
As a stunt man, Gillard held the world record for longest fire stunt, with a fire burn without air for over two minutes on Alien 3. He also performed a 200-foot power boat jump over two bridges in the film Amsterdamned, and was set on fire over 100 times.
He had a minor role in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith as Jedi Master Cin Drallig ("Nic Gillard" spelled backwards) and was Mark Hamill's first choice as his stunt double for Return of the Jedi. Among his movie credits are Sleepy Hollow, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
2016 The Domestics {Stunt Coordinator}
2016 The White Princess {Stunt Coordinator - Sword Master}
2016 Rillington Place {Stunt Coordinator}
2015 The Hippopotamus {Stunt Coordinator
2015 Undercover {Stunt Coordinator}
2015 And Then There Were None {Stunt Coordinator}
2015 Jekyll & Hyde {Stunt Co-ordinator}
2014 Da Vinci's Demons season 3 {Stunt Coordinator - Sword Master}
2013 The Fold
2010 Tamara Drewe
2008 Wanted
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (also swordmaster)
2002 Dirty Pretty Things
2002 Reign of Fire (also second unit director)
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (also swordmaster)
2001 Buffalo Soldiers
2000 Shaft (also second unit director)
1999 Sleepy Hollow
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (also swordmaster)
1999 Notting Hill
1999 Plunkett & Macleane
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 Seven Years in Tibet
1996 The Wind in the Willows
1996 Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
1995 The Darkening
1995 GoldenEye
1995 Nothing Personal
1995 Waterworld
1995 Judge Dredd
1995 Rob Roy
1994 Interview with the Vampire
1994 Black Beauty
1994 Being Human
1993 The Three Musketeers
1993 Son of the Pink Panther
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992 Double X: The Name of the Game
1992 Alien³
1992 Far and Away
1991 Under Suspicion
1991 Company Business
1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991 Young Soul Rebels
1990 Bullseye!
1990 Frankenstein Unbound
1990 1871
1989 Henry V
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1988 The Beast of War
1988 Dream Demon
1988 Willow
1988 Amsterdamned
1987 Empire of the Sun
1987 The Living Daylights
1986 Aliens
1986 Labyrinth
1985 Christmas Present
1985 Claudia
1985 Murder Elite
1985 Legend
1985 The Bride
1985 Restless Natives
1984 Scream for Help
1983 Krull
1981 For Your Eyes Only
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me
1983 Owain Glendower, Prince of Wales
1983 A Pattern of Roses
1985 Lace II
1987 Screen Two
1987 Floodtide
1987 Way Upstream
1988 The One Game
1989–1990 Poirot
1989–1990 Boon
1989–2010 The Bill
1991 Duel of Hearts
1992 Forever Green
1992 Taggart
1993 Lovejoy
1993 Between the Lines
1994 Wild Justice
1994–1995 The Tomorrow People
1995 Pie in the Sky
1996 Broken Glass
1997–1999 Red Dwarf
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2005 Colditz
2009 Minder
2010 Identity
2010 Spooks
2013 Burton & Taylor
1981 : Raiders of the Lost Ark - German Soldier (uncredited)
1989 : Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Tank Crewman Hit by Periscope (uncredited)
1990 : King of the Wind - First Sailor
1990 : Frankenstein Unbound - Man No. 2 / Man No. 3
2003 : Cheeky - Taxi Driver
2005 : Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith - Cin Drallig (uncredited)
2014 : Vampire Academy - Kenneth (uncredited)
1979 : Premiere - Angel
1982 : The Jim Davidson Show
1985 : Mr. Palfrey of Westminster - Alec Thompson
1989 : Ticket to Ride - Brother Paul
1989 : Streetwise - Heavy
1990 : EastEnders - Restaurant Manager
1990 : TECX - Luke / Luc
1991 : Bottom
1994 : Minder - Queen
2017 The Order
