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Amazing Race 14 contestant *spoilers* summary on page 1
georgiapeach:
Mark Munoz
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Bio:
Height
4' 9" (1.45 m)
Mini Biography
Born and raised in Santa Monica, California. Wrestler in High School then went on to racing horses as a Professional jockey for over 20 years. These days I work as a Jockey/Actor/Stuntman in Hollywood and other places around the globe. Still living in Santa Monica and also a part time resident and Certified Ski Instructor in the mountains of Big Bear Lake.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Mark Munoz
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Resume:
Performer Profile
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Gender: Male
Height: 4 feet 9 in
Weight: 108
Age Range: 8 - 80
Physique: Athletic
Hair Color: Brown
Hair Length: Short
Eyes: Brown
Ethnicity: Caucasian, Eastern European, Latin/Hispanic
Unique Traits: Little Person
Representation
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Film
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno Stunts / Paper Boy Weinstein Co
Step Brothers Stunts / Kid Double Apatow Productions
Harold and Kumar 2 Cyrus/ Cyclops Kid New line
Drillbit Taylor Stunts / Kid Double Paramount Pictures
Walk Hard Stunts / Kid Double Apatow Productions
There Will Be Blood Stunts/kid double Paramount
Dreamer / Inspired by a true Story Jockey Dreamworks
Delta Farce Stunts/Bandito Lionsgate
Seabiscuit jockey Gary Ross/ Universal
Planet of The Apes Stunts / Chimp Tim Burton
Crank 2 High Voltage Stunts/Jockey Lionsgate
Crank 2 High Voltage Stunts Lionsgate
Television
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Malcolm in The Middle Stunts/kid dbl New Regency
Performer Skills
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Dance: Ballroom, Salsa, Tap, Hip Hop, Club/Freestyle, Swing
Athletic Skills: Track & Field, Surfing, Golf, Equestrian, Snow Skiing, Snowboarding, Wrestling, Rollerblading, Gymnastics, Swimming, Cycling, Basketball, Football, Martial Arts, Soccer
Performance Skills: Dancing, Stage Combat, Firearms, Stunts, Precision Driver
Employment Details
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Work History : Television, Film, Music Video, Commercial, Industrial, Internet
Job Categories: Stunts, Acting, Costumes
Authorized to work in United States: Yes
Primary Citizenship: United States
Valid Passport: Yes
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1031132/
georgiapeach:
Michael Munoz
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Height
4' 9" (1.45 m)
Mini Biography
Mike, a native of Santa Monica, California, grew up at the beach surfing, skateboarding and doing beach gymnastics by the Santa Monica pier. As a youth he enjoyed impersonating the "Greats" like Al Jolson, Mario Lanza, Sammy Davis Jr., Laurel and Hardy and the Three Stooges. By the time Mike was 12 years old he was not only a top award winning AAU Jr Olympic Diver, but also a professional dancer in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Flamenco, Hindu, all Polynesian styles and yes, even figure skating. At the age of 13, he went to work for Disney as "Mowgli" in the Christmas Parade and continued to work for Disney for many years as Mickey Mouse, Pinocchio and many others. Mike also started taking acting and voice classes and decided that entertainment was absolutely his life's path.
Having always been into surfing, he was also one of the early (late 60s and 70s), innovative trend setting skateboarders from Santa Monica/Venice, aka "Dogtown". Quite often Mike and his buddies (and brothers, Mario and Mark) would surf in the morning and drive up to the local mountains to ski in the afternoon, come home and skateboard all night. This lead to learning many outdoor sports like rock climbing, roller blading, snowboarding, mountain biking, motorcycles, horses and more. This also made him decide to pursue a career in stunt work, which has been a natural and rewarding transition. Mike loves to act, dance and sing and will do so at the drop of a hat.
Mike married his long time friend, Marisa, in 1983 and has two stepsons, David and Kristopher. Mike has known Marisa since kindergarten and they have always been very close. They have, at the time of this writing, 7 grandchildren - Liliana, Marisa, Anthony, Kris, Robert, Keoni and Koa.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Spouse
Marisa Munoz (23 April 1983 - present) 2 children
Trivia
Stunt double for Danny DeVito, all around stuntman and actor, stunt double for children, expert character suit performer i.e.; Mickey Mouse, Pinoccio, Pacman, Monkeys, Gorillas, Budweiser Tortoise, Bears, Aliens and puppeteer. Started performing in character suits with Walt Disney Prods. in parades and stage productions in 1970. All around professionally trained dancer & singer.
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Resume:
Performer Profile
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Gender: Male
Height: 4 feet 9 in
Weight: 120
Physique: Athletic
Hair Color: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Ethnicity: Latin/Hispanic, Caucasian, Native American
Voice Type: Baritone
Unique Traits: Little Person
Representation
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The EDGE Talent, Missy Reynolds, Agent
18663 Ventura Blvd., Suite 225, Tarzana, Ca 91356 United States
818-774-2800
Film
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House Broken Stunt Double for Danny Devito Capacity Pics/Sam Harper
Deck The Halls Stunt Double for Danny Devito 20th Century FOX/John Whitesell
The Oh in Ohio Stunt Double for Danny Devito Ambush Entert./Billy Kent
Opposite Day Stunts O.D. Prods/R. Michael Givens
Van Helsing Stunt Monster Universal/Stephen Sommers
American Crime Stunt Double for Kid Lion's Gate/Dan Mintz
Cheaper by the Dozen Stunt Double for Kids 20th Century FOX/Shawn Levy
Spiderman Stunt Double for Kids Sony PE/Sam Raimi
A Man Apart Stunts New Line/F. Gary Gray
Performer Skills
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Dance: Salsa, Waltz, Tap, Ballroom, Line, Swing
Spoken Languages: Hawaiian, Spanish
Musical Instruments: Trumpet, Hawaiian Nose Flute, Ukulele, Guitar
Accents: Southern, Texan, Spanish, British, Midwest, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Southern, Texan, Spanish, British, Midwest, Mexican, Puerto Rican
Athletic Skills: Martial Arts, Swimming, Baseball, Football, Rollerblading, Basketball, Surfing, Gymnastics
Performance Skills: Singing, Dancing, Voiceover, Stunts, Comedian
Employment Details
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Work History : Theater, Commercial, Music Video, Voice Over, Film, Television
Job Categories: Producing, Stunts, Acting
Are you willing to work unpaid?: No
Authorized to work in United States: Yes
Primary Citizenship: United States
Valid Passport: Yes
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613061/resume
georgiapeach:
The Little People of America website says:
--- Quote ---Little People of America, Inc., is a national non-profit organization that provides support and information to people of short stature and their families. We are the only dwarfism support organization that includes all 200+ forms of dwarfism. There are an estimated 30,000 people with dwarfism in the United States, and 651,700 in the world. No other non-profit in the world provides more resources, support and information for people with dwarfism.
Membership is offered to those people who are usually no taller than 4'10" in height. Their short stature is generally caused by one of the more than 200 medical conditions known as dwarfism.
--- End quote ---
And I do believe that the preferred term IS "Little People", NOT dwarves or midgets, please.
Coutzy:
I told you that they were referred to as dwarfs though. Remember?
apskip:
Coutzy, what someone uses as a term of reference is not as important as the reality of that situation. I have looked at over 10 definitions of "dwarf" and they all basically come down to "abnormally small in stature". The fact that some people refer to a 4'9" person as a dwarf does not make it so. I found no specific delineation of the maxmum height for a dwarf, so I think we should go with Peach's identification of 4'10" as the meximum height for "little people", which should be the only reference of this type for them on RFF for the next 4 weeks and entirety of AR14.
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