Chris Easley
| Chris Easley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chris Glyn Easley |
| Occupation | Actor, stuntman |
Chris Easley is an actor and stuntman.
Career
As a stuntman, he appeared in many episodes of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
As an actor, he appeared in several episodes of Jack of All Trades, starring Bruce Campbell. More recently, he had a recurring role on the New Zealand television soap opera Shortland Street while he played a hitman named Don Lennox, who was a member of a ruthless gang known as the whitetails. He also appeared in the first episode of season five of Outrageous Fortune.
Mixed Martial Arts Career
Chris Easley was inducted into the ICNZ MMA Hall of Fame on 27 November 2009 on their ICNZ 8 Show.
- One of the founding people for MMA in NZ
- Mentor for project k (kids mentor)
- Ran the 1st MMA club in the North Island
- 1 x New Zealand cage fighting champion
- 1 x New Zealand Ju Jitsu champion
- 1 x British Ground Fighting Champion Team
- 1 x British Knockdown Judo champion
- 4 x British Ju Jitsu Champion
- 2 x World Ju Jitsu Champion
- Founding member of the World Pankration Association
- Representative on the World council of Ju Jitsu organisations NZ
- Trained in Traditional Ju Jitsu
- Chris has also trained with Lollo Hemuli, Terry Hill, Rick Littlewood, Frank Fhamrock & many New Zealand MMA trainers.
- Aside from the many previous achievements Chris likes to branch out as a film & television stuntman.
- Chris has starred in New Zealand shows such as Shortland Street & Outrageous Fortune.
External links
- Chris Easley at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.stunts.co.nz/stunt/display_details.php?stuntid=56
- http://www.stuntsnz.co.nz/chri
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