2nd Unit Director Animal & Stunt Coordinator D.G.A./S.A.G. IMDB – Monty Cox Contact: 818 434-2584
Monty Cox is a veteran in the Entertainment world. He is an internationally known, award-winning exotic animal trainer/coordinator; 2nd Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator and Stuntman. His Credits can be seen on IMDB.
His award winning exotic animal work includes action scenes, fights, and stunt-attacks with exotics: Apocolypse Now; Gambler 2; Bird on a Wire; Gentle Ben; Daktari, & Cowboy in Africa. His career also included live shows, most notably, Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas. He owned/trained the Exxon Tigers, creating the commercial branding for the company as well as creating numerous memorable animal commercials, including Kal-Kan, Lincoln-Mercury, and Faberge.
As a 2nd Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator, Monty’s feature and television credits include Kingdom, Castaways, Dennis The Menace Two, Crazy Horse, Series Perception, Day Of The Animals, When The North Wind Blow’s, Shadow On The Sun, An Inconvenient Woman, Broken Chain, Man In Cement, the series Outlaws, Joe and The Colonel, Doctors Wild, BASEketball, Scary Movie 5, An American Carol.
As a Stuntman his work stands out in Con Air, Star Trek 9, Die Hard 2, The Naked Gun, Homeward Bound, Lethal Weapon, Hunt for Red October, Speed, King Kong Lives, Son Of The Morning Star, Crazy Horse, Flight, The After, Hot Pursuit, Laundromat, plus more.
Monty’s 40 years in the business carries an abundance of expertise to projects demanding a high degree of versatility.