Sonny D'Angelo

Mr. D'Angelo has an impressive 27 years (and counting) experience in the motion picture and television industry. He began his career in 1978 as a stuntman and actor and has worked his way over the years to becoming a respected Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director, and actor working on such epic films as Martin Scorsese's "Casino" and Walter Hill's "Last Man Standing". Sonny's television credits include "Cagney and Lacey", "Hunter", " Moonlighting", "Murder She Wrote", "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman", and "NYPD Blue" just to name a few. His feature film credits include Tim Burton's cult classic "Ed Wood" starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau and Bill Murray. Sonny can also be seen in Warner Brother's "Trojan Wars" and Rysher Entertainment's "Destiny Turns on the Radio". For the last eight years, Sonny has been working as a Stunt Coordinator and Second Unit Director on many feature films including "Highway Murders", "Death Doll", "Stage Ghost", "Title to Murder", "Spiders 2", and "Tycus" starring Dennis Hopper. The latter was Sonny's second feature with Mr. Hopper, the first of which being the controversial film "Colors" starring Robert Duvall and Sean Penn. The television projects "Armed and Female", "America's Most Wanted", and "Final Justice" are just a few of Sonny's Stunt Coordinator credits. His national television commercial clients include Chevy Trucks, Union 76, and Nissan. Sonny is an expert horseman and experienced wrangler and cowboy. He has performed countless stunts involving horses and professional horsemanship skills and works very closely with World Champion trick rider and stuntman Tad Griffith. Action sequences involving vehicles is also an area of Sonny's expertise. He has performed and coordinated countless sequences utilizing precision driving, pipe ramps, cannons, power slides, etc. Virtually any gag involving anything with wheels Sonny has done it and has done it safely and with pyrotechnics being so involved with car stunts, he has also earned the respect of many top special effect supervisors in the industry. Sonny is especially proud of his involvement with the treatment for abused children. Along with friends like actors Perry King and Isabella Hoffman, Sonny wrote and directed many commercials designed to make the public aware of the staggering statistic on child abuse in this country. In addition to being a SAG and AFTRA member, he is also an associate member of the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Association and is a Silver member of the Pro-Rodeo Hall of Fame. He is a member of the Hollywood Stuntman's Hall of Fame and was recently listed in Who's Who in America.