This performing lark ain't all just Shakespearean soliloquies, you recognize. Welcome to WatchMojo UK, and nowadays we'll be counting down our selections for the top 10 Brits who do their personal stunts.

For this list, we check the ones British actors who're known for acting their personal stunt work in preference to relying completely on a stunt double.

#10: Tom Holland

since carrying Spidey's most up-to-date match in "Captain the us: Civil battle", this younger English actor has staged a fantastic upward thrust to global reputation. And Holland loves to take a palms-on method to his paintings, specifically whilst playing Peter Parker's alter-ego. In fact, for "Spider-guy: Homecoming" he did as many of his very own stunts as the production crew might allow. Tom's a skilled dancer and he's a talented gymnast - so his natural balance and flexibility proved a big plus-factor for sure scenes.

#9: Colin Firth

Stunt paintings is probably no longer the primary thing you'd think about with Oscar-winner Colin Firth. He inspired the Academy along with his pleasant portrayal of King George VI, but it's a unique form of Kingsman that earns him a place on this list. in spite of being in his mid-50s at the time of filming, Firth reportedly carried out around eighty% of his personal stunts in "Kingsman: the name of the game provider" - where he performed the umbrella-wielding Harry Hart. The actor underwent months of gruelling training for the component - proving that it isn't best manners that maketh man.

#8: Timothy Dalton

A classically skilled actor, this guy cut a extraordinarily bold 007. Timothy Dalton changed into famously eager to get worried, supposedly beating all preceding Bonds when it got here to doing his own stunt work. Dalton had determined to convey a extra visceral realism to the individual, and in fact most effective typical the position at the situation that the flowery excesses of past entries inside the collection could be left behind. So, sliding down a hill in a cello case and handiest simply dodging actual explosions turned into simply any other day on the workplace for this first rate spy.

#7: Naomie Harris

every other Bond-primarily based entry, and one of the toughest Bond-women in recent years. earlier than the slew of great supporting Actress nominations she received for her role in "Moonlight", Naomie Harris had to train day and night for her role as omit Moneypenny in "Skyfall" and "Spectre". From working towards her shooting to brushing up reachable-to-hand fight, she strived to perform all of her personal stunts, and finished most of them - including a few great quick, severely dangerous riding for a memorable chase scene or.

#6: Peter O'Toole

8-time first-class Actor Oscar-nominee Peter O'Toole turned into seemed as one of england's best performers. Arguably first-class recognized for taking the identify position in "Lawrence of Arabia", that movie virtually delivered about one among O'Toole's greater significant on-set accidents. The actor did many of his very own driving stunts for the film, and he picked up more than one injuries alongside the manner - the most serious of which saw him almost trampled to demise when a gun went off in advance, prompting his camel to throw him to the ground.

#five: Christopher Lee

Of path, Sir Christopher is exceptional remembered as a great character actor. but, earlier than his big display screen career he changed into an RAF pilot, a soldier and a spy during global battle II. So, doing his personal stunts became simply no huge deal after that! Lee was considered to be one of the best swordsmen in cinema, and, similar to his current Basil Rathbone, he constantly did his very own sword-combating with out the useful resource of a double. that is actually announcing something, because Lee also holds the document for most sword fights on display!

#4: Charlie Chaplin

lower back inside the days of silent movies, stuntmen weren't even a widely wide-spread concept, let alone an important and respected profession. without a skilled double to stand in for an actor during the maximum tough scenes, even the likes of Charlie Chaplin performed their personal stunts. There weren't pretty as many automobile chases, and the martial arts and sword fights had been at a minimal, but the slapstick gags were volatile, and some of the stuff he is going through in "modern-day times" would not precisely appear like a cake stroll!

#3: Christian Bale

This actor's famed for being absolutely committed to each role, whether it's dropping ridiculous quantities of weight for "The Machinist" or education for months to reap the beefed up physicality for his movement hero roles. And when it came to being Batman, Bale insisted that he did the very large majority of his stunts. He didn't actually bounce off of that constructing, however almost all the fighting is all him. thank you more often than not to his learning of the martial artwork Keysi, Bale's Batman is not to be messed with!

#2: Daniel Craig

again with Bond, and with arguably the toughest model of 007 yet. greater than any other Bond actor, Craig craves authenticity in his excessive-octane scenes, so he'll regularly negate the want for a stunt double. And with the physique, enthusiasm and schooling to deliver in spades, this actor's motion scenes are in no way disappointing. The crane soar at some stage in the parkour chase in "casino Royale" is still one of the maximum extraordinary stunts within the Bond collection, and it's all Craig's personal work.

#1: Jason Statham

British actors just don't come any tougher than this man. As exquisite as he's at gambling small-time cockney gangsters, Statham united states of americahis sport for his lead motion roles. fight  overlord 4 scenes, vehicle chases, weapons paintings and explosions - he'll do the lot. In truth, the most effective difficulty Statham reportedly has with doing stunt paintings is that it turns into increasingly more tough to better his final stunt with a good larger one - because there isn't plenty he hasn't already done. apparently he does it for the adrenaline rush... the fellow's got nerves of metallic!