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Biography

Jimmy Manfredy

 

Stats:

Height: 5'11' to 6', Weight: 210lbs, Hair: Black

Eyes: Hazel, Body Type: Average,

Age Range: 30 - 50

Passport: Yes

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Willing to travel anywhere needed.

Film
Film / Tv Acting (Most Reccent)

           Film/TV                                Role / Job                         Director

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Paying Mr. McGetty                       Supporting                    Michael Baumgarten

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Gone (Short)                                 Lead                              Gerard Lima

 

Read Between The Lines (Short)  Lead                              Ricky Duvall

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Always Live, Laugh, Love               Lead                             Gerard Lima

 

Mirror Image (Short)                       Lead                             Ondric Lavon

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Elite Squad (Short)                         Lead                             Gerard Lima

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Detached (Short)                           Supporting                    John Williams

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               TV                               Role / Job                         Director

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MacGyver:  Ep 119                     Featured                        Christine Moore

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Sleepy Hollow: Ep. 407               Featured                        Russell Fine 

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2010 - present
2010 - present
Stuntwork (Most Recent)

  Film/TV                                                    Role/Job                                          Coordinator

 

Gotham Knight                                                Stunt Performer

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Road House                                                    Stunt Double (Post Malone)                 Garrett Warren

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Cobra Kai Season 5                                        Stunt Double                                        Ken Barefield

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Big Sky                                                            Stunt Double                                        Kathy Jarvis

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Cobra Kai Season 4                                        Stunt Double                                        Ken Barefield

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Ozark                                                              Stunt Double                                         Hiro Koda

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Legacies                                                         Stunt Performer                                     David Morizot

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The Originals                                                  Stunt Performer                                     David Morizot

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Paying Mr. McGetty                            Stunt Performer/Fight Consultant                     John Kreng

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The Legend of Kung Funk (Short)    Fight Choreographer/Stunt Performer                Willie "The Bam" Johnson

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We Work In the Dark (Short)                  Stunt Coordinator/Performer                         Jimmy M.

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Read Between The Lines (Short)     Fight Choreographer/Stunt Performer                Jimmy M. 

 

Gone (Short)                                    Fight Choreographer/Stunt Performer                 Casey Coy 

 

Elite Squad  (Short)                         Fight Choreographer/Stunt Performer                 Jimmy M. 

                   

Detached  (Short)                            Fight Choreographer/Stunt Performer                 Jimmy M.

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Always Live, Laugh, Love                                Action Designer                                  Jimmy M.

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Training & Workshops

  • Trained by Art Camacho & John Kreng in the art of Stunts & Film Fighting

  • David Morizots Film Fighting Workshop

  • Actor Training under ‘Thomas Altman’ of the Winter Haven Theate

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Special Skills:

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Martial Arts, Parkour, Stage/Film Fights, Flips, Falls (Wrecks and High Falls 25ft - 65ft), Car Bumps, Firearms, Ratchets, Air Ramps, Wire Work, Precision Driving, Motorcycles 

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Languages:

English and Spanish

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Dialects(Accents):

Spanish, English, Irish, Scottish, and Russian

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Short Bio

       Jimmy Manfredy was born in Hartford, CT but raised in the Bronx, NY. Jimmy first got interested in Martial Arts when he was young, and at the age of 5, his father introduced him to his first teacher Sifu Wong Zhi Chen who took him in as a private student and taught him Long Fist Kung Fu, Drunken Boxing Sanda (Kick-Boxing) and then later went on to learn the 1st style the late great Bruce Lee Wing Chun Kung Fu and under the guidance of Sifu's Hing Fai Chan, Steve Lee Swift and his current teacher Grandmaster Samuel Kwok all of which are direct disciples of Ip Ching and Ip Chun, the sons the legendary Ip Man teacher of Bruce Lee; Jimmy and his family pass on the skills to new generations of martial artists and stuntmen & women.

 

Here's a little more about Jimmy Manfredy:

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  • Founder of the "Wing Chun Fighting Arts Federation"

  • 3rd Generation Disciple of the "Ip Man" Lineage Under Sifu Samuel Kwok

  • Florida representative for the "Samuel Kwok Wing Chun Martial Arts Association"

  • Trained Fight Choreographer(Under the Guidance of Art Camacho)

  • International Chinese Martial Art Championships Veteran Judge

  • International Martial Arts Hall Of Fame Inductee 

  • International Martial Arts Hall Of Fame "Sifu Of the Year" Award Winner 

  • U.S.A Martial Arts Hall Of Fame Inductee 

  • U.S.A Martial Arts Hall Of Fame "Black Sash of the Year" Award Winner 

  • U.S.A Martial Arts Hall Of Fame "Leading Chinese Martial Arts Master Of The Year" Award Winner 

  • Action Martial Arts Magazine "Hall Of Honors" Inductee 

  • Action Martial Arts Magazine Award Winner for “Outstanding Dedication o the Martial Arts” 

  • 'Florida Director for the US National Martial Arts "Alliance"

  • 'Florida Director/Headquarters' for "Wing Chun Against Bullying" Non-Profit Organization

  • Volunteer Chief Instructor of the Lakeland, FL Police Athletic League Kung Fu program

 

 

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