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Lee Sheward, the original ''Top Gear'' Stunt Man.
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Steve Griffin.
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Jim Dowdall.
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'''''Top Gear'' Stunt Man''' was an infrequently-recurring character that made several appearances within ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' from 2003 until 2011.

Initially referred to by co-host [[Richard Hammond]] as "''Top Gear Brave Person''", ''Top Gear'' Stunt Man made his debut in Series 2, portrayed by Lee Sheward. He would make the occasional appearance once every series or two.

==Career==

===Canon===
Born on 29th February, 1962<ref>An impossible date, as 1962 was not a leap year.</ref>, the man known as "''Top Gear'' Stunt Man" would serve in the British Army's Parachute Regiment from 1978 until 1982, before retiring to become a stuntman. His first work would be in the 1983 James Bond production ''Never Say Never Again'', where he played a minor character who fell off his motorcycle. He would soon development a positive working relationship with director Michael Winner, and starred in three of his ''Death Wish'' sequels, which featured Charles Bronson in the lead role. His final film role came in 2005 in [[Guy Ritchie]]'s ''Revolver'', although his scene was deleted from the final cut. During the intervening years, he would marry and be divorced, eventually relocating to a caravan park in Essex. His domicile is a caravan towed by a blue Ford Sierra estate, much like the one flipped by him in Series 6. During his career as a stuntman, he often fell into disrepute with the directors he tried to work with, leading him to be thrown off the set. He did not work on films such as ''Ronin'', ''The Rock'', or the ''Bourne'' trilogy. However, it is likely he did work on the TV series ''The New Avengers'' and the James Bond film ''The Living Daylights'', due to an arm patch and jacket bearing their names.

===Real Life===
On the 22nd March, 2005, the stuntman broke the world record for the number of rolls in a car. Griffin was not credited for his appearance, but his name appeared on the Guinness World Record certificate shown to the camera.

===Known appearances on ''Top Gear''===
*[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 2/Episode 7|Series 2, Episode 7]] (as Lee Sheward)
*[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 3/Episode 2|Series 3, Episode 2]] (as Lee Sheward)
*[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 6/Episode 9|Series 6, Episode 9]] (as Steve Griffin)
*[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 11/Episode 1|Series 11, Episode 1]] (as Jim Dowdall)
*[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 11/Episode 2|Series 11, Episode 2]] (as Jim Dowdall)
*[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 12/Episode 7|Series 12, Episode 7]] (as Jim Dowdall)
*[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Home Video Releases/Top Gear At the Movies|Top Gear At the Movies]] (as Jim Dowdall)

Sheward is also credited<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1628033/characters/nm0792981 IMDb - "Lee Sheward as The Stig".]</ref> on IMDb as The Stig, making it likely he also partook in some of the show's other stunt jumps.

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