Michael Papajohn filmography and biography
Date of birth: 7 November 1964, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Michael Papajohn biography
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Michael graduated from Vestavia Hills
High School in 1983.
The Texas Rangers drafted him in 1985, but he chose instead to attend
Louisiana State University on a baseball scholarship. He was the
starting center-fielder on the first LSU team to go to the College
World Series in 1986, and again in 1987.
In 1987, _Everybody's All-American (1988)_ came to shoot in Baton Rouge,
and Michael was chosen as Dennis Quaid stunt double for the
football scenes. He caught the attention and earned the admiration of
Director Taylor Hackford, who encouraged Michael to pursue a
career in stunt work.
While filming Charlie's Angels (2000), Michael was kicked in the jaw
with a stiletto boot. He found himself in an emergency room, insisting
that he was not the victim of domestic violence. The spousal abuse
representatives had a hard time believing that he had been kicked by
Cameron Diaz.
Michael is most widely known as "The Carjacker" in Spider-Man (2002),
whose actions ultimately lead Peter Parker to become Spider-Man.
Michael first met director Sam Raimi when he played
Kevin Costner's nemesis in For Love of the Game (1999).
Another notable role was as Guard Papajohn in The Longest Yard (2005)
for producer Adam Sandler (I). They met when Michael did all of
Adam's stunts in The Waterboy (1998), making the hard hits as Bobby
Boucher. In The Longest Yard, things came full circle when Michael had
his own stuntman.
He has produced one film, Rustin (2001), that went on to win festival
awards.
Michael Papajohn trivia
- Played baseball for LSU during the 1980s.