Tanoai Reed

Infobox Wrestler
name=Tanoai Reed


names=Gladiator Toa
height= 6'4"
weight= 240 lbs
birth_date =birth date and age|1974|2|10
death_date =
birth_place =Honolulu, Hawaii
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Tanoai Reed (born February 10, 1974 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Hollywood stunt man with Samoan and Norwegian descent. He is also the cousin [cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,476490,00.html |title=Rock Candy |accessdate=2008-01-09 |author=Liane Bonin |date=2003-09-24 |work=Entertainment Weekly |quote=...The Rock's double, his cousin Tanoai Reed, shattered an ankle.] [cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view.bg?articleid=1064185 |title=Red, white and bruised |accessdate=2008-01-09 |author=Tenley Woodman |date=2008-01-03 |work=Boston Herald|quote=Among the new gladiators are Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's cousin Tanoai Reed as Toa, an island warrior who intimidates opponents by performing a tribal war dance...] and stand-in double of pro wrestler turned actor, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. [cite web|url=http://sportswrap.berecruited.com/2008/01/06/meet-american-gladiator-toa-aka-tanoai-reed/ |title= Meet American Gladiator Toa (aka Tanoai Reed) by Ryan Spoon |accessdate=2008-01-28|publisher= BeRecruited.com] Verify source|date=May 2008

He is featured in the video "Pump It" by The Black Eyed Peas, playing one of the villains Fergie fights.

Reed appears in the 2008 relaunch of American Gladiators as the gladiator Toa.

In the first 2008 episode of Gladiators, Toa delivered an abbreviated version of Ka Mate, a New Zealand Maori haka before beginning his defense of the top of the pyramid.

Movies featured in:

* Urban Justice (2007) (stunt performer)
* The Game Plan (2007) (stunt double) (stunts)
* Half Past Dead 2 (2007) (V) (stunts)
* Epic Movie (2007) (stunts)
* Gridiron Gang (2006) (stunt double: The Rock)
* You, Me and Dupree (2006) (stunts)
* Southland Tales (2006) (co-stunt coordinator)
* Doom (2005) (stunts)
* Be Cool (2005) (stunt double: The Rock)
* (2004) (stunts)
* Walking Tall (2004) (stunt double: Dwayne Johnson)
* The Stepford Wives(2004) Tonkiro
* The Rundown (2003) (stunt double: Dwayne Johnson)
* Daredevil (2003) (stunts)
* The Tuxedo (2002) (stunts)
* The Scorpion King (2002) (stunt double: Mathayus)
* “Angel” (1999) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
* “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
* “Nash Bridges” (1996) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
* “Baywatch Nights” (1995) TV series (stunts) (unknown episodes)
* Waterworld (1995) (stunts)

References

External links

* [http://www.tanoaireed.com Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tanoaireedfansite Official page] on MySpace
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