James Young
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Biography
James Young is a second unit director, fight coordinator, and stunt coordinator. Young started out on YouTube, doing stunt and fight scenes with only $1000 of a budget. He was lucky enough to work on Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) as the stunt double for Sebastian Stan. Subsequently, he has worked on multiple of Marvel Studios' biggest productions, including Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). He also helped in the hiring of Tom Holland as the MCU's Spider-Man in his screen test. Post-Endgame, Young has been working alongside directors Joe and Anthony Russo ever since, having worked as a stunt coordinator on Netflix’s The Gray Man (2022) alongside Alex Benevent and The Electric State (2025). He returned to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as a second unit director on Captain America: Brave New World (2025) and Avengers: Doomsday (2026).
Known for
Filmography
- Supergirl · Stunt Coordinator
- The Electric State · Stunt Coordinator
- Captain America: Brave New World · Stunt Coordinator
- Jackpot! · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- The Gray Man · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Black Widow · Fight Choreographer
- Marvel Studios Assembled · Self
- Avengers: Endgame · Fight Choreographer
- Avengers: Infinity War · Fight Choreographer
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 · Fight Choreographer
- The Veil · Stunts
- Captain America: Civil War · Fight Choreographer
- Awaken · Second Unit Director
- Avengers: Age of Ultron · Stunts
- Lingaa · Fight Choreographer
- Guardians of the Galaxy · Fight Choreographer
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier · Stunt Double, Fight Choreographer
- Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter · Fight Choreographer
- Raze · Fight Choreographer
- It's Dark Here · Stunt Coordinator
- Street Fighter x Tekken: The Devil Within · Stunt Coordinator
- Naruto Shippuden: Dreamers Fight · Naruto Clone #2, Stunt Coordinator
- Limitless · Stunts