David Leitch - American Filmmaker Who is Married to Kelly McCormick

David Leitch is an American actor, stunt performer, and stunt coordinator. He was born on 16 November 1975, in Kohler, Wisconsin, United States. He is a perennial celebrity who rose to prominence in a short period of time.

He is best known for thrillers and action films including "Atomic Blonde", "Deadpool2" and "No Good Deed". He was the co-director of the film named, "John Wick", as well as the executive producer of the sequels. With his friend Stahelski, he founded the action design production business named, "87Eleven" in 1997.

Net Worth:

The approximated Net Worth of David Leitch is $1 million. He makes his fortune through his successful career as an actor, filmmaker, and stunt coordinator. 

He has more than 88k followers in his Instagram account.

Family and Early Life:

Leitch was inspired by "Kung Fu Theater" as a child and acquired a fascination for martial arts. Because Kohler lacked a martial arts school, he learned himself from books in his garage. For his post-secondary education, he enrolled in the University of Minnesota. Dan Inosanto Academy provided him martial arts training.

After acquiring a bachelor's degree in International Relations and Education he started teaching. He also started a martial arts school at the same time.

Relationship:

David Leitch is married to Kelly McCormick. She collaborated with Leitch on the films named, "Deadpool2" and "Atomic Blonde". They own 3 dogs but recently they lost their one pet.

Career:

Leitch started his film career as a stuntman. He was inspired to pursue stunt work after meeting stuntman Chad Stahelski. In five films, he served as a stunt double for Brad Pitt, and also he worked with Matt Damon and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Furthermore, he worked as a stuntman in the films like "Perfect Target", "Almost Heroes" and "Blade" in the late 1990s. He worked as double stunt for Brad Pitt in the film named, "Fight Club". He appeared in the film named, "The Order" as Detective Mike Moran. He did stunt for tv shows like 7th Heaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and many more.

He worked as a second-unit director on the action film named, "In Hell" in 2003. He made his acting debut in the action comedy mockumentary "Confession of an Action Star" where he played the role of Frank Sledge in 2005. The mocumentary was written by him. 

In 2007, he played Matt Damon's stunt double in the film named, "The Bourne Ultimatum". David and his stunt team earned the "Screen Actors Guild Award" for their outstanding performance in the film. Leitch and Kai Martin shared the "Taurus World Stunt Award" in 2008.

Moreover, In the film named, "The Mechanic" he served as a second-unit director. He made his directorial debut with the film named, "John Wick" in 2014. He has worked in many films such as Jurassic World, No Good Deed, Atomic Blonde, Juggernaut and many more.

His movie named, "DeadPool2" was nominated for Grammy award in 2019 for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

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