Norm Compton

Acting

Norm Compton

Norm Compton is an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in films such as Iron Man (2008), Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), Southland Tales (2006), and 8mm (1999). In addition to his acting career, he worked as a stunt performer and was a stunt double for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in films like The Scorpion King (2002), The Rundown (2003), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), and Faster (2010). Compton started his career in the 1980s and appeared in series such as Magnum, P.I. (1981–1985), Jake and the Fatman (1989–1990), Diagnosis: Murder (1997–1998), and Hawaii Five-0 (2013). He is originally from Kailua, Hawaii, and runs a business with his wife Debbie focused on postural mechanics and "stacking."

Acting credits

Face/Off poster
7.1

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

Face/Off

1997

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot poster
5.4

A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

1992

Hot Shots! Part Deux poster
6.5

Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

8MM poster
6.5

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

8MM

1999

The Replacement Killers poster
6.3

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.

The Replacement Killers

1998

Collateral Damage poster
5.8

Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.

Collateral Damage

2002

The Fan poster
6.0

When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan, Gil Renard. When Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard decides to stop at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory—not even murder.

The Fan

1996

Vacancy poster
6.3

A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.

Vacancy

2007

Urban Justice poster
5.1

Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.

Urban Justice

2007

Spartan poster
6.2

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

Spartan

2004

The Big Tease poster
5.9

Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the event. When he learns he's a mere audience member, Crawford must find a way to become the mane event.

The Big Tease

1999