| Norm Compton | |
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| Role: | 1. CTU sniper 2. Ed |
Norm Compton is an actor and stunt performer who had two roles on 24:
- In Season 2, he played a CTU sniper that shot and killed Peter Kingsley from a helicopter.
- In Season 3, he played Ed.
Biography and career[]
Norm Compton is from the town of Kailua in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was involved in sports since his youth, from football and rugby to marathons and surfing. Compton started his acting career in the early 1980s, playing multiple roles on Magnum, P.I. After that, he appeared in other TV shows like Jake and the Fatman, Players (with Frank John Hughes), Diagnosis Murder, and Hawaii Five-0 (with Daniel Dae Kim).
Compton has also had acting roles on films like Face/Off (with Colm Feore), The Fan (with Chris Mulkey), 8MM, Collateral Damage (with Raymond Cruz), and The Replacement Killers (with Carlos Gomez and Patrick Kilpatrick). In 2007, he played a snuff victim on the film Vacancy, along with Caryn Mower.
Since the 90's, Compton has also worked as a stunt performer on various productions. Most notably, he has worked as the stunt double for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on films like The Scorpion King, The Rundown, Race to Witch Mountain, and Faster.
Compton met his future wife, Debbie, in Hawaii. Being both interested in fitness, they started their own business focused on posture mechanics and what they call "stacking".
Gallery of roles[]
24 credits[]
CTU sniper
Ed
Selected filmography[]
- Vacancy (2007)
- Spartan (2004)
- 8MM (1999)
- The Fan (1996)
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
- North Shore (1987)
Television appearances
- Hawaii Five-0 (2013)
- Diagnosis Murder (1997, 1998)
- Players (1997)
- Jake and the Fatman (1989, 1990)
- Magnum, P.I. (1981-1985)
