Terry Notary

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1968-08-14 (56 years old)

Place of Birth San Rafael, California, USA

Also Known As Terrence Notary, 泰瑞·諾特利

Terry Notary

Biography

Terry Notary (born August 14, 1968) is an American actor, stunt coordinator/double, and movement coach. Notary mainly portrays creatures and animals for the film and television industry and is known for his motion capture performances in films like Avatar, The Adventures of Tintin: Secrets of the Unicorn, the Planet of the Apes reboot series, The Hobbit trilogy, and Kong: Skull Island. In 2018, Notary played Cull Obsidian in the Marvel Studios films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Born in San Rafael, California, Notary was diagnosed as being severely hyperactive at age 7. His parents enrolled him in gymnastics class to burn off excess energy. He won a gymnastics scholarship at UCLA, where he graduated with a major in theatre. Notary's first career was as a performer with Cirque du Soleil. His first job as a stunt movement coach was on Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Director Ron Howard was hiring Cirque gymnasts for the film, and after sufficiently impressing Howard, Notary was offered the job of teaching all the actors how to move.[4] Notary followed this new career path to Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, for which he prepared by studying ape movements at the LA County Zoo. Notary's first motion capture film was Avatar, where he was the movement coach for the Na'vi. Swedish director Ruben Östlund hired Notary when casting his Palme d'Or-winning 2017 film The Square. For Oleg, a character who acts like an ape, Östlund discovered Notary after running a Google search for "actor imitating monkey" and viewing one of Notary's performances (which was for an audition for Planet of the Apes). His performance in that single scene, in which a performance artist acts like a hostile ape at a fancy dinner, was widely praised, The Independent calling it "the most tense, uncomfortable scene of the year." Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Notary, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2022
Nope

as Gordy

2020
The Call of the Wild

as Rail Worker / Live Action Reference Performance of Buck

2019
Avengers: Endgame

as On-Set Groot / Cull Obsidian

2018
Avengers: Infinity War

as Cull Obsidian / On-Set Groot

2017
The Square

as Oleg

2017
Kong: Skull Island

as Kong Mo-Cap Services

2016
Warcraft

as Grommash Hellscream

2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

as Laketown Refugee (uncredited)

2013
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Great Goblin / Yazneg (uncredited)

2012
The Cabin in the Woods

as The Clown (uncredited)

2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

as Rocket / Bright Eyes

2011
Attack the Block

as The Creature

2009
The Lost Tribe

as Alpha Male

2008
The Forgotten Ones

as Alpha Creature

Crew

2023
2019
Avengers: Endgame

as Motion Capture Artist

2019
2016
Warcraft

as Choreographer

2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

as Motion Capture Artist

2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

as Stunt Coordinator

2012
The Cabin in the Woods

as Choreographer

2011
The Adventures of Tintin

as Motion Capture Artist

2009
Avatar

as Motion Capture Artist

2008
The Forgotten Ones

as Stunt Coordinator

2008
The Incredible Hulk

as Motion Capture Artist

2008
The Forgotten Ones

as Choreographer

2006
Superman Returns

as Choreographer

2005
Me and You and Everyone We Know

as Stunt Coordinator

2003
X2

as Choreographer

2002
The Hot Chick

as Stunts

2001

Producer

2008
The Forgotten Ones

as Executive Producer