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Lanier Edwards (born 7 December 1958; age 65) is a former stuntman and actor who worked as stunt photo double for Paul Winfield in some heavy moves on the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "Darmok". Edwards filmed his scenes on second unit on Monday 5 August 1991 on location at Bronson Canyon, at the same day the production filmed scenes for the episode "Ensign Ro". Under assistant director Arlene Fukai he can be seen with Patrick Stewart's photo double Ron Large and stunt actor Rex Pierson. Edwards also appeared as a command division lieutenant in several episodes beginning with "A Matter Of Time". He was also listed on the call sheets of the episode "Violations" in corridor, Ten Forward, and bridge scenes and "Ethics" in a corridor scene but was not part of the final episodes.

Lanier Edwards was born in Tallahassee, Florida USA and worked as stunt double for actors such as Forest Whitaker on Species (1995) and Panic Room (2002) and for LL Cool J on Deep Blue Sea (1999). Edwards also performed stunts in The Enemy Within (1994, with Tony Brubaker and Gary Epper), Showgirls (1995, with Steve Blalock, Maria Kelly, Suzanne Rampe, and Sharon Schaffer), Primal Fear (1996, with Noon Orsatti and Denney Pierce), Heaven's Prisoners (1996, with Jophery C. Brown, Frank Orsatti, and Gerard Williams), Steel (1997, with Irving Lewis, John Escobar, Johnny Martin, and Bob Minor), Most Wanted (1997, with Janet Brady, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Kane Hodder, and Manny Perry), The Player's Club (1998, with Bennie E. Moore, Jr. and Gerard Williams), Life (1999), and Hot Boyz (2000, with Rick Avery, Jeff Cadiente, Chuck Madalone, and Spiro Razatos).

He can also be seen in episodes of Quantum Leap (1992, with Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Fran Bennett, and Meg Foster), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994, with James Avery and Ian Patrick Williams), NYPD Blue (1994, with Gordon Clapp, Sharon Lawrence, Bill Smitrovich, and Marta Martin), Malcolm & Eddie (1997, with George Murdock), Murder One (1996-1997, with Barbara Bosson, Clayton Rohner, Gregory Itzin, Rick Worthy, Stephen Lee, John Fleck, and Julianne Christie), Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997, with Mark Sheppard, Tony Todd, and Basil Wallace), The Pretender (1998), Seven Days (1999, with Norman Lloyd, Alan Scarfe, Christopher Neame, Christopher Carroll, Jerome Butler, Jennifer S. Parsons, and Michael Bailey Smith), Martial Law (1999), The Bold and the Beautiful (2001, with Mike Cassidy), Walker, Texas Ranger (2001, with Ray Proscia), and Robbery Homicide Division (2002).

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