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For the paramedic credited in Star Trek V, please see Tom DuPont.

Thomas "Tom" Lee DuPont is a stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts in three episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. He received no credit for his appearances.

DuPont has been a key sword coordinator, fight choreographer and stunt double on all five Pirates of the Caribbean films (2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2017) and was injured by an accident filming a scene for the second film. He is specialized in sword stunts and works also as a sword trainer for actors. In 2007 he won a Taurus World Stunt Award for best fight in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (having doubled Geoffrey Rush and Bill Nighy), shared with fellow stunt performers Tom Morga, Lisa Hoyle, Tony Angelotti, Kirk Maxwell and Mark Wagner. In 2002 he was nominated for another Taurus World Stunt Award for best work with an animal and won a second for the hardest hit in A Knight's Tale (2001). He has also doubled for actors such as Heath Ledger and Gerard Butler.

Among his stunt resume are films such as To Be the Best (1993), The X-Files (1998, with John Neville, Terry O'Quinn, George Murdock, Steve Rankin, Scott Alan Smith, Michael Krawic, and stunts by Tom Huff, Dennis Madalone, Johnny C. Meier, Manny Perry, Nancy Thurston, and Greg Barnett), Blade (1998), Coyote Ugly (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001, with Cary-Hiroyuki, Erick Avari, David Warner, Kevin Grevioux, Eileen Weisinger, and Jay Caputo), The Scorpion King (2002, with The Rock), Men in Black II (2002), Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2008, with Alicia Coppola and stunts by Christopher Leps and Kurt D. Lott).

DuPont has also performed stunts in television series such as Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (starring Melinda Clarke), V.I.P., Angel, Charmed, Deadwood (starring Leon Rippy and Brad Dourif), Las Vegas (2004, starring Nikki Cox), and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2007, with Derek Mears).

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