Ric Roman Waugh | |
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| Born | February 20, 1968 |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse | Tanya Ballinger (m. 2005) |
| Children | 2 |
Ric Roman Waugh (born February 20, 1968) is an American film director, writer, producer, actor, and former stuntman. He is known for his work in Felon (2008), Snitch (2013), and Shot Caller (2017). [1] [2] He wrote and directed Angel Has Fallen (2019), the third installment in the Has Fallen series and will write and direct Night Has Fallen, the fourth installment in the Has Fallen series.
He is the older brother of director Scott Waugh.
Waugh worked as a stunt performer in the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in films such as Universal Soldier , The Last of the Mohicans , Last Action Hero , Hard Target , The Crow , Gone in 60 Seconds , Lethal Weapon 2 , Days of Thunder , and The One . He also worked as an actor, in Kuffs (1992) starring Christian Slater and Milla Jovovich.
His first directorial film is In the Shadows (2001), starring James Caan, Matthew Modine, and Cuba Gooding Jr. He later directed Felon (2008), starring Val Kilmer. Waugh worked with actor Dwayne Johnson in Snitch (2013) and was in talks to direct the disaster film Deepwater Horizon in 2012, [3] before changes occurred in the film's development process. In 2019, Waugh wrote and directed the third installment in the Has Fallen film series, titled Angel Has Fallen . [4]
He directed the film Greenland that came out in December 2020. [5] [6]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 1996 | Exit | Yes | No | No | Credited as "Alan Smithee" [7] |
| 2001 | In the Shadows | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2008 | Felon | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2013 | Snitch | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | That Which I Love Destroys Me | Yes | No | Yes | Documentary |
| 2017 | Shot Caller | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2020 | Greenland | Yes | No | No | |
| 2021 | National Champions | Yes | No | No | |
| 2023 | Kandahar | Yes | No | No | |
| TBA | Night Has Fallen | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Greenland: Migration | Yes | No | No |
Stunts
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Tango & Cash | Uncredited |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | as Ric Waugh |
| 1991 | Hook | as Ric Waugh |
| 1992 | Kuffs | as Ric Waugh; Assistant stunt coordinator |
| The Last of the Mohicans | as Ric Waugh | |
| Brain Donors | as Rick Waugh | |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Episode: "Apollo One" |
| 2000 | Gone in 60 Seconds | as Ric Waugh |
Acting credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | Married... with Children | Jake | as Ric Waugh; Episode "One Down, Two to Go" |
| 1992 | Kuffs | Hood |
| Actor/actress | In the Shadows (2001) | Felon (2008) | Snitch (2013) | That Which I Love Destroys Me (2015) | Shot Caller (2017) | Angel Has Fallen (2019) | Greenland (2020) | National Champions (2021) | Kandahar (2023) | Night Has Fallen (TBA) | Greenland: Migration (TBA) |
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Snitch is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Dwayne Johnson, based on the experiences of DEA informant James Settembrino. The film was released in the United States on February 22, 2013. The film also stars Barry Pepper, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Benjamin Bratt, and Michael Kenneth Williams. The plot focuses on John Matthews, who goes undercover for the DEA after his estranged son Jason Collins is framed in a drug deal by his best friend.
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Deepwater Horizon is a 2016 American biographical disaster film based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Peter Berg directed it from a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O'Brien, and Kate Hudson. It is adapted from "Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours", a December 25, 2010 article in The New York Times written by David Barstow, David Rohde, and Stephanie Saul.
Shot Caller is a 2017 American crime thriller film written and directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The film chronicles the transformation of a well-to-do family man, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, into a hardened prison gangster, which he undergoes to survive California's penal system after he is incarcerated for his role in a deadly DUI car accident. The film also stars Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell, Jon Bernthal, Emory Cohen, Jeffrey Donovan, Evan Jones, Benjamin Bratt, and Holt McCallany.
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Good Boys is a 2019 American coming-of-age comedy drama directed by Gene Stupnitsky, in his directorial debut, and written by Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. It stars Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, and Brady Noon as three sixth-graders who find themselves in a series of misadventures as they try to attend a party hosted by their popular classmates. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg produced the film through their Point Grey Pictures company.
Greenland is a 2020 American apocalyptic disaster film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Chris Sparling. The film stars Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, and Hope Davis, and follows a family who must fight for survival as a planet-destroying comet races to Earth.
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National Champions is a 2021 American sports drama film directed by Ric Roman Waugh, based on the play of the same name by Adam Mervis. The film stars Stephan James, J. K. Simmons, Alexander Ludwig, Lil Rel Howery, Tim Blake Nelson, Andrew Bachelor, Jeffrey Donovan, David Koechner, Kristin Chenoweth, Timothy Olyphant, and Uzo Aduba.
Horizon: An American Saga is an upcoming two-part American epic Western film co-written, produced, directed by and starring Kevin Costner. Costner also leads an extensive cast consisting of Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Will Patton, Tatanka Means, Owen Crow Shoe, Ella Hunt, and Jamie Campbell Bower.
Kandahar, titled Mission Kandahar in Canada, is a 2023 American action film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Mitchell LaFortune. The film stars Gerard Butler and features a supporting cast that includes Ali Fazal, Navid Negahban, Bahador Foladi, Nina Toussaint-White, Tom Rhys Harries, Vassilis Koukalani, Mark Arnold, Corey Johnson, and Travis Fimmel, and follows the CIA operative and his translator who flee from Afghanistan after his covert mission were exposed.
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