- Comes from a family of stuntmen with a special association with the James Bond films. Powell doubled for Pierce Brosnan. His elder brother, Greg Powell, did the stunts for Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton. A generation before them, their father, Fred 'Nosher' Powell, and Uncle Dinny Powell doubled for Sean Connery's James Bond.
- On the Bond film Casino Royale he broke the Guinness World Record for'Most cannon rolls in a car,.
- Younger son of Nosher Powell.
- Started riding motorbikes at the age of 14.
- First break at the age of 11, on a horse, as a stand-in for a cast member on Carry On... set, with the money he was paid, he bought a 10-gear racer (pushbike).
- When younger he used to emulate stunts from television programmes such as "CHips" (1977).
- Loves Motocross.
- He did his first stunt at 11 in a Carry on film.
- Has won World Stunt Award for Best Stunt at Height and he's been judged best Stunt Co -ordinator.
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