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3Vladimir "Furdo" Furdik (born July 1, 1970 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, nowadays UsefulNotes/{{Slovakia}}) is a Slovakian stuntman, stunt supervisor, actor, sword master and fight choregrapher.
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5He was a member of Tostabur Espadrones, a group that practiced, performed and celebrated traditional fighting skills and weaponry in Bratislava and throughout Czechoslovakia then UsefulNotes/{{Slovakia}}. He was also involved with the Borseus group, which was led by influential stunt performer Gustáv Kyselica.
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7Furdik has worked as a stuntman in a number of high profile productions since the 1990s, and has had a number of [[BitCharacter bit parts]], mainly in the {{fantasy}} genre. His biggest and best known role to date is that of the Night King in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', [[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/RichardBrake from the sixth season (2016) to the eighth and final season (2019).
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9He's also a sword fight trainer/choregrapher -- he trained some actors and choregraphed and supervised a number of sword fights in ''Game of Thrones'', and trained Creator/HenryCavill and choregraphed/supervised sword fights for ''Series/{{The Witcher|2019}}''.
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11!!Acting parts:
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13* ''[[Film/{{Dragonheart}} Dragonheart II: A New Beginning]]'' (2000) as Sentry
14* ''La Femme Musketeer'' (2004) as Gaspar
15* ''Film/TheLastLegion'' (2007) as Executioner
16* ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' (2010) as Hassansin Grenade Man
17* ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' (2011) as Andrzej
18* ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' (2012) as Mercenary 2
19* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2016-2019) as the Night King

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