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Michael Papajohn in True Detective (2014)

Tom Bewley, J.R. Horsting, Keii Johnston, Michael Papajohn, and Erik Stabenau in The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

Jennifer Connelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, David Carrera, Michael Papajohn, and Jonathan Ahdout in House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Michael Papajohn and Russell Crowe in Unhinged

Michael Papajohn and Caren Pistorius in Unhinged

Michael Papajohn and Jeff Brockton in Reminiscence

Michael Papajohn, Hugh Jackman and Jeff Brockton in Reminiscence

Michael Papajohn and Hugh Jackman in Reminiscence

Michael Papajohn in the feature film, Our Friend.

Michael Papajohn and Casey Affleck in the feature film, Our Friend

Michael Papajohn and Rachel Weisz in Bourne Supremacy

Michael Papajohn and B.D. Wong in Jurassic World

Michael Papajohn and Topher Grace in American Ultra

Michael Papajohn and Vincent D'Onofrio in Jurassic World

Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Papajohn- Nightcrawler

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes- Cannon Gunner

Sylvester Stallone and Michael Papajohn- Escape Plan

Michael Papajohn and Bill Engvall in Delta Farce

Michael Papajohn, Sandy Alomar Jr., and Carlos Baerga in Little Big League

Michael Papajohn in Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Michael graduated from Vestavia Hills High School in 1983.

The Texas Rangers drafted him in 1985, but he chose instead to attend Louisiana State University on a baseball scholarship. He was the starting center-fielder on the first LSU team to go to the College World Series in 1986, and again in 1987.

In 1987, _Everybody's All-American (1988)_ came to shoot in Baton Rouge, and Michael was chosen as Dennis Quaid stunt double for the football scenes. He caught the attention and earned the admiration of Director Taylor Hackford, who encouraged Michael to pursue a career in stunt work.

While filming Charlie's Angels (2000), Michael was kicked in the jaw with a stiletto boot. He found himself in an emergency room, insisting that he was not the victim of domestic violence. The spousal abuse representatives had a hard time believing that he had been kicked by Cameron Diaz.

Michael is most widely known as "The Carjacker" in Spider-Man (2002), whose actions ultimately lead Peter Parker to become Spider-Man. Michael first met director Sam Raimi when he played Kevin Costner's nemesis in For Love of the Game (1999).

Another notable role was as Guard Papajohn in The Longest Yard (2005) for producer Adam Sandler. They met when Michael did all of Adam's stunts in The Waterboy (1998), making the hard hits as Bobby Boucher. In The Longest Yard, things came full circle when Michael had his own stuntman.

He has produced one film, Rustin (2001), that went on to win festival awards.

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