Joe Eigo
| Joe Eigo | |
|---|---|
 Joe Eigo at the Mount Shasta Vortex | |
| Born |
February 19, 1980 Toronto, Canada |
| Occupation | Performer/Entrepreneur |
| Website | joeeigo.com |
Joe Eigo (born February 19, 1980) is a Canadian stunt performer.
Biography
Joe Eigo is the joint creator of "Multi Level Moves",[1] which is "an experiment to explore the limits of the human body",[2] essentially just a rebranding of what is known as Tricking. He was a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team,[3] performed with Chan in the 2004 film Around the World in 80 Days,[1] and also performed in the 2006 Toronto musical production of The Lord of the Rings.[4]
Eigo was the subject of a photo portrait by Toronto Star photographer Peter Power for which the Toronto Star received an award of excellence from the Missouri School of Journalism.[5]
Eigo's "Matrix - for Real" video has been seen over 4.5 million times[6] on Metacafe,[7] for which he had made US$25,000 as of January 2007.[8] In the video, Eigo flips from boulders, trees and training mats, performs strings of back flips in the middle of a street, tosses a soccer ball in the air and then kicks it while completing a back flip.[9]
Eigo is also an enthusiastic conspiracy theorist and vocal anti-semite. He has repeatedly expressed a desire to destroy Israel and to kill all Jews in the world who he believes control a major global conspiracy to commit evil. Most of his conspiracies are similar to those spread by David Icke.
Eigo is a spokesman for the multilevel marketing company Morinda Inc., formerly known as Tahitian Noni company.[10]
Filmography
- American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007)
- American Pie 5: The Naked Mile (2006) (stunts) (USA: informal title), aka American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (Australia: DVD box title)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film) (stunts) (as Jeffrey Joseph Eigo)
- LazyTown (2004) TV Series (stunt double for Sportacus 10), aka Latibær (Iceland)
- Christmas Rush (2002) (TV) (stunts) (uncredited), aka Breakaway (USA: video title)
- Odyssey 5 (2002) (TV) (stunt double)
- Witchblade (2000) (TV) (stunt double)
External links
References
- 1 2 Newey, Guy. (September 24, 2004) Evening Mail "Flying kicks in the flicks! Brum stuntman hopes to emulate star Jackie". Section: News; Page 3.
- ↑ Joe Eigo’s Myspace.
- ↑ John, Patrice. (October 18, 2005) Evening Mail "Kung fu: Youths get a kick out of Nathan - Martial arts expert is passing his high energy skills on to city kids". Section: Sport; Page 33.
- ↑ Kuchwara, Michael. (March 12, 2006) Buffalo News "'Lord' of the stage The big-budget theatrical adaptation of 'Lord of the Rings' is set for its grand opening this month in Toronto". Section: Entertainment; Page G1
- ↑ Toronto Star. (March 12, 2007) "Star team honoured in photojournalism contest". Section: News; Page A2.
- ↑ The Economist. (November 11, 2006) "Internet video: We try harder; If YouTube is the Hertz of web-based video, Metacafe wants to be Avis". Issue 950; Section: The Economist November 11, 2006; Page 90.
- ↑ Business Wire (October 30, 2006) Metacafe Launches Producer Rewards(TM) for Short Video Creators.
- ↑ Yinka Adegoke (January 26, 2007). "Users go professional with online video". The Washington Post.
Joe Eigo's "Matrix - For Real" has been the top video in Metacafe's Producer Rewards scheme with 5 million views, making him over $25,000 in just a few months.
- ↑ Marion, Fred. (January 12, 2007) Palm Beach Post "The Freddies: Web video awards '06". Section: Accent; Page 1E.
- ↑ "Spokespeople: Celebrities: Joe Eigo, Action Star Stunt Performer". Tahitian Noni website.
- Gerson, Jen. (October 31, 2006) Toronto Star "Off the wall flips; T.O. flipmaster's online video puts him in the money 'I get hungry before I get tired,' stuntman says". Section: Life; Page D4.