Jim Dowdall is an English stunt coordinator, stunt performer, and actor with more than forty years of experience. Having appeared in and worked on nearly 200 film and television titles in his career, including some of the most critically-acclaimed films in history, Dowdall is one of the industry's most sought-after stunt experts. His credits include two entries in the Star Wars franchise, eight James Bond films, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Saving Private Ryan, and The Pianist.
Dowdall appeared in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, lending his stunt talents to a stormtrooper aboard the Death Star, and also in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, portraying the character Jerrol Blendin, one of Lando Calrissian's Bespin Wing Guards, in the film's Cloud City jail sequence, alongside actors Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams, and Carrie Fisher. Dowdall was uncredited for both roles.