Steve Truglia (3 October 1962 â 17 November 2016) was a stunt coordinator, stunt performer and action unit director in the UK. He became a TED speaker in 2009.
Truglia served as a reservist in the UK Special Forces for twenty years.
Truglia became a professional stuntman in 1996. His motion picture stunt credits included Saving Private Ryan and two James Bond films.
Truglia set multiple records, including:
Truglia made a fundraising attempt for a world-record high altitude parachute jump from the edge of space, to surpass what was then Joe Kittinger's 1960 record. Truglia's plan was to jump from in a spacesuit. He did not attempt the stunt prior to his death when he fell from a helicopter during an abseil in China.