Thursday, August 10, 2023

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Omar Ayala

 [These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Omar Israel Ayala de la Pena was born in Mexico City on February 1, 1973. He’s been involved with films since the mid-1980s, mostly as a stuntman and stunt coordinator. He’s also appeared in as an actor in around 100 films. He founded his own stunt company called 4 Elements Stunts for the designing and coordination of stunt performances.

Ayala has been a stunt coordinator and stunt performer on three Euro-westerns: “ Renegade” 2002; “Bandidas” 2006 and “The Dead Don’t Hurt” 2022.

AYALA, Omar (aka Omar Israel, Omar Israel Ayala) (Omar Israel Ayala de la Pena) [2/1/1973, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico -     ] – cameraman, stuntman, film, TV actor.

Renegade – 2002 [stunts]

Bandidas – 2006 [stunts]

The Dead Don’t Hurt – 2022 [stunt coordinator]

2 comments:

  1. Oscar Ayala is 50 years old and his most recent Western was "The Dead Don't Hurt" which was released last year. He played of one Dwight Yoakum's henchman in the 2006 Western "Bandidas" and also did the stunts in the film. Oscar's contributions to the film industry are tremendous.

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  2. Oops! My bad. His name is Omar, not Oscar.

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