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Ray Purkis

  • Special Effects
  • Art Department
  • Stunts
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Ray Purkis is known for Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Aquaman (2018) and San Andreas (2015).
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    Known for

    Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
    Thor: Ragnarok
    7.9
    • Special Effects
    • 2017
    Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
    Aquaman
    6.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2018
    Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas (2015)
    San Andreas
    6.1
    • Special Effects
    • 2015
    Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
    Godzilla vs. Kong
    6.3
    • Special Effects
    • 2021

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Mortal Kombat 2
      • special effects assistant supervisor
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Thierry Frémont, Ling Cooper Tang, Tyrone Ngatai, Kayden Price, Céline Menville, Georgia Flood, Pacharo Mzembe, and Shazad Latif in Nautilus (2024)
      Nautilus
      6.6
      TV Series
      • special effects assistant supervisor
      • 2024
    • Teagan Croft in True Spirit (2023)
      True Spirit
      6.8
      • special effects foreman
      • 2023
    • Thirteen Lives (2022)
      Thirteen Lives
      7.8
      • special effects pre rig supervisor
      • 2022
    • Austin Butler in Elvis (2022)
      Elvis
      7.3
      • special effects assistant supervisor
      • 2022
    • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
      Godzilla vs. Kong
      6.3
      • special effects pre-rig supervisor
      • 2021
    • Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman in Total Control (2019)
      Total Control
      7.9
      TV Series
      • special effects technician
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Benicio Del Toro, Danny Trejo, Eugenio Derbez, Nicholas Coombe, Isabela Merced, Madeleine Madden, and Jeff Wahlberg in Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
      Dora and the Lost City of Gold
      6.1
      • special effects assistant supervisor
      • 2019
    • Richard Roxburgh, Travis Fimmel, Daniel Webber, and Luke Bracey in Danger Close (2019)
      Danger Close
      6.8
      • special effects technician
      • 2019
    • Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in Aquaman (2018)
      Aquaman
      6.8
      • special effects breakaways supervisor
      • 2018
    • Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
      Thor: Ragnarok
      7.9
      • special effects breakaways supervisor
      • 2017
    • Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Pablo, and Chiquita in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
      6.5
      • special effects technician / breakaways foreman
      • 2017
    • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
      Kong: Skull Island
      6.7
      • special effects lead senior technician
      • 2017
    • The Shallows (2016)
      The Shallows
      6.3
      • special effects senior technician
      • 2016
    • Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas (2015)
      San Andreas
      6.1
      • senior special effects technician
      • 2015
    • Josh Hartnett, Bipasha Basu, and Tamsin Egerton in The Lovers (2015)
      The Lovers
      4.6
      • senior special effects technician
      • 2015

    Art Department

    • Cane Toads: The Conquest (2010)
      Cane Toads: The Conquest
      7.0
      • prop maker
      • 2010
    • Daniel Goddard in BeastMaster (1999)
      BeastMaster
      6.2
      TV Series
      • property designer
      • 1999–2001
    • Pui Fan Lee, John Simmit, Nikky Smedley, and Dave Thompson in Teletubbies (1997)
      Teletubbies
      3.9
      TV Series
      • construction manager
      • 1997

    Stunts

    • Huub Stapel in Amsterdamned (1988)
      Amsterdamned
      6.6
      • stunt rigger
      • 1988
    • Horace Cohen, Nelly Frijda, Jan-Willem Hees, René van 't Hof, Nani Lehnhausen, Tatjana Simic, and Huub Stapel in Flodder (1986)
      Flodder
      6.6
      • stunt rigger
      • 1986
    • The Last Days of Patton (1986)
      The Last Days of Patton
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • stunt rigger
      • 1986
    • Morons from Outer Space (1985)
      Morons from Outer Space
      4.5
      • stunt rigger
      • 1985

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Ray Parkis
    • Children
      • Siobhan Purkis

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      Father of Set Designer Siobhan Purkis.

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