Tanoai Reed

Tanoai Reed (born February 10, 1974) is a Hollywood stunt man and actor. He is the cousin[1][2] and stunt double of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Reed was born in Honolulu, Hawaii of Samoan and Norwegian, Swedish, Irish descent. After the separation of his parents he grew up in California before being sent to live with his grandmother in Hawaii.[3] He was educated at Kahuku High School and the University of Hawai‘i.[3] His stunt career began when he worked on Waterworld,[3] and he began working as stunt-double for the Rock on The Scorpion King.[4]

He is featured in the video "Pump It" by The Black Eyed Peas, playing one of the villains Fergie fights. Reed appears in the 2008 relaunch of American Gladiators as the gladiator Toa.[5] In the first 2008 episode of Gladiators, Toa delivered an abbreviated version of Ka Mate, a New Zealand Maori haka before beginning his defense of the top of the pyramid.