---
name: "David Paul Olsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-paul-olsen"
roles: ["Utility stunts"]
born: "2 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:48:59.713031+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Paul Olsen

Utility stunts. Born 2 January 1976 in Moline, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Utility stunts
- **Born:** 2 January 1976, Moline, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** David Olsen
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 34 (1), 2010s 75 (1), 2020s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21573517, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2476558/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2521250

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Train Dreams*](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Paul Olsen is an American actor and stunt performer. He was born on 2 January 1976 in Moline, Illinois. He is the older brother of actor Eric Christian Olsen and has frequently worked as his stunt double, including on the television series *NCIS: Los Angeles*.

Olsen's acting credits include the role of a member of the Strike Force Team in *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009) and the part of Toomis in *Train Dreams* (2025). On television he has played Tom Olsen in *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009–2023) and appeared in series such as *Too Old to Die Young* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Train Dreams* (2025), Fi1m 79, as Toomis — [page](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md)
- *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), Fi1m 34, as Strike Force Team — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Swiss Army Man* (2016), Fi1m 75, Utility Stunts — [page](https://film.one/film/swiss-army-man.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Train Dreams* (2025), as Toomis · Stunts — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md)
- *One Battle After Another* (2025), Stunts — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/one-battle-after-another.md)
- *The Nun* (2018), Stunt Double
- *Westworld* (2016), series, Stunts — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Swiss Army Man* (2016), Utility Stunts — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/swiss-army-man.md)
- *The Back-Up Plan* (2010), Stunts
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Tom Olsen, Roleplayer
- *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), as Strike Force Team — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md)

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