Dane Farwell is an American stuntman and actor was born April 13,1957 he graduated from Coldwater high School in 1975 Michigan after high School Smith worked for his father Sumner as an optician and received training at Ferris State College Shortly after a Saturday morning program on stunts would change his life and shape his career with a background in motocross and karate he headed to Los Angeles to try his luck at a career in film and television he changed his name to Dane Farwell due an actor with similar name after some background work in television and film he landed his first big break on the television series the flash as a stunt double