body double

body double

English

Noun

body double (plural body doubles)

1. A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity.
2. A political decoy; a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf.

Translations

film stand-in

Chinese: Mandarin: 替身 (tìshēn) Japanese: 影武者 (ja) (kagemusha) Polish: dubler (pl) m

Portuguese: dublê de corpo m or f Romanian: dublură (ro) f Russian: дублёр (ru) m (dubljór)

political decoy

Chinese: Mandarin: 替身 (tìshēn)

See also

• stunt double
• stuntman
• understudy