Ben Collins

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Biography

American football player and coach, college athletics administrator

  • Primary profession
  • Actor
  • Country
  • Liberia
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 13 February 1975
  • Place of birth
  • Bristol
  • Death date
  • 2014-11-20
  • Death age
  • 93
  • Place of death
  • El Paso· Texas
  • Cause of death
  • Accident
  • Education
  • Morrisville State College
  • Member of
  • Minnesota Strikers·Los Angeles Lazers·Minnesota Strikers·Orlando Lions·Chicago Sting·San Diego Sockers

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

The Stig is the name of the mysterious test driver on "Top Gear" . Dressed in white from head to toe The Stig coaches celebrities in high speed driving and evaluates the performance of a huge variety of cars; setting times around the Top Gear Circuit; on missions around the globe. Ben Collins took on the role of The Stig in 2002, Choreographing the Top Gear Live stunt shows as well as Co-Ordinating the high octane car chases featured on the TV Show. He remained in that role until 2010 when he formally resigned after his identity became widely known on the internet, publishing his autobiography, "The Man in The White Suit", that became an international bestseller later that year.

Revealed in August 2010 to be "The Stig," the race driver who test drives cars around the "Top Gear" test track.

Per The Sunday Times, The Sun, YouTube and Wikipedia, in February 2009, The Stig is English racing driver Ben Collins.

3 children with Georgina - Izzie , Scarlet & Cassius .

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