Who is tommie turvey

He has very few peers -- if any. That tear-jerking Budweiser Super Bowl commercial that showed a 3-week-old Clydesdale growing into an adult draft horse that galloped through the streets of downtown Chicago to reunite with the man who raised it? Budweiser hired Turvey for three weeks to train the five different horses used in the second ad.

That's how he made a living. So I just always had horses all around me," he said. When he and his dad went to horse auctions, Turvey -- a boy of 10 -- would get into a horse's pen, hop on it bareback and ride it into the sale corral.

He enrolled for two semesters at the College of Southern Idaho to study business and marketing. One trick he's known for is "Roman riding," or standing upright on two horses as they gallop side by side, with one foot on each horse's back. Turvey spices it up by having the horses jump over a flaming hurdle. He and Pokerjoe, a brown-and-white paint horse, do a comedy bit, "The Riding Instructor.

Then the supine horse will play patty-cake with Turvey and extend his leg just out of reach as Turvey stretches to get his hat off the horse's hoof. Video of the act has more than 4 million views on Turvey's YouTube page.

Turvey got his Screen Actors Guild card in and started working in movies, commercials and TV shows. Blade, a mustang, was in the first episode of "The Walking Dead," the AMC Studios hit about a zombie apocalypse that's now in its fourth season.

In the episode, Sheriff Rick Grimes finds the horse at a Georgia farm and rode him into downtown Atlanta, where Blade was pulled down and devoured alive by zombies. Turvey grew up around horses and his first job was riding young untrained horses in the auction ring with only a halter. This is what gave him the passion for becoming an entertainer. He would go on to ride at Arabian Nights in Florida with a group of legendary horse trainers. Learning everything he could from this group.

On his website TommieTurvey. He played the Commonwealth soldier Mercer. A post shared by Tommie tommieturvey. The Walking Dead gets a lot of negative attention because of all the horses killed off in the series. But, the reality is these beautiful creatures are treated well, and look at these beauties used in season Below is the horse Sunday who has been on the series for quite some time.

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View Resume Official Photos ». Tommie owns 16 horses of different breeds and colors. All are trained stunt, cast and background horses. Pokerjoe is his most popular with over 6 million views on you tube. Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. Share this page:. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Create a list ». See all related lists ». Do you have a demo reel?

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