ME and my MONEY

NICHOLAS Daines, Hollywood stuntman and TV presenter, is grateful he has a pension and a property because it gives him peace of mind...when he is jumping through windows.

Daines, a former team Great Britain gymnast, has won awards for his work on blockbuster Harry Potter and Mission Impossible movies. He can command daily fees of £20,000 risking his neck on set. But before he made it in Hollywood and as a wildlife documentary presenter, he used to be homeless and spent months sleeping in a ratinfested basement.

Today, the super-fit 44-yearold can often be found in his Jacuzzi on the rooftop of his private London bachelor pad while enjoying a glass of red.

An ambassador for the conservation charity Orangutan Appeal, he also gets a huge kick out of releasing rehabilitated orangutans back into the wild.