Conrad Hurtt was born in Tainan, Taiwan. He was an actor, production assistant, and stand-in for the movie industry in the 1980s & 1990s. He worked in Hawaii as a trainee assistant director on Murder in Paradise (1990) (TV Movie). He is known for his work in Hollywood on Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985), Sudden Impact (1983) and Die Hard (1988).