Jon Foo
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Jon Foo | |
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| Born | Jonathan Patrick Foo 30 October 1982 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, martial artist |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
Jon Foo (born Jonathan Patrick Foo, 30 October 1982) is an English actor, martial artist and stuntman of mixed Chinese and Irish descent.
Early life
Foo was born and raised in London to a Chinese-Singaporean father and an Irish-English mother. His siblings include a younger sister and two half-sisters from his father's side. His family constantly moved as he grew up. His father practices karate and his mother practices judo. He started learning kung fu when he was eight years old, though he began serious training for wushu when he was 15. He currently lives in Los Angeles.[1]
Career
Being a practitioner of wushu, he has starred in Tom-Yum-Goong (US title: The Protector), Batman Begins, House of Fury, Left for Dead, and Life (Shi cha qi xiao shi). He also performs stunts for other actors. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Jin Kazama in the 2010 live action film Tekken. He also played Ryu in the short film Street Fighter: Legacy.
He also starred in Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2010) as one of the first generation soldiers. He is set to appear in a Thai martial arts-basketball film Fireball Begins, which is a prequel to the first film, Fireball. Foo's films were his second lead role in Bangkok Revenge, he appears with Dominic Purcell in Vikingdom and Danny Glover in Extraction and stars as Detective Lee in the television adaptation of Rush Hour (the role played by Jackie Chan in the film series).[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Left for Dead | Street Fighter No.3 | |
| 2004 | Life, Translated | Brian | |
| 2004 | 10,000 Cigarettes | Himself | Documentary |
| 2005 | Tom-Yum-Goong | Wushu Fighter (as Jonathan Patrick Foo) / stunt performer | |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | League of Shadows member (uncredited) / stunt performer | |
| 2005 | House of Fury | John (as Jonathan Foo) / stunt performer (uncredited) | |
| 2005 | The Myth | Extra (uncredited) / stunt performer (uncredited) | |
| 2009 | Jagoan Bouginville | Yosia Si Reman Marsud | |
| 2010 | Universal Soldier: Regeneration | UniSol 2 | |
| 2010 | Tekken | Jin Kazama / stunt performer | |
| 2010 | Street Fighter: Legacy | Ryu[3] | |
| 2010 | Fireball Begins | ||
| 2012 | Bangkok Revenge | Manit | |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | Stunt performer | |
| 2013 | Vikingdom | Yang | |
| 2013 | Duality | Danny | |
| 2013 | The Chrysanthemum Throne | Taki | |
| 2013 | Extraction | Mercy Callo | |
| 2016 | WEAPONiZED | Victor | |
| 2016 | Rush Hour | Detective Jonathan Lee | TV series – main cast |
References
- ^ "Jon Foo: The Tekken star is a funny guy".
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (3 March 2015). "Jon Foo To Play Detective Lee In 'Rush Hour' CBS Pilot". Deadline.
- ^ Mike Fahey. "This Could Be The Best Street Fighter Film Ever Created".
External links
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Male actors from London
- English male film actors
- British stunt performers
- British wushu practitioners
- British male actors of Chinese descent
- English people of Irish descent
- British people of Singaporean descent
- Singaporean people of mixed-Chinese descent
- English expatriates in the United States
- 21st-century English male actors