Martial Arts Actors and Stuntpeople
by LeeJunYen | created - 03 Jul 2022 | updated - 03 Jul 2022 | PublicList of actors and actresses who are also martial arts experts or stunt people.
1. Biao Yuen
Actor | Baai ga jai
Yuen Biao is regarded as one of the most acrobatic martial artists ever. Unfortunately, he is still underrated and not as popular as other contemporaries such as Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, and Jet Li even though he is the most critically acclaimed out of all of them and the most talented as ...
2. Jet Li
Actor | Huo Yuan Jia
Jet Li born Li Lian Jie in Beijing, China. He started training at the Beijing wushu academy (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles) at age eight. He won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only 11. In his teens,...
3. Tony Jaa
Actor | Ong-bak 3
Japanom Yeerum was born on February 5, 1976, in the northeastern province of Surin, Thailand. His parents were elephant herders. Jaa watched martial arts films as a young kid and began to emulate some of his idols, from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan to Jet Li. Jaa studied martial arts at the local ...
4. Gary Daniels
Actor | The Expendables
Gary Edward Daniels (born 9 May 1963) is an English actor, a martial arts artist, a martial arts action film star, a producer, and a fight coordinator. . Daniels who was also interested in films, starred in two motion pictures in 1988 made in the Philippines. These were Teddy Page's action martial ...
5. Mark Dacascos
Actor | Le pacte des loups
Mark Dacascos is an actor, director, martial artist, and television personality. Whether seen on the big screen or small, playing the good guy or the bad, Mark has been making audience stand up and take notice for many years.
This May, Mark will be seen in highly anticipated film John Wick: Chapter ...
6. Iko Uwais
Actor | Serbuan maut 2: Berandal
Iko Uwais was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Maisyaroh and Mustapha Kamaluddin. His grandfather, H. Achmad Bunawar, was a master of silat, an Indonesian traditional martial art, and founded a silat school. Iko himself has been learning silat since he was 10 years old. He became National Champion in...
7. Scott Adkins
Actor | John Wick: Chapter 4
Scott Edward Adkins was born on June 17, 1976 in Sutton Coldfield, England, into a family that for generations were butchers. Along with his elder brother Craig, he was raised by their parents, John and Janet (Sanders) Adkins, in a loving middle-class family. Scott attended Bishop Vesey's Grammar ...
8. Loren Avedon
Actor | The King of the Kickboxers
After graduating from Beverly Hills High School in 1980, while attending college Loren Avedon signed up at the Jun Chong Tae Kwon Do Karate school in Los Angeles. He received his first "break" while training late one night at the Karate school. Producer Roy Horan was looking for an actor/martial ...
9. Tiger Hu Chen
Stunts | The Matrix Reloaded
Tiger Hu Chen was born on March 3, 1975 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. He is an actor, known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Man of Tai Chi (2013) and The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
10. Jean-Claude Van Damme
Actor | Double Impact
Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, to Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg, an accountant. "The Muscles from Brussels" started martial arts at the age of eleven. His father introduced him to martial arts when he saw his son was ...
11. Shin'ichi Chiba
Actor | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Sonny Chiba was born as Sadao Maeda in Fukuoka, Japan on January 22, 1939. His father was a military test pilot. During his youth, he had an interest in both theater & gymnastics. He was talented enough to make the Japanese Olympic Team until a chronic back injury ended his career. However, he took...
12. Vidyut Jammwal
Actor | Force
Given his elaborate expertise in the martial arts especially the ancient form called Kalaripayattu (which he's trained in since he was all of 4 years old), Vidyut has committed himself to creating a platform for action and stunts in world cinema. His first Bollywood outing Force (a remake of the ...
13. Daniel Bernhardt
Actor | Atomic Blonde
Daniel Bernhardt was born on the 31st August 1965 in Worblaufen, Bern in Switzerland.
After finishing high school, he studied architectural design for four years and graduated in Bern. At the same time he opened a martial arts school with his brother. After completing his studies, Daniel moved to ...
14. Johnny Tri Nguyen
Actor | Da 5 Bloods
Johnny Tri Nguyen was born in Vietnam into a family with a rich martial arts tradition. At the age of 9, he immigrated to America. Throughout the 90s, Nguyen's talent in martial arts led him to compete and won many award in various championships as well as representing the US in the national Wushu ...
15. Jackie Chan
Actor | Ngo si seoi
Hong Kong's cheeky, lovable and best-known film star, Jackie Chan endured many years of long, hard work and multiple injuries to establish international success after his start in Hong Kong's manic martial arts cinema industry.
Jackie was born Kong-sang Chan on April 7, 1954, on Hong Kong's famous ...
16. Donnie Yen
Actor | Ip Man
Donnie Yen was born in Guangzhou, China. His mother, Bow-sim Mark, was a kung fu master and his father, Kylster Yen, a newspaper editor and amateur musician. When Donnie was just two years old, the family moved to Hong Kong and then, when he was 11, to Boston, Massachusetts.
There, Master Bow-sim ...
17. Michael Jai White
Actor | Black Dynamite
Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White ...
18. Matt Mullins
Stunts | Divergent
From his humble beginnings of watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Matt Mullins has risen to become world renown in martial arts, and as a star in the CW4Kids show "Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight".
With 5 martial art world titles in hand, Matt moved from Naperville, IL to Hollywood and quickly began ...
19. Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Stunts | Ip Man
Born in Hong Kong, Sammo Hung's acting career began while he was training in acrobatics, martial arts and dance as a child at the China Drama Academy, and he received acclaim for his performance with a troupe called "The Seven Little Fortunes." He made his feature film debut as an actor at the age ...
20. Wah Yuen
Actor | Kung fu
Wah Yuen was born on September 2, 1950 in Hong Kong, China. He is an actor, known for Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and The Way of the Dragon (1972).
21. Siu-Wong Fan
Actor | Lik wong
Siu-Wong Fan was born in Hong Kong in 1973, the son of 1970s kung fu film actor Mei-Sheng Fan. At the age of 14, Siu-Wong traveled to Xushou on the request of his father to take up martial arts because he was virtually a toothpick. There, Siu-Wong studied gymnastics, kung fu, and taekwondo. Fan ...
22. Bruce Lee
Actor | Jing wu men
Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and ...
23. Richard Norton
Actor | Under a Red Moon
A powerful screen presence, Richard Norton wins the applause of international audiences with his engaging ability to play either the hero or the heavy. Rare versatility and focused work ethic have enabled him to build an expanding library of almost 100 film and television titles. The disciplines ...
24. Dolph Lundgren
Actor | Rocky IV
Dolph Lundgren was born as Hans Lundgren in Stockholm, Sweden, to Sigrid Birgitta (Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government. He lived in Stockholm until the age of 13, when he moved in with his grandparents in Nyland, ...
25. Shô Kosugi
Actor | Ninja Assassin
Easily the best known actor/martial artist during the 1980s ninja cinema craze, Kosugi was a proficient martial artist & skilled weapons performer which was highlighted in his several starring roles.
Kosugi grew up as the youngest child and only son of a Tokyo fisherman, and began his martial arts ...
26. Chuck Norris
Actor | Walker, Texas Ranger
Chuck Norris is familiar to fans worldwide as the star of action films such as The Hitman (1991), The Delta Force (1986) and Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990). He also starred in Missing in Action (1984) and its sequels, Firewalker (1986) and Sidekicks (1992). He was an executive ...
27. Chuck Jeffreys
Stunts | 12 Monkeys
Born William Charles Jeffreys (III) on July 23, 1958 in Washington, D.C., Chuck Jeffreys found his interest in the martial arts at the age of 8 and started training in Western Boxing and Tae Kwon Do. He began training in Northern (Tien Shan Pai) Shaolin Kung fu in the early 70s. He was well known ...
28. Yasuaki Kurata
Actor | Blood: The Last Vampire
Yasuaki Kurata was born on March 20, 1946 in Ibaraki, Japan. He is an actor and producer, known for Blood: The Last Vampire (2009), God of War (2017) and Fist of Legend (1994).
29. Yukari Ôshima
Actress | Lik wong
Daughter of a Chinese woman, who spent her childhood in Nishi Ku (Fukuoka City). When she was in elementary school, her parents divorced and she went to live with her mother, who ran a little restaurant. Being a child she practiced karate in junior high school, represented Kyushu in several ...
30. Cynthia Rothrock
Actress | The Martial Arts Kid
Cynthia Rothrock is a martial arts expert and athlete, who went on to become a film actress, starring in a number of highly successful martial arts action movies. She first made a name as an action actress in Hong Kong before going on to wow audiences in her home turf. At the time of her popularity...
31. Moon Lee
Actress | Tian shi xing dong
Moon Lee was born on February 14, 1965 in Hong Kong. She is an actress, known for Fighting Madam (1987), Fatal Termination (1990) and Mission of Justice (1992).
32. Etsuko Shihomi
Actress | Shanhai bansukingu
Shihomi Etsuko was born in the western city of Okayama in Japan. Her father worked at Japan's Mint responsible for manufacturing money. She has a younger brother. She is athletic since childhood and at junior high school was part of the track and field club. She was second in her prefecture in the ...
33. Angela Mao
Actress | Enter the Dragon
Angela Mao was born as Mao Ching Ying in 1950 as the third of eight children to a family of entertainers for the Peking Opera House. She had a successful career as a Chinesa Opera actress, where her flexibility and martial arts first developed. She was discovered by film producer Raymond Chow who ...
34. Karen Sheperd
Actress | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Karen Sheperd is an American actress with numerous credits in film, television and theatre. Her fascination with acting began in high school where she appeared on stage in various plays. Sheperd Is also a World-Class #1 Champion Martial Artist and is in the Black Belt Hall of Fame, alongside icons ...
35. Kelly Hu
Actress | The Scorpion King
On February 13th, 1968, a girl of Chinese, English, and Hawaiian ancestry was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father, Herbert, was a salesman and her mother, Juanita, worked many odd jobs to help support the family. She has one older brother, Glenn. She is a former Miss Teen USA, and modeled in Japan...
36. Kim Penn
Actress | The Ultimate Warrior
Hailing from Sydney, Australia, she is a former undefeated kumite fighter and 1988 World Karate Champion. She participated in state, national, and international tournaments, receiving the Most Outstanding Competitor Award at the World Karate Championships in Japan. Her martial arts skills also ...
37. Michael Woods
Stunts | Blade II
Michael Woods is known for Blade II (2002), Tiger Cage (1988) and Ballistic Kiss (1998).
38. Bruce Le
Actor | Mie jue qi qi
Bruce Le was born on June 5, 1950 in Taiwan. He is an actor and director, known for Challenge of the Tiger (1980), Zui she xiao zi (1980) and Super Hero (1979).
39. Il-do Jang
Actor | Shen wei san meng long
Il-do Jang is known for The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980), Failan (2001) and The Blazing Ninja (1973).
40. Bruce Li
Actor | Li Xiao Long zhuan qi
Bruce Li is known for Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth (1976), The Chieh Boxing Master (1982) and Fist of Fury III (1979).
41. Bruce Thai
Actor | Shen wei san meng long
Bruce Thai is known for The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980), Three Avengers (1979) and Fearless Hyena 3 (1980).
42. Ryong Keo
Actor | Shen wei san meng long
Ryong Keo was born in 1940 in North Korea. He is an actor and producer, known for The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980), Sahyeong samgeol (1981) and Heukpyo bigaek (1981).
43. Bukenya Charles
Actor | Who Killed Captain Alex?
Bukenya Charles is known for Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010), The Return of Uncle Benon (2011) and Rescue Team (2011).
44. Jim Kelly
Actor | Enter the Dragon
With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s. After appearing in a minor film role, Kelly's second screen effort was as one of the invited guests to the deadly Han's ...
45. Mark Hicks
Stunts | Avengers: Endgame
Mark Hicks is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
46. Sserunya Ernest
Actor | Who Killed Captain Alex?
Sserunya Ernest is known for Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010), Precision: The Child Drug Trafficking (2017) and Bukunja Tekunja Mitti: The Cannibals (2012).
47. Marrese Crump
Actor | Welcome to Sudden Death
Marrese Crump was born on January 4th, 1982 in Lakeland, Florida. Grew up as an athlete,participating in the sports of basketball, football, track and martial arts. He started his training at the age of 7 when his brother introduced him to Master Kim-Jae. Marrese has studied Muay Thai, Capoeira, ...
48. Lateef Crowder
Actor | Tekken
Lateef Crowder was born on November 23, 1977 in San Jose, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Tekken (2010), Wonder Woman (2017) and The Mandalorian (2019). He was previously married to Andressa Vallotti.
49. Carl Scott
Actor | Li Xiao Long zhuan qi
Carl Scott is known for Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth (1976), Shou zhi ao chu (1981) and Soul Brothers of Kung Fu (1977).
50. Monsour Del Rosario
Actor | Dian zi ge men zhan shi
Monsour started his Martial Arts training at the age of 9, which was sadly inspired by being bullied in school. At the same time, he was fascinated by Chinese Kung Fu movies, most especially by Bruce Lee. His first Martial Arts instructor was Joe Lopez-Vito, a Tang Soo Doo/Moo Duk Kwan practitioner...
51. Rob Van Dam
Actor | 3-Headed Shark Attack
He was trained by the Original Sheik, Ed Farhat, who was one of pro-wrestling's classic and greatest bad guys. Even though their styles are quite different (Sheik being a wild hardcore-style brawler, known for throwing fire, cutting his opponent's forehead's up with foreign objects like a pencil, ...
52. Mykel Shannon Jenkins
Actor | Undisputed III: Redemption
Mykel Shannon Jenkins, born in Biloxi, Mississippi to an officer in the U.S. Air Force, called many states home. With his parents and two siblings, the family finally settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, where Mykel graduated from Bonnabel High School and, after that earned a bachelor's degree from ...
53. Ken Kensei
Actor | Letters from Iwo Jima
Ken Kensei (aka Noboru Kataoka) is a world renowned Kendo teacher as well as a competitive Kendo player. He began the study of Kendo from age of 15 in Kochi, Japan.
He moved to USA from Japan when he was 24 years old. And he started to teach Kendo in New York City. He has been a great practitioner ...
54. Hakim Alston
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Hakim Alston is a Kickboxing champion with over 30 years of martial arts experience. He started his training in Tae Kwon Do when he was 10 and has a 4th degree black belt. He also trained in Karate. His skills brought him to be a member of the USA Karate Team from 1984-1990.
After becoming a world ...
55. Ilram Choi
Stunts | Star Trek
Ilram's parents are from Korea. But Ilram himself was born in the U.S. As soon as he learned to walk, he began training in Tae Kwon Do. Besides the regular training, Ilram would learn by imitating the better martial artists and athletes, including his father.
Ilram would soon make his way into ...
56. Martyn Ford
Actor | Final Score
Martyn Ford was born in Staffordshire, England to (Mother Lorraine and Father Stephen. From a young age, Martyn showed natural athletic ability and excelled in many sports and to a professional level. This was the stepping stone to building a successful career in the fitness industry with his work ...
57. Brahim Chab
Stunts | Bang Bang
Brahim Chab was born on May 17, 1984 in Beaumont, France. He is an actor, known for Bang Bang (2014), Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and The Foreigner (2017).
58. Emilien De Falco
Actor | Boyka: Undisputed IV
Emilien is an Action Actor and Martial artist from France now living in Los Angeles, California. He started his career working as a stuntman in the French Action movie "District B13 Ultimatum".After relocating to Los Angeles he has appeared in many U.S TV shows and Independent Movies and recently ...
59. Tim Man
Stunts | Legacy of Lies
Tim Man was born on November 22, 1979 in Sweden. He is an actor, known for Legacy of Lies (2020), Ganapath (2023) and Ong Bak 2 (2008).
60. Velizar Peev
Stunts | The Hitman's Bodyguard
Velizar Peev was born on September 3, 1982. He is an actor, known for The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), The Contract (2006) and Dilwale (2015).
61. Ivan Kostadinov
Stunts | RRR (Rise Roar Revolt)
Ivan Kostadinov is known for RRR (2022), The Last Duel (2021) and The Expendables 2 (2012).
62. Kane Kosugi
Actor | Tekken: A Man Called X
Born in California, he is half Japanese and half Chinese. He began his training in martial arts at the age of one and a half. Since moving to Japan at the age of 18, he has done numerous movies and TV shows becoming one of the nation's most popular and recognizable talents. He has worked with some ...
63. Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Actor | Ip Man
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi is a Japanese actor. Ikeuchi's mother is Salvadoran and his father is Japanese. He is an avid martial artist, notably holding a black belt in judo, and is also a keen fisherman. His is common known played a supporting role as General Miura in Wilson Yip's Ip Man.
64. Jawed Berni
Stunts | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jawed is a stuntman, filmmaker and martial artist.
He's worked with some of the most skilled and experienced talents on multiple movie and TV sets across the world, from Europe to America, via Asia.
He's currently based in N.America where he works in front as well as behind the camera,
65. Silvio Simac
Actor | Transporter 3
Silvio Simac, was born in Croatia. A dedicated martial artist, Silvio trained in Taekwondo and became a world champion during his competitive years. His film career began in 2001 on an episode of Lexx (1996). Silvio's martial arts background served him well for a part in the action film Undisputed ...
66. Alain Moussi
Actor | King of Killers
Alain Moussi is an international action star born on March 29, 1981 in Libreville, Gabon from a Lebanese father, Jean Moussi, and French-Canadian mother, Rita Moussi. Moussi began his martial arts training in the art of jujutsu under Canadian martial arts legend John Therien and also trained in ...
67. Dave Bautista
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
David Michael Bautista, Jr. was born on January 18, 1969 in Washington, D.C., to Donna Raye (Mullins) and David Michael Bautista, a hairdresser. He has Filipino and Greek ancestry.
When WCW officials told him he'd never make it in sports entertainment, Bautista pushed himself to achieve his dream of...
68. Michel Qissi
Actor | Kickboxer
When he was seven years old Michel Qissi began training in boxing. He soon met and befriended a young Jean-Claude Van Varenberg (Jean-Claude Van Damme) who was studying Shotokan Karate, and the two traded techniques in their systems. They grew up together and shared the same love of action films ...
69. Joe Taslim
Actor | Serbuan maut
Johannes Taslim or Joe Taslim (born 23 June 1981) is an Indonesian actor and former Judo athlete of Chinese descent. He became well known in the 2012 action film The Raid: Redemption.
Taslim was born in South Sumatera, Indonesia. He was exposed to martial arts at an early age. His martial arts ...
70. Bolo Yeung
Actor | Bloodsport
Bolo Yeung was born in China. He began his martial arts training at the age of 10. Growing up he took an interest in bodybuilding. Later he became know as Chinese Hercules after becoming Mr. Hong Kong bodybuilding champion. He held the title for ten years. Because of his impressively muscular ...
71. Gina Carano
Actress | The Mandalorian
From pioneering women's MMA to blazing a trail in movies, GINA CARANO is one of Hollywood's most unique rising stars. Carano began her training with Muay Thai to competitive MMA, where she competed in Strikeforce and EliteXC. Her popularity led to her being called the "Face of Women's MMA" and she ...
72. Ronda Rousey
Actress | Fast & Furious 7
Ronda Rousey burst onto the women's MMA scene in August of 2010. Born in Riverside County, California on February 1, 1987 to parents Ron Rousey and AnnMaria DeMars, little Ronda was born with an umbilical cord wrapped around her neck that damaged her vocal cords. She didn't speak coherently until ...
73. Georges St-Pierre
Actor | Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Georges St-Pierre was born on May 19, 1981 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Cartels (2016) and Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016).
74. T.J. Storm
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Born in Indiana, raised in Hawaii, Storm is a world class martial artist who has trained in various styles for over 19 years. Storm holds belts in Arashi-Ryu Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Ninjitsu, Jujitsu and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu.
If you ask three time "Martial Art Masters Hall of Fame" inductee Storm ...
75. Sam Medina
Actor | Venom
You probably have seen Sam in some Blockbuster Films such as Olympus Has Fallen, Venom or Alita Battle Angel. He has been in the industry for more than 18 years, making the mission impossible for Mark Wahlberg in Mile 22. Born in Ho Chi Minh City from a Vietnamese mother and a Honduran/Polynesian ...
76. Art Camacho
Stunts | The Camacho Experiment
Art Camacho is a multi-award-winning independent film Director whose works include the Dermot Mulroney starrer "Ruthless" and the upcoming Tyrese, Harvey Keitel Actioner "The Wrecker". Camacho was the first Latino filmmaker to Direct a Russian Drama in Moscow, Russia "Wild League" and received ...
77. Fabricio Werdum
Actor | Kickboxer: Vengeance
Fabricio Werdum was born on July 30, 1977 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016), Kickboxer: Armageddon and Detetive Madeinusa (2021).
78. Cain Velasquez
Actor | Kickboxer: Vengeance
Cain Velasquez is an American mixed martial artist. He is known in the sports world for his career in the mixed martial arts organization Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, with victories over Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos. By the end of 2017, ...
79. Joe Schilling
Actor | Kickboxer: Vengeance
Joe Schilling is known for Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016), Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023) and Walker (2021).
80. Luke Hawx
Actor | The Fate of the Furious
Oren Hawxhurst is an American professional wrestler, promoter, actor and stuntman best known by his stage name Luke Hawx.
Dubbed the "Southern Stomper", Luke Hawx comes from Cajun Country in New Orleans, LA and made a lot of noise both in that part of the country and around the world as well. Loud, ...
81. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Actor | Game of Thrones
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player.
On 31 January 2015, Björnsson beat a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway, where he carried a 10 m (33 ft) long 650 kg (1,430...
82. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Producer | The Boy
Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American retired professional boxer. Widely considered the greatest boxer of his era, undefeated as a professional, and a five-division world champion, Mayweather won twelve world titles and the lineal championship in four...
83. Floyd Mayweather Sr.
Actor | The Bad Boxer
Floyd Mayweather Sr. was born on October 19, 1952 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Bad Boxer (2022), Mayweather Exprience Documentary (2013) and Undisputed (2023). He has been married to Lois Ann Roberts since February 4, 2018.
84. Wanderlei Silva
Actor | Here Comes the Boom
Wanderlei Silva was born on July 3, 1976 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Here Comes the Boom (2012), Abestalhados 2 (2022) and Detetive Madeinusa (2021).
85. Renato Sobral
Actor | TNA iMPACT! Wrestling
Renato Sobral was born on September 7, 1975 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an actor, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018) and EA Sports MMA (2010).
86. Renzo Gracie
Producer | Once Upon a Time in Brazil
Renzo Gracie is known for Once Upon a Time in Brazil, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Born a Champion (2021).
87. Sasha Mitchell
Actor | Step by Step
Sasha Mitchell is a model, actor, and kick-boxer, who will forever be known for two roles. From 1990 to 1993, he took over for Jean-Claude Van Damme in the Kickboxer series, ending it with the fourth installment, Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994). A black belt in tae kwon do, Sasha was once an ...
88. Marko Zaror
Actor | John Wick: Chapter 4
Marko Zaror is a Chilean martial arts action star and fight choreographer, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. His career began as a young boy with a passion for martial arts and fighting, his mother, a Black belt in Karate took him to the gym when he was just a baby. Inspired by Bruce ...
89. Matthias Hues
Actor | Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Matthias Hues was born on Valentine's Day in Waltrop, Germany, to the late Dr. Josef Hues and Maria Humperdinck Hues who still resides in Germany. Maria is the niece of Engelbert Humperdinck, composer of the opera Hansel and Gretel.
Matthias was very involved in sports from an early age on. By the ...
90. Gene LeBell
Actor | Rush Hour
"Judo" Gene LeBell the "Godfather of Grappling" was both a renowned ex-world champion in both wrestling/judo, and one of Hollywood's busiest stuntmen. He is highly respected by many martial artists all over the world, and considered a groundbreaker in many aspects of the art of grappling.
Gene ...
91. Dennis Alexio
Actor | Kickboxer
Dennis "The Terminator" Alexio is considered to be one of, if not the, greatest heavyweight kick boxing champion in the sport's history. His record is an outstanding 70-2, with 65 wins by way of knockout. Alexio developed a strong friendship with Jean-Claude Van Damme and the two made the highly ...
92. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa got his first big break as an actor when he was cast in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor (1987). A US Army brat, he was born in Tokyo and lived in various cities while growing up. His father was in the army, stationed at Ft. Bragg (NC), Ft. Polk (LA) and Ft. Hood (TX). His...
93. Marco Ruas
Actor | The Eliminator
Marco Ruas was born on January 23, 1961 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an actor, known for The Eliminator (2004), Kickboxer 3: The Art of War (1992) and Where Are They Now? (2016).
94. Donald Gibb
Actor | Revenge of the Nerds
Massive (6' 4"), muscular behemoth Donald Richard Gibb was born on August 4, 1954, in New York City, New York and raised in California. He attended the University of New Mexico on a basketball scholarship, then transferred to the University of San Diego, where he played football and was a member of...
95. Hiroyuki Sanada
Actor | Tasogare Seibei
Hiroyuki Sanada was born on October 12, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Rokyoku komori-uta (1965) (Shin'ichi Chiba played the lead role.) His father died when he was 11. He joined Japan Action Club, organized & run by Sonny Chiba, when he was 12. He 1st became famous as an ...
96. Keanu Reeves
Actor | The Matrix
Keanu Charles Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the son of Patric Reeves, a showgirl and costume designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. Keanu's father was born in Hawaii, of British, Portuguese...
97. Chad Stahelski
Producer | John Wick: Chapter 4
He came from a kick-boxing background; he entered the film field as a stunt performer at the age of 24. Before that, he worked as an instructor at the Inosanto Martial Arts Academy in California, teaching Jeet Kune Do/Jun Fan. After doing numerous roles in low budget martial art movies like Mission...
98. Ron Hall
Stunts | The Quest
Ron Hall is known for The Quest (1996), Vampire Assassin (2005) and Orgazmo (1997).
99. Earl White
Actor | Nemesis 2: Nebula
Earl White is known for Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995), Bloodsport 2 (1996) and Corrupt (1999).
100. Gokor Chivichyan
Stunts | The Kingdom
Gokor grew up on the streets as an aggressive child beating up others. When Gokor was 5 years old a studio owner invited Gokor to train at his place in wrestling, and Gokor turned out to be a natural. Within one year, Gokor would begin training in SamBo for at least 4 hours a day.
In 1971 Gokor ...
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