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Jonathan Patrick Foo (born 30 October 1982) is a Singaporean–English actor and martial artist.

Jon Foo
Born	Jonathan Patrick Foo (1982-10-30) 30 October 1982 (age 40) London, UK
Occupation	Actor, martial artist
Years active	2004–present
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)

Early life

Foo was born in London to a Chinese Singaporean father and an Irish-English mother. He has a younger sister and two half-sisters on his father's side. His family constantly moved. Inspired by his father's interest in karate and mother's interest in judo, he began training in kung fu. Foo now trains in mixed styles. He went from performing at festivals with the London Chinese Acrobats (Gangs of New York) to signing with one of the biggest film companies in Asia.[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 2009 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[2] in the television adaptation of Rush Hour[3] (the role played by Jackie Chan in the film series).[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Life, Translated	Brian
2004	10,000 Cigarettes	Himself	Documentary
2005	Left for Dead	Street Fighter No.3
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
2009	Tekken	Jin Kazama / stunt performer
2009	Fireball
2010	Universal Soldier: Regeneration	Vladimir
2010	Street Fighter: Legacy	Ryu[5]
2010	Fireball Begins
2012	Bangkok Revenge	Manit
2013	Olympus Has Fallen	Stunt performer
2013	Vikingdom	Yang
2013	The Chrysanthemum Throne	Taki
2013	Extraction	Mercy Callo
2014	Duality	Danny
2016	WEAPONiZED	Victor
2016	Rush Hour	Detective Jonathan Lee	TV series – main cast
2019	The Outsider	Jing Phang

References

External links

• Official website
• Jon Foo at IMDb

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Jon Foo (* 30. Oktober 1982 in London[1] als Jonathan Patrick Foo) ist ein englischer Schauspieler, Kampfkünstler und Stuntman chinesisch-irischer Herkunft.

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