Website [1] Years active 2004–present Name Jon Foo | Height 5'8" (173 cm) Role Actor Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Martial art Wushu | |
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Full Name Jonathan Patrick Foo Movies Tekken, Rebirth, The Protector, Extraction, Vikingdom Similar People Kelly Overton, Dwight H Little, Cary‑Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ian Anthony Dale, Jean‑Marc Mineo | ||
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Jon Foo (born Jonathan Patrick Foo, 30 October 1982) is an English actor, martial artist, fine artist, digital designer, and stuntman of mixed Chinese and Irish descent.
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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.
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).