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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-01-01 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Singapore

Philip Tan

Biography:

Phil Tan was born in Singapore where he spent his childhood and then at the age of five moved to the UK. Phil started off his athletic career as a gymnast where he became the British Youth Tumbling champion and a member of the British squad for many years. Years later after getting into martial arts, Phil also became the Men's British Tae Kwon do Champion. 

Phil's first break in film, was as an actor and fight choreographer in a film called Le complot diabolique du docteur Fu Manchu

 (1980) with Peter Sellers. Afer that came a year on Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan (1984), also as an actor and trainer forChristopher Lambert. Phil was then contacted by Steven Spielberg and Robert Watts to train the pricipal actor 'Jonathan Ke Quanin' for Indiana Jones et le temple maudit(1984).

He was then invited to become a member of The British Stunt Register in 1986. That was the start of Phil's stunt career. Now Philip Tan lives in LA and works as a 2nd Unit Director, stunt and fight co-ordinator on some of Hollywoods bigget movies.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Philip Tan

Known For

Acting

2023

Phoenix as Bolt

2022

2017

Teleios as Crewman Dang
Empire of the Sharks as Thelonious
S.W.A.T. as TSA Agent Kurata

2015

Lift as Mystical Man
Awaken as Todd

2013

Olympus Has Fallen as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)

2012

Safe as Underground Casino Patron (uncredited)

2010

Raising Hope as Floyd

2007

2005

2004

2003

2002

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist as Grilled Face Fighter

2001

Planet of the Apes as 2nd Ape Teenager / Gossiping Male Ape
Extreme Honor as Chinese Businessman

2000

1999

Sugar Town as Karate Instructor
The Breaks as Asian Driver

1998

Perfect Assassins as Sensei Assassin
The Assault as Patch
Lethal Weapon 4 as Waiter
Charmed as Tony Wong Gang Member (uncredited)
Two of a Kind as Sensei

1997

1996

1995

Congo as Gorilla
Sliders as Asian Man

1994

1993

Surf Ninjas as Captain Ming
seaQuest DSV as Commando

1992

Mission of Justice as Drug Dealer #2

1991

1990

Martial Law as Wu Han
China Cry as Colonel Cheng

1989

Tango & Cash as Chinese Gunman
Batman as Goon
Family Matters as Snap's Gang Member

1988

Vroom as Shane
Soursweet as Jackie Fung

1987

Grand Larceny as Shomin
Up Line as N'Yung Ki

1986

Shanghai Surprise as Ship's Officer

1985

Return to Oz as Wheeler

1984

1983

1980

Crew

2022

Bullet Train as Stunts
The Commando as Stunt Coordinator
Trail Blazers as Stunt Coordinator

2018

6-Headed Shark Attack as Stunt Coordinator

2015

Awaken as Stunt Coordinator

2014

Free Fall as Stunt Coordinator

2012

Red Dawn as Stunts

2010

Inception as Stunts

2005

7 Seconds as Stunts

2002

Minority Report as Stunts

2001

Pearl Harbor as Stunts

1999

Wild Wild West as Stunt Coordinator

1998

The Pass as Stunts

1992

Batman Returns as Stunts

1990

Martial Law as Stunt Coordinator

1988

Willow as Stunts

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Absolute Dominion as Stunt Coordinator

Production

2022

The Commando as Producer

Directing

2022

The Commando as Second Unit Director