Jon Foo (born 30 October 1982) is a British actor of Irish Singaporean descent. He is known for his work on the CBS drama/sitcom Rush Hour and the cyber/apocalyptic action film Tekken.

Early life

British Actor Jon Foo is of Irish Singaporean descent. He is known for his work on the CBS drama/sitcom Rush Hour and the cyber/apocalyptic action film Tekken. Jon began his career working as an acrobat for a variety of circus acts, shows and idents. He then moved to Hong Kong and Thailand where he booked some of his first movie roles in a crash course on action cinema. Credits include House of Fury, Tom-Yum-Goong, Rebirth, Extraction, Vikingdom, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, the Rush Hour television series, Weaponized, and Last Resort.[1]

Career

Being a practitioner of wushu, Foo 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 Ref
2004 Life, Translated Brian
10,000 Cigarettes Himself Documentary
2005 Left for Dead Street Fighter No.3
Tom-Yum-Goong Wushu Fighter (as Jonathan Patrick Foo) / stunt performer
Batman Begins League of Shadows member (uncredited) / stunt performer
House of Fury John (as Jonathan Foo) / stunt performer (uncredited)
The Myth Extra (uncredited) / stunt performer (uncredited)
2009 Jagoan Bouginville Yosia Si Reman Marsud
Tekken Jin Kazama / stunt performer
Fireball
2010 Universal Soldier: Regeneration Vladimir
Street Fighter: Legacy Ryu [5]
Fireball Begins
2012 Bangkok Revenge Manit
2013 Olympus Has Fallen Stunt performer
Vikingdom Yang
The Chrysanthemum Throne Taki
Extraction Mercy Callo
2014 Duality Danny
2016 WEAPONiZED Victor
Rush Hour Detective Jonathan Lee TV series – main cast
2019 The Outsider Jing Phang
2023 Last Resort Michael
TBA Awakened Dreams Dagar Post production

References

  1. ^ "Jon Foo: The Tekken star is a funny guy". The Philippine STAR. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Jon Foo To Play Detective Lee In 'Rush Hour' CBS Pilot". Deadline. 3 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Rush Hour's Jon Foo Gets 'As Close to the Danger as Possible' as He Follows in Jackie Chan's Footsteps". People. 31 March 2016.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (3 March 2015). "Jon Foo To Play Detective Lee In 'Rush Hour' CBS Pilot". Deadline.
  5. ^ Mike Fahey (4 May 2010). "This Could Be The Best Street Fighter Film Ever Created".
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