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Uwais Qorny (pronounced [uˈwaɪh ˈkorni]), [1] known professionally as Iko Uwais, is an Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and martial artist. [2] [3] He is best known for acting in the action films Merantau (2009), The Raid (2011), The Raid 2 (2014), Headshot (2016), Mile 22 (2018), The Night Comes for Us (2018), Stuber (2019), and the Netflix series Wu Assassins (2019–22).
Jaa's films captured the attention of his hero, Jackie Chan, who asked director Brett Ratner to cast Jaa in Rush Hour 3. "I gave the director videos of Jaa because I think he is the most well-rounded of all action stars," Chan told the Associated Press. [36] "The director liked him a lot," Chan said. [36]
Triple Threat is a 2019 action thriller film directed by Jesse V. Johnson from a story and screenplay by Joey O'Bryan & Paul Staheli and Dwayne Smith. The film stars Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais and Tiger Chen, alongside Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michael Bisping, Celina Jade and Yanin Vismitananda. [1]
Tom-Yum-Goong (Thai: ต้มยำกุ้ง, IPA: [tôm jam kûŋ]) is a 2005 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew and stars Tony Jaa in the lead role. Pinkaew also directed Jaa's prior breakout film Ong-Bak. As with Ong-Bak, the fights were choreographed by Jaa and his mentor Panna Rittikrai.
Ong-Bak proved to be Jaa's breakout film, with the actor hailed internationally as the next major martial arts star. Jaa went on to star in Tom-Yum-Goong (called The Protector in the US and Warrior King in UK) and directed and starred in two prequels of Ong-Bak titled Ong-Bak 2 and Ong-Bak 3.
Expend4bles (also known as The Expendables 4) is a 2023 American action comedy film [4] and the fourth installment in The Expendables franchise.The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Randy Couture and Andy Garcia.
Ong Bak 3: Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai: Tony Jaa, Primrata Det-Udom, Dan Chupong: Thailand [44] [45] Operation: Endgame: Fouad Mikati: Joe Anderson, Ellen Barkin, Ving Rhames: United States: Action comedy [46] The Other Guys: Adam McKay: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson: United States [47] Piranha 3D: Alexandre Aja: Elisabeth Shue ...
Filming for Paradox began in Bangkok on 29 October 2016, where a filming commencement ceremony was held which was attended by producers Cheang Pou-soi and Paco Wong, director Wilson Yip, action director Sammo Hung and cast members Louis Koo, Gordon Lam, Tony Jaa, Wu Yue, Chris Collins and Ken Lo.