Jon Foo

Jon Foo
Born	Jonathan Patrick Foo (1982-10-30) 30 October 1982 (age 42) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

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".

External links

• Official website
• Jon Foo at IMDb