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
Filmography
all 68
Movies 63
TV Shows 5
Producer 1
Trail Blazers (2022)
Bullet Train (2022)
The Commando (2022)
6-Headed Shark Attack (2018)
Empire of the Sharks (2017)
Teleios (2017)
Awaken (2015)
Lift (2015)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Safe (2012)
The Hangover (2009)
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Californication (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Disturbia (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Confessions of an Action Star (2005)
No Rules (2005)
Wake of Death (2004)
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision (2003)
Minority Report (2002)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Chain of Command (2000)
Big Momma's House (2000)
Sugar Town (1999)
Bangkok - Ein Mädchen verschwindet (1999)
The Breaks (1999)
Perfect Assassins (1998)
The Assault (1998)
Charmed (1998)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
City of Industry (1997)
Bloodsport II (1996)
Congo (1995)
Sliders (1995)
Deadly Target (1994)
The Three Musketeers (1993)
The Criminal Mind (1993)
Demolition Man (1993)
seaQuest DSV (1993)
Surf Ninjas (1993)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Mission of Justice (1992)
Batman Returns (1992)
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
China Cry (1990)
Martial Law (1990)
Tango & Cash (1989)
Family Matters (1989)
Batman (1989)
Vroom (1988)
Soursweet (1988)
Up Line (1987)
Grand Larceny (1987)
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Underworld (1985)
Return to Oz (1985)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Privates on Parade (1983)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
Absolute Dominion
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1960-01-01 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceSingapore, Singapore
ChildrenLewis Tan
CitizenshipsSingapore, United Kingdom
Also Known AsPhilip Tann, Phillip Tan, Phil Tan
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