Philip Tan
Acting
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
Born: January 1, 1960
Place of Birth: Singapore
Known For
Filmography
as Bolt
as Toki
as Top
as TSA Agent Kurata
as Thelonious
as Crewman Dang
as Todd
as Mystical Man
as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)
as Underground Casino Patron (uncredited)
as Alan
as Floyd
as Kim
as Bruce Rhee
as Hino
as Han
as Chinese Waiter
as Grilled Face Fighter
as Taiwanese Security Officer
as 2nd Ape Teenager / Gossiping Male Ape
as Chinese Businessman
as Wu
as Kang
as Karate Instructor
as Asian Driver
as Sensei Assassin
as Patch
as Tony Wong Gang Member (uncredited)
as Sensei
as Waiter
as Jimmie
as John
as Gorilla
as Asian Man
as Han
as Parker
as Wing
as Commando
as Captain Ming
as Drug Dealer #2
as Tanaka
as Desk Guard
as Colonel Cheng
as Wu Han
as Chinese Gunman
as Snap's Gang Member
as Goon
as Shane
as Jackie Fung
as N'Yung Ki
as Shomin
as Ship's Officer
as Tung
as Wheeler
as Chief Henchman
as 1st Yacht Crewman
as Lee
as Dacoit