Philip Tan
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
Acting
Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
as Chief Henchman
1984
Movie
Batman
as Goon
1989
Movie
Olympus Has Fallen
as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)
2013
Movie
Planet of the Apes
as 2nd Ape Teenager / Gossiping Male Ape
2001
Movie
Lethal Weapon 4
as Waiter
1998
Movie
Safe
as Underground Casino Patron (uncredited)
2012
Movie
Big Momma's House
as Kang
2000
Movie
Tango & Cash
as Chinese Gunman
1989
TV
S.W.A.T.
as TSA Agent Kurata
2017
TV
Californication
as Kim
2007
Movie
Return to Oz
as Wheeler
1985
Movie
The Three Musketeers
as Parker
1993
Movie
Congo
as Gorilla
1995
Movie
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
as Grilled Face Fighter
2002
TV
Alias
as Taiwanese Security Officer
2001
Movie
Showdown in Little Tokyo
as Tanaka
1991
Movie
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Primate
1984
TV
Sliders
as Asian Man
1995
TV
Family Matters
as Snap's Gang Member
1989
TV
Raising Hope
as Floyd
2010
TV
Workaholics
as Alan
2011
Movie
Wake of Death
as Han
2004
TV
seaQuest DSV
as Commando
1993
Movie
Surf Ninjas
as Captain Ming
1993
Crew
Movie
Inception
Stunts
2010
Movie
The Hangover
Stunts
2009
Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Stunts
2006
Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Stunts
2007
Movie
Minority Report
Stunts
2002
Movie
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Stunts
2009
Movie
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Stunts
2014
Movie
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Stunts
2006
Movie
Bullet Train
Stunts
2022
Movie
Batman Returns
Stunts
1992
Movie
Pearl Harbor
Stunts
2001
Movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Stunts
2003