Philip Tan
Born: 1960-01-01 in Singapore
Known For: 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
Filmography
2025
- Absolute Dominion ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2023
- Phoenix as Bolt
2022
- Bullet Train ... (Stunts)
- The Commando ... (Second Unit Director)
- Trail Blazers as Toki
2018
- 6-Headed Shark Attack ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Gravity of Love as Top
2017
- S.W.A.T. as TSA Agent Kurata
- Teleios as Crewman Dang
- Empire of the Sharks as Thelonious
2014
- Transformers: Age of Extinction ... (Stunts)
- Free Fall ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2013
- Olympus Has Fallen as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)
2011
- Workaholics as Alan
2010
- Inception ... (Stunts)
- Raising Hope as Floyd
2009
- The Hangover ... (Stunt Double)
- Crank: High Voltage ... (Stunts)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ... (Stunts)
- The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard ... (Stunt Double)
2007
- Californication as Kim
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ... (Stunts)
- Disturbia ... (Stunts)
2006
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ... (Stunts)
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ... (Stunts)
2005
- 7 Seconds ... (Stunts)
- No Rules as Hino
- Confessions of an Action Star as Bruce Rhee
2004
- Wake of Death as Han
2003
- Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision as Chinese Waiter
2002
- Minority Report ... (Stunts)
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist as Grilled Face Fighter
2001
- Pearl Harbor ... (Stunts)
- Planet of the Apes as 2nd Ape Teenager / Gossiping Male Ape
- Extreme Honor as Chinese Businessman
- Alias as Taiwanese Security Officer
2000
- Big Momma's House as Kang
- Chain of Command as Wu
1999
- The Breaks as Asian Driver
- Wild Wild West ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Sugar Town as Karate Instructor
- Bangkok - Ein Mädchen verschwindet
1998
- Charmed as Tony Wong Gang Member (uncredited)
- Perfect Assassins as Sensei Assassin
- The Assault as Patch
- Lethal Weapon 4 as Waiter
- The Pass ... (Stunts)
- Two of a Kind as Sensei
1997
- City of Industry as Jimmie
1996
- Bloodsport II as John
1994
- Deadly Target as Han
1993
- seaQuest DSV as Commando
- Demolition Man ... (Stunts)
- The Three Musketeers as Parker
- Surf Ninjas as Captain Ming
- Hot Shots! Part Deux ... (Stunts)
- National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 ... (Stunts)
- The Criminal Mind as Wing
1992
- Batman Returns ... (Stunts)
- Mission of Justice as Drug Dealer #2
1991
- Showdown in Little Tokyo as Tanaka
- The Perfect Weapon as Desk Guard
1990
- Martial Law as Wu Han
- China Cry as Colonel Cheng
1989
- Family Matters as Snap's Gang Member
- Batman as Goon
- Tango & Cash as Chinese Gunman
1987
- Up Line as N'Yung Ki
- Grand Larceny as Shomin
1986
- Shanghai Surprise as Ship's Officer
1985
- Transmutations as Tung
- Return to Oz as Wheeler
1984
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Chief Henchman
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Primate
- Charlie as 1st Yacht Crewman
1983
- Privates on Parade as Lee
1980
- The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu as Dacoit