Tony Jaa
Panom Yeerum was born on February 5, 1976, in the northeastern province of Surin, Thailand. His parents were elephant herders. Panom watched martial arts films as a young kid and began to emulate some of his idols, from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan to Jet Li. After seeing the Thai action film Kerd ma lui (2004) ("Born to Fight"), Panom met and studied martial arts and stunt work as a teen under the director of that film, Panna Rittikrai. Panom went to university where he studied a variety of martial arts, from tae kwondo to judo. It was not long before Panom would get work, doubling for Robin Shou and James Remar in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), and when his demo reel was seen by director Prachya Pinkaew, the film Ong-bak (2003) was created for Panom, who is now going by the name of Tony Jaa in hopes of bringing his style of action to international audiences.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Fortress 3 as Kang
- 2023 · Expend4bles as Decha
- 2021 · Detective Chinatown 3 as Jack Jaa
- 2020 · Monster Hunter as The Hunter
- 2020 · Jiu Jitsu as Kueng
- 2020 · The Art of Action as Self
- 2020 · Detective Chinatown as Jack Jaa(杰克贾)
- 2019 · Triple Threat as Payu
- 2018 · Master Z: Ip Man Legacy as Sadi the Warrior
- 2017 · Guardians of Martial Arts as Master Jaa
- 2017 · Paradox as Tak
- 2017 · xXx: Return of Xander Cage as Talon
- 2016 · Never Back Down: No Surrender as Tony Jaa
- 2015 · SPL 2: A Time for Consequences as Chatchai
- 2015 · Furious 7 as Kiet
- 2014 · Skin Trade as Tony Vitayakul
- 2013 · The Protector 2 as Kham
- 2010 · Ong Bak 3 as Tien
- 2008 · Ong Bak 2 as Tien
- 2007 · The Bodyguard 2 as Elephant Vendor
- 2005 · The Road to Glory: The Making of Ong-Bak as
- 2005 · The Protector as Kham
- 2005 · Crying Tiger as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Bodyguard as Supermarket Fighter
- 2003 · Ong-Bak as Ting
- 1997 · Puta khatha thalom khon as
- 1996 · Mission Hunter II as
- 1996 · Hard Gun as Ting
- 1994 · The Rowdy Bunch as
- 1994 · Spirited Killer as
- 1992 · Siamese Lion as
- 2024 · Nonstop as
- 2024 · Nonstop as