Philip Tan
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
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Movies (43)
Absolute Dominion
Stunt Coordinator (Crew)
2025
Phoenix
as Bolt
2023
Trail Blazers
as Toki
2022
Bullet Train
Stunts (Crew)
2022
The Commando
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2022
Gravity of Love
as Top
2018
6-Headed Shark Attack
Stunt Coordinator (Crew)
2018
Empire of the Sharks
as Thelonious
2017
Teleios
as Crewman Dang
2017
Awaken
as Todd
2015
Lift
as Mystical Man
2015
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Stunts (Crew)
2014
Free Fall
Stunt Coordinator (Crew)
2014
Olympus Has Fallen
as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)
2013
Safe
as Underground Casino Patron (uncredited)
2012
Red Dawn
Stunts (Crew)
2012
Inception
Stunts (Crew)
2010
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Stunts (Crew)
2009
The Hangover
Stunt Double (Crew)
2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Stunt Double (Crew)
2009
Crank: High Voltage
Stunts (Crew)
2009
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Stunts (Crew)
2007
Disturbia
Stunts (Crew)
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Stunts (Crew)
2006
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Stunts (Crew)
2006
7 Seconds
Stunts (Crew)
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
as Bruce Rhee
2005
No Rules
as Hino
2005
Wake of Death
as Han
2004
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
as Chinese Waiter
2003
Minority Report
Stunts (Crew)
2002
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
as Grilled Face Fighter
2002
Planet of the Apes
as 2nd Ape Teenager / Gossiping Male Ape
2001
Extreme Honor
as Chinese Businessman
2001
Pearl Harbor
Stunts (Crew)
2001
Chain of Command
as Wu
2000
Big Momma's House
as Kang
2000
Sugar Town
as Karate Instructor
1999
Wild Wild West
Stunt Coordinator (Crew)
1999
Bangkok - Ein Mädchen verschwindet
1999
The Breaks
as Asian Driver
1999
Perfect Assassins
as Sensei Assassin
1998
The Assault
as Patch
1998
