Philip Tan
Acting
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
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
as Chief Henchman
Age 23 (now 65)
Timecop: The Berlin Decision
as Chinese Waiter
Age 43 (now 65)
Planet of the Apes
as 2nd Ape Teenager / Gossiping Male Ape
Age 41 (now 65)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Stunts
Age 48 (now 65)
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Stunt Double
Age 48 (now 65)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Stunts
Age 46 (now 65)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Stunts
Age 45 (now 65)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Stunts
Age 45 (now 65)
Timecop: The Berlin Decision
as Chinese Waiter
Age 43 (now 65)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Stunts
Age 42 (now 65)
Planet of the Apes
as 2nd Ape Teenager / Gossiping Male Ape
Age 41 (now 65)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Stunts
Age 32 (now 65)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
as Chief Henchman
Age 23 (now 65)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Primate
Age 23 (now 65)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Dacoit
Age 20 (now 65)
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Also Known As
Philip Tann, Phillip Tan, Phil Tan
IMDB
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