Tony Jaa

Tony Jaa

Born: February 5, 1976
in Surin, Thailand
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. 

Movies for Tony Jaa...

Expend4bles
Title: Expend4bles
Character: Decha
Released: September 15, 2023
Type: Movie
Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning.
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Detective Chinatown 3
Title: Detective Chinatown 3
Character: Jack Jaa
Released: February 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Following the excitement of first Bangkok and then New York, a big murder case takes place in Tokyo. Chinatown master detectives Tangren and Qinfeng are invited to take up the mystery. Adding to the excitement are the other detectives on the CRIMASTER international detective list as well as the current top rank, Q. Yet another hilarious battle of wits is set to take place...
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Monster Hunter
Title: Monster Hunter
Character: The Hunter
Released: December 3, 2020
Type: Movie
A portal transports Cpt. Artemis and an elite unit of soldiers to a strange world where powerful monsters rule with deadly ferocity. Faced with relentless danger, the team encounters a mysterious hunter who may be their only hope to find a way home.
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Jiu Jitsu
Title: Jiu Jitsu
Character: Kueng
Released: November 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, the fate of the planet and mankind hangs in the balance.
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Title: The Art of Action
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2020
Type: TV
International action star Scott Adkins talks with some of the world's most renowned names in the action and martial arts film industry to discover what it takes to make good action movies and how to film fights.
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Title: Detective Chinatown
Character: Jack Jaa(杰克贾)
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: TV
Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
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Title: Detective Chinatown
Character: 杰克贾
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: TV
Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
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Triple Threat
Title: Triple Threat
Character: Payu
Released: March 19, 2019
Type: Movie
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from reaching their target.
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Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Title: Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Character: Sadi the Warrior
Released: December 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it's not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad leaders draw him once again to the fight.
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Guardians of Martial Arts
Title: Guardians of Martial Arts
Character: Master Jaa
Released: November 11, 2017
Type: Movie
One day, Master Ma is walking down the street, suddenly he sees the words "Huashan Sect" (华山派) hiding between the green grass. He closes his eyes and hence the duel with different martial arts masters begins.
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Paradox
Title: Paradox
Character: Tak
Released: August 25, 2017
Type: Movie
When a Hong Kong police negotiator is informed about the sudden disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter in Thailand, he travels there to search for her whereabouts.
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xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Title: xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Character: Talon
Released: January 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.
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Never Back Down: No Surrender
Title: Never Back Down: No Surrender
Character: Tony Jaa
Released: June 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again.
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SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
Title: SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
Character: Chatchai
Released: June 18, 2015
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong cop named Kit busts a major gangster only to find his cover blown and his main witness gone. The gangster, in retaliation, has him kidnapped and put in a Thai jail with a false criminal identity. Lowly prison guard Chai, with his extraordinary fighting skills, guards Kit and prevents his escape. The prison guard’s daughter suffers from a rare form of leukemia and Kit is the only donor who can save her. The prison guard discovers Kit’s real identity and helps him to escape in return for his agreeing to save his daughter. Together, Kit and Chai must face and take down the gangster and his minions.
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Furious 7
Title: Furious 7
Character: Kiet
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
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Skin Trade
Title: Skin Trade
Character: Tony Vitayakul
Released: November 7, 2014
Type: Movie
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
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The Protector 2
Title: The Protector 2
Character: Kham
Released: October 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for someone as good in martial arts as him, peace is but a wishful thought.
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Ong Bak 3
Title: Ong Bak 3
Character: Tien
Released: May 5, 2010
Type: Movie
Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel.
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Ong Bak 2
Title: Ong Bak 2
Character: Tien
Released: December 4, 2008
Type: Movie
Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the vicious slave traders who enslaved him as a youth and the treacherous warlord who killed his father.
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The Bodyguard 2
Title: The Bodyguard 2
Character: Elephant Vendor
Released: March 8, 2007
Type: Movie
The best agent of Vieng, the country near the boundary of Thailand received the important mission that he had to catch two armed dealers who could be the dangerous for his country.
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The Road to Glory: The Making of Ong-Bak
Title: The Road to Glory: The Making of Ong-Bak
Released: September 19, 2005
Type: Movie
A fascinating 8-part ""Making Of"" documentary that will take you behind-the-scenes of each of the movie's groundbreaking action-sequences.
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The Protector
Title: The Protector
Character: Kham
Released: August 11, 2005
Type: Movie
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
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Crying Tiger
Title: Crying Tiger
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Crying Tiger is a documentary film presented in the format. reality show Follow up with filming stories about the lives of 5 provincial people who had to leave their hometowns to become local laborers in Bangkok.
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The Bodyguard
Title: The Bodyguard
Character: Supermarket Fighter
Released: January 21, 2004
Type: Movie
A professional bodyguard who failed to protect his Choti, most successful businessman, is fired by his employer's son. The son inherits his fathers company but is then targets by assassins who want to gain control of the estate. He is forced to hide out in the slums where a kind family looks after him and sparks up a relationship with their tomboy daughter.
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Ong-Bak
Title: Ong-Bak
Character: Ting
Released: January 21, 2003
Type: Movie
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
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Puta khatha thalom khon
Title: Puta khatha thalom khon
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Early Thai action film from Panna Rittikrai.
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Mission Hunter II
Title: Mission Hunter II
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Tony Jaa is the leader of the Panter Squad - a group of martial arts madmen employed by a notorious General and Cartel kingpin on the border of Thailand and The Golden Triangle. They have kidnapped a noted Explorer who has been searching for an ancient priceless artefact that the General is desperate to find and profit from. A team of ruthless mercenaries leads a crack team to free the Explorer, crush the General and deadly Panther squad. But before doing so they must overcome the fearsome Black Goblins and the crazed Kung Fu Zombies.
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Hard Gun
Title: Hard Gun
Character: Ting
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Panna and Tony play members of a desperate gang of thieves who are forced into hiding after a robbery goes wrong; when the police launch a raid on their hide-out, the pair are forced to make a bid for freedom, and in the ensuing battle, Panna's 'brother' is shot and killed. Narrowly escaping the clutches of the law themselves, the duo plan to take revenge on Pitak, the cop who fired the fatal bullet.
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The Rowdy Bunch
Title: The Rowdy Bunch
Released: March 26, 1994
Type: Movie
A mysterious clan of assassins versed in traditional techniques of Muay Thai Boxing took control of the empire of Siam. Enslaved and humiliated, the people must rebel to preserve their freedom. A war with bare hands is preparing for peace. Freedom after their fists, certain death after the battle: only the mystical power of Muay Thai warriors will ensure their victory!
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Spirited Killer
Title: Spirited Killer
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A group of travelers visiting the exotic forests of Thailand is suddenly attacked by a multi-weapon wielding maniac. Some manage to escape, others perish under his merciless blows. The maniac is the Spirited Killer, a forest dweller who kills anyone who steps into his jungle.
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Siamese Lion
Title: Siamese Lion
Released: May 17, 1992
Type: Movie
An early '90s Panna Rittikrai action film featuring an early appearance from Tony Jaa.
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Title: Detective Chinatown 2
Character: 杰克贾
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A series of bizarre cases have re-emerged overseas. With Tang Ren's senior disciple Lin Mo, the genius hacker Kiko, and many new detectives and characters making their appearances one after another! In the pursuit of truth, the veteran detectives once again gather to stir up the storm in Chinatown! The suspenseful story combines a humorous style with profound meaning, presenting a new wave of detective works.
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Nonstop
Title: Nonstop
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Franchise where Asian martial art actors Iko Uwais, Madong-seok, Tony Jaa and Jet Li – get together in one movie
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Nonstop
Title: Nonstop
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
"I’m getting ready for something called ‘Non Stop,’ which is an actual franchise where Asian martial art actors (‘The Raid’ star) Iko Uwais, (‘Ong Bak’ star Tony Jaa) and Jet Li – get together in one movie." - Don Lee, Instagram