" 'John Wick 4': Scott Adkins In Talks To Join Keanu Reeves In Next Installment". " 'Kickboxer' Reboot Adds Scott Adkins, Tony Jaa". Post-production Direct-to-video A sequel to One Shotĭenotes films that have not yet been released The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloudĭirect-to-video a sequel to Accident Man Īlso producer, screenwriter and fight choreographer
Voiced by Jordan Chan in the Cantonese dub versionĭirect-to-video also producer and screenwriterĭirect-to-video a sequel to The Debt Collector In 2022, he starred in Day Shift with Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco, and appeared in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves in 2023. According to Adkins, Yen personally requested him to star in the film. In 2012, he was cast to star in Métal Hurlant Chronicles, a television adaptation of the popular French comic book Metal Hurlant.Īdkins was reunited with action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping in 2019 when he starred alongside Donnie Yen in Ip Man 4: The Finale as the main antagonist Barton Geddes, a Marine gunnery sergeant. Adkins appears in the role of King Amphitryon in The Legend of Hercules. He shared the role of Weapon XI with Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). After this Scott had guest starring roles in bigger budget films like The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Tournament (2009), and played Jean-Claude Van Damme's main adversary in Sony Pictures The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008). It was this film that broke him into the mainstream with his villainous portrayal of the Russian MMA underground fighter Boyka. Starring roles in feature films soon followed with his portrayal of Talbot in Special Forces (2003) and Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006). He appeared in a few episodes in BBC's EastEnders (2003) and City Central (1999), and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama Mile High (2003) followed by a regular role in BBC's Holby City (2006) as Bradley Hume, the assistant general manager of Holby General. Acting roles soon started to come in and he was offered a guest role in the BBC's Doctors (2000) filmed at Birmingham's Pebble Mill. He had the opportunity to work with some of Hong Kong cinema's leading action directors including Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan.
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He was spotted by Head of the Hong Kong Stuntmen Association and director Wei Tung and British-born Hong Kong movie expert Bey Logan, and found himself in the East for the first time. He secured a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called Dei Seung Chui Keung (2001) (aka Extreme Challenge). He has also gained experience in Ninjutsu, Krav Maga, Karate, Wushu, Aikido, Jujutsu, MMA, Capoeira and Gymnastics. He ran classes at the Fitness First at Bearwood, Smethwick once a week.
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Since the age of 16, Scott also started to practice Kickboxing with Anthony Jones, eventually becoming a kickboxing instructor for the Professional Karate Association. That same year, he began to practice Taekwondo. After being robbed at age 13, his interest in martial arts grew even more. He first became interested in martial arts at the age of ten, when he visited a local Judo club with his father and older brother. Scott Edward Adkins was born in Sutton Coldfield, a town within Birmingham, England into a family of butchers. In 2022, he starred in Day Shift with Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco, and in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves in 2023.
He also had starring roles in The Legend of Hercules, Wolf Warrior and Ip Man 4: The Finale playing the main antagonist in all three films, and also appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum, Zero Dark Thirty, and the Marvel projects Mutant X, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Doctor Strange. He worked in four films with his idol Jean-Claude Van Damme: The Shepherd: Border Patrol, Assassination Games, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning and The Expendables 2.
He also starred as French in The Debt Collector (2018) and its 2020 sequel Debt Collectors (starring alongside Louis Mandylor). He has played Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) and its two sequels, Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Boyka: Undisputed (2017) Casey Bowman in Ninja (2009) and its sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013). He is best known for his role as the Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the Undisputed franchise. Scott Edward Adkins is a British actor, film producer and martial artist.
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