Joey Ansah

Born in London, Joey Ansah is an English martial artist, stuntman, director and actor who studied Tae Kwon Do for four years in Ghana and then began auditioning for stunt work. His first important screen role came in the independent film Love Struck, followed by British television episodes of Spooks and Timewatch and a minor part in Batman Begins. He became best known for playing the assassin Desh Bouksani in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007); the long fight with Matt Damon, with Ansah doing his own stunts, was called by one reviewer one of the finest ever staged, and he received an MTV Film Award nomination for Best Fight. He also appeared in the martial arts features Left for Dead and Underground and in The Old Guard (2020). He choreographed, co-wrote and directed the short Street Fighter: Legacy, and with Christian Howard worked on the live-action series Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist.