Tony Jaa
Biography
Tony Jaa is a Thai martial artist, actor, stuntman, action choreographer, and director. Born in Surin Province in 1976, he trained in Muay Thai from a young age and spent 14 years as a stunt performer with Muay Thai Stunt before moving into acting. His first leading role, as Ting in Ong-Bak (2003), made his name internationally and won him a Star Entertainment Award. He directed Ong Bak 2 (2008), then co-directed Ong Bak 3 (2010), and he played Kham in The Protector (2005) and again in Tom Yum Goong 2 (2013). Furious 7 (2015) gave him his first English-language part, while SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015) served as his Hong Kong debut. Other credits include Triple Threat (2019), Paradox (2017), and Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018), plus Detective Chinatown 3 (2021). In 2017, the Martial Arts History Museum inducted him into its hall of fame.
50years old
Turns 51 on February 5in 115 days
- Born Surin
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Worawit Yeerum (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 20 years2003 to 2023
Genres
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Own stunts
Tony Jaa spent 14 years as a stuntman for Muay Thai Stunt, doubling for Sammo Hung in an energy drink commercial that had him grab an elephant's tusks and somersault onto its back.
Getting ready for a role
Panna and Jaa became interested in Muay Boran, the forerunner of muay thai, and trained in it for four years hoping to make a film about it. They put together a short film of Jaa's skills and showed it to producer-director Prachya Pinkaew.
A role that slipped away
Jackie Chan asked director Brett Ratner to cast Jaa in Rush Hour 3, telling the Associated Press he gave the director videos of Jaa. Jaa said he could not join the film because Ong Bak 2 scheduling conflicts got in the way.
A first
Jaa helped bring the Thai action genre to audiences around the world, and he is credited with popularizing Muay Thai, Muay Boran and "Muay Kotchasaan", a fighting style he and Rittikrai developed in 2005.
Tony Jaa movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Prachya Pinkaew directed three of these films. Petchtai Wongkamlao appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Prachya PinkaewDirector, 3 films, 2003 to 2013
All films by Prachya Pinkaew
Also two films together9 more actors
- Vin DieselxXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) and Furious 7 (2015)
- Ron SmoorenburgTriple Threat (2019) and Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016)
- Sahajak BoonthanakitNever Back Down: No Surrender (2016) and Skin Trade (2014)
- Nathan JonesNever Back Down: No Surrender (2016) and The Protector (2005)
- Iko UwaisExpend4bles (2023) and Triple Threat (2019)
- Michael BispingTriple Threat (2019) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
- Marrese CrumpJiu Jitsu (2020) and Warrior King 2 (2013)
- Aaron BrumfieldNever Back Down: No Surrender (2016) and Skin Trade (2014)
- Celina JadeTriple Threat (2019) and Skin Trade (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Tony Jaa's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.2 billion
10 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.5B69.6% of the total
- 2$346M15.9% of the total
- 3$94M4.3% of the total
- 4$90M4.1% of the total
- 5$42M1.9% of the total
- 6$38M1.7% of the total
- 7$27M1.2% of the total
- 8$20M0.9% of the total
$3.4 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.