Scott Adkin
Last Man Standing and Undisputed III: Redemption.
Scott Adkins was born at Sutton Coldfield, England, on 17 June 1976.
He became interested in martial arts at the age of 10 when he and his father and older brother, Craig visited the local Judo club.
His interest towards martial arts grew even more at age 14 when he adopted Bruce Lee as his idol.
That same year, he started practicing taekwondo and received his first black belt at the age 19.
Since age 16, Adkins has also trained in kickboxing where he holds black belt in also.
First place on the Earth: Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK (UK)
date: 17 Jun 1976
Height: 5' 10'' (1.79 metres) height.
Awards 1 win.
Age: 38 years.
Worked like: Actor, Stunts.
Play Roles: 31
First work: 1998 - Dangerfield
Last was: 012 - The Expendables 2.
He started his acting career at very young age of six years, when he starred in a movie name Macbeth.
His role was the lead role in the movie and it saw the beginning of his limelight career.
Scott Adkins kept his movie selection style quite random to excel in every genre of movies.
He even starred in many TV shows, as guest or recurring star.
The most significant role in his career came with the role of John Lennon in the movie Nowhere Boy.
He is also very popular for his role of David "Dave" Lizewski in the movie Kick Ass.
His most recognized work includes movies like The Greatest, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, The Apocalypse, Shanghai Knights, Kick-Ass 2, Kick Ass, and Nowhere Boy.
For the movie Nowhere Boy, he also won the award of Empire Award for Best Newcomer.
His first break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called Dei seung chui keung (2001) (aka Extreme Challenge).
Spotted by Head of The Hong Kong Stuntmen Association and director Wei Tung and English-born Hong Kong movie expert Bey Logan, Adkins found himself in the East for the first time.
Scott got the chance to work with some of Hong Kong cinema's leading action directors including Woo-ping Yuen, Corey Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung and the legendary Jackie Chan.
Acting roles started to come in and he was offered a guest role in BBC's Doctors (2000) filmed at Birmingham's Pebble Mill.
A few episodes in BBC's EastEnders (1985) and City Central (1998), and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama Mile High (2003) followed by a regular role in BBC's Holby City (1999) as Bradley Hume, the assistant General Manager of Holby General.
Starring roles in feature films soon followed with his portrayal of Talbot in Special Forces (2003) and Yuri Boyka" in Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (2006).
It was this film that broke him into the mainstream with his villainous portrayal of a Russian MMA underground fighter Boyka in what has been hailed as one of the best American made Martial Arts films of recent times.
Along with lead actor Michael Jai White, fight coordinator J.J. Perry and the slick direction of Isaac Florentine this movie has some unbelievably heart stopping fight scenes.
After this Scott has 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 (2008).
