Ron Smoorenburg admitted he was influenced by the likes of Jackie Chan and Hwang In-Shik as well as Jean-Claude Van Damme.
13 Facts About Ron Smoorenburg
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In 1999, Ron Smoorenburg appeared as a top villain on an episode of the short-lived action series Codename: Puma, taking on the series' lead star, Mickey Hardt, with Donnie Yen serving as action director.
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Ron Smoorenburg played a cage fighter in Gen-Y Cops having a short fight scene against Stephen Fung.
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Ron Smoorenburg would play another fighter in Born Wild opposite Louis Koo and moved up to play the main villain in Martial Angels opposite Shu Qi.
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Ron Smoorenburg appeared in the 2002 Belgian horror film Engine Trouble for director Marc Ickx and in 2004, co-starred and choreographed Fighting Fish, the Netherlands' first full-length martial arts film, starring Chinese-born Kim Ho-Kim.
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In 2005, Ron Smoorenburg went to Thailand to work as a stunt fighter on Tom-Yum-Goong, where he is seen as one of many fighters in a one vs many fight against Tony Jaa.
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Ron Smoorenburg loved the experience and locales so much that he decided to move there.
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Since then, Ron Smoorenburg has appeared in both film and television series in Thailand, where he has a chance to showcase his action style.
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Ron Smoorenburg has become good friends with the likes of Swedish-Chinese born stunt ace Tim Man and French-born stunt ace Brahim Achabbakhe.
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Ron Smoorenburg can be seen taking on Scott Adkins in Ninja: Shadow of a Tear and teams up with Achabbakhe to take on Kane Kosugi in the sequel Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge.
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In 2016, Ron Smoorenburg had a bit role as a fighter who takes on Michael Jai White in the opening of Never Back Down: No Surrender and will be seen as the heroic Black Knight in Warrior's Gate opposite Dave Bautista.
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Ron Smoorenburg has appeared in Bollywood films such as Brothers and Sultan starring Salman Khan.
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Ron Smoorenburg is married to Thai-born Tik and the couple have a son, Nicky.