Scott Edward Adkins was born on 17 June 1976 and is a British actor, film producer and martial artist.
15 Facts About Scott Adkins
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Scott Adkins has played Yuri Boyka in the film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and its two sequels, Undisputed III: Redemption and Boyka: Undisputed ; Casey Bowman in the film Ninja and its sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear; French in the film The Debt Collector and its sequel Debt Collectors.
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Scott Adkins 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.
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Scott Adkins 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 appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum, Zero Dark Thirty, and the Marvel projects Mutant X, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Doctor Strange.
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Scott Edward Adkins was born in Sutton Coldfield, a town within Birmingham, England on 17 June 1976 into a family of butchers.
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Scott Adkins first became interested in martial arts at the age of ten, when he visited a local Judo club with his father and older brother.
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Since the age of 16, Scott started to practice Kickboxing with Anthony Jones, eventually becoming a kickboxing instructor for the Professional Karate Association.
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Scott Adkins ran classes at the Fitness First at Bearwood, Smethwick once a week.
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Scott Adkins has gained experience in Ninjutsu, Krav Maga, Karate, Wushu, Aikido, Jujutsu, MMA, Capoeira and Gymnastics.
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Scott Adkins 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.
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Scott Adkins 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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Scott Adkins appeared in a few episodes in BBC's EastEnders and City Central, and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama Mile High followed by a regular role in BBC's Holby City as Bradley Hume, the assistant general manager of Holby General.
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Scott Adkins shared the role of Weapon XI with Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
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Scott Adkins appears in the role of King Amphitryon in The Legend of Hercules.
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Scott Adkins 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.