Scott Adkins

Scott Adkins (born 1976) is an English actor and martial artist who has built his career largely in action cinema. Born in Sutton Coldfield into a family of butchers, he began martial arts as a boy and trained in taekwondo, judo, kickboxing, capoeira, Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do and wushu. His early credits include Hong Kong action films, where he worked with choreographers such as Yuen Woo-ping, and British television series such as Doctors, EastEnders, Mile High and Holby City. He gained wide recognition as the Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the Undisputed sequels, and took his first lead as Casey Bowman in Ninja (2009). He has also played supporting roles in mainstream releases including The Expendables 2, Zero Dark Thirty, Ip Man 4: The Finale and John Wick: Chapter 4, though most of his leading work has been direct-to-video or limited theatrical releases.