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J. J. Perry

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Jordan Andrew "J. J." Perry is an American action director, martial artist, actor, and stuntman.

J. J. Perry
Born1967 (age 56–57)
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • J.J. "Loco" Perry
  • Jordan J. Perry
Occupation(s)Action director, martial artist, actor, stuntman
Awards

Career

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Perry began practicing martial arts training in 1975, at the age of eight.[1] Because his mother was not able to afford her son's lessons, he cleaned a martial arts school, and received lessons in trade.[2] He began performing stunt work in the late 1980s after leaving the military.[citation needed]

Perry was a fourth-degree black belt in taekwondo by 1993.[2]

He began his acting career when he did stunt work for the character of Johnny Cage in the first Mortal Kombat film. He then played Scorpion, Cyrax, and Noob Saibot in Mortal Kombat Annihilation (Chris Casamassa was supposed to reprise as Scorpion but was working on the film Batman & Robin, though he would return in Conquest), and appeared in the MK: Conquest TV series, this time as Scorpion's main rival Sub-Zero, in addition to doing stuntwork for the main character of Kung Lao. In addition to the Mortal Kombat series, Perry has done stuntwork for various television shows and movies such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Scorpion King, 24, Beowulf and The Town as FBI Swat 2. He was a member of the cast of the 2004 movie Sunland Heat, and part of the stunt team for the 2006 fighting movie Ultraviolet.[3][4]

Perry shared in the Male Stuntman of the Year Award at the 2004 World Stunt Awards for his work in the 2003 action comedy film The Rundown.[5] He was also voted 2012 Stunt Coordinator of the Year[6] at the short-lived (2010-2012) ActionFest action movie festival (founded by Chuck Norris's stunt double, director, and younger brother Aaron Norris).

In 2022, Perry directed his first feature-length film, Day Shift. In May 2023, Perry was announced to direct a film adaptation of Jay Bonansinga's novel The Killer's Game.[7]

Awards

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  • 2 Times California State Champion
  • 2 Times National Junior Olympian
  • Texas State Champion
  • 2 Time All Army Champion
  • 1990 Olympic Tae Kwon Do Team (Alternate)

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Stunts Second unit director Director
1987 They Still Call Me Bruce Yes No James Orr
1992 Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight Yes No Oley Sassone
Ironheart Yes No Robert Clouse
1995 Fist of the North Star Yes No Tony Randel
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back Yes No Phillip Rhee
1996 The Glimmer Man Yes No John Gray
Santa with Muscles Yes No John Murlowski
1997 Batman & Robin Yes No Joel Schumacher
Drive Yes No Steve Wang
Mortal Kombat Annihilation Yes No John R. Leonetti
1998 Blade Yes No Stephen Norrington
1999 Three Kings Yes No David O. Russell
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning Yes No Phillip Rhee
Wild Wild West Yes No Barry Sonnenfeld
2001 Planet of the Apes (2001) Yes No Tim Burton
The One Yes No James Wong
2002 Deuces Wild Yes No Scott Kalvert
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Yes No Wych Kaosayananda
2003 Daredevil Yes No Mark Steven Johnson
Anger Management Yes No Peter Segal
Basic Yes No John McTiernan
Johnny Yes No Pawan Kalyan
The Rundown Yes No Peter Berg
2004 Around the Bend Yes No Jordan Roberts
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon Yes No Albert Pyun and Issac Florentine
Sunland Heat Yes No Halder Gomes
2005 Confessions of an Action Star Yes No Brad Martin
Constantine Yes No Francis Lawrence
Domino Yes No Tony Scott
Black Dawn Yes No Alexander Gruszynski
2006 Alpha Dog Yes No Nick Cassavetes
Ultraviolet Yes No Kurt Wimmer
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing Yes Yes Issac Florentine
Road House 2 Yes Yes Scott Ziehl
Click Yes No Frank Coraci
Splinter Yes No Michael D. Olmos
2007 Urban Justice Yes No Don E. FauntLeRoy
The Gene Generation Yes No Pearry Reginald Teo
Beowulf Yes No Robert Zemeckis
Adventures of Johnny Tao Yes No Kenn Troum
2008 The Shepherd: Border Patrol Yes Yes Issac Florentine
Beyond the Ring Yes Yes Gerson Sanginttio
Iron Man Yes No Jon Favreau
Pistol Whipped Yes No Roel Reine
2009 The Tournament Yes Yes Scott Mann
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Yes No Gavin Hood
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn Yes No Mark Baldo
Blood and Bone Yes Yes Ben Ramsey
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Yes No Shawn Levy
2010 Edge of Darkness Yes No Martin Campbell
Takers Yes No John Luessenhop
Paranormal Activity 2 Yes No Tod Williams
2011 Cat Run Yes Yes John Stockwell
The Adventures of Tintin Yes No Steven Spielberg
Warrior Yes Yes Gavin O'Connor
Haywire Yes No Steven Soderbergh
2012 Underworld: Awakening Yes No Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein
Gone Yes No Heitor Dhalia
Get the Gringo Yes Yes Adrian Grunberg
Safe Yes No Boaz Yakin
Argo Yes No Ben Affleck
Bullet to the Head Yes Yes Walter Hill
2013 Gangster Squad Yes No Ruben Fleischer
After Earth Yes No M. Night Shyamalan
Oldboy Yes Yes Spike Lee
Machete Kills Yes No Robert Rodriguez
Ender's Game Yes No Gavin Hood
Homefront Yes No Gary Fleder
2014 The Expendables 3 Yes No Patrick Hughes
Divergent Yes No Neil Burger
Transformers: Age of Extinction Yes No Michael Bay
2015 Spy Yes Yes Paul Feig
The Last Witch Hunter Yes No Breck Eisner
2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Yes No Ang Lee
Spectral Yes Yes Nic Mathieu
Mechanic: Resurrection Yes No Dennis Gansel
2017 The Fate of the Furious Yes Yes F. Gary Gray
The Dark Tower Yes Yes Nikolaj Arcel
John Wick Chapter 2 Yes No Chad Stahelski
2018 Skyscraper No Yes Rawson Marshall Thurber
2019 Gemini Man Yes No Ang Lee
2020 Bloodshot Yes Yes David S.F. Wilson
Beast Mode Yes Yes Chris W. Freeman and Spain Willingham
2021 F9 Yes Yes Justin Lin
2022 Samaritan Yes Yes Julius Avery
Avatar: The Way of Water Yes No James Cameron
2023 Murder Mystery 2 No Yes Jeremy Garelick
Blue Beetle No Yes Angel Manuel Soto

Director

Stunt double

Year Title Director Artist
2005 Be Cool F. Gary Gray John Travolta
XXX: State of the Union Lee Tamahori Barry Sigismondi
Serenity Joss Whedon Nathan Fillion
Today You Die Don E. FauntLeRoy Jamie McShane
2006 The Hard Easy Ari Ryan David Boreanaz
2013 Homefront Gary Fleder Clancy Brown

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Full Impact Louis's Street Fighter
1996 Bloodsport III J. J. Tucker
1997 Mortal Kombat Annihilation Cyrax / Scorpion / Noob Saibot / Tarkatan (Baraka)
1998 Deadly Ransom Tony
Enter the Eagles Ben
2001 The Rage Within Jay
The Silent Force Rookie
2003 Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision Officer
2004 Spartan Bodyguard
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon Boxing referee
Sunland Heat Matthews
2005 Today You Die Thug
2007 Adventures of Johnny Tao Lido
2008 The Shepherd: Border Patrol Illegal immigrant
2009 Tea and Remembrance Bar patron Short film
The Tournament Montoya
2011 Haywire Max
2012 Get the Gringo Reginald T. Barnes

Other credits

Year Title Director Role
2008 Beyond the Ring Gerson Sanginttio Fight director
2009 Blood and Bone Ben Ramsey Martial arts director
2010 The Experiment Paul T. Scheuring Action coordinator
2011 Warrior Gavin O'Connor Walla group
2012 Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino Stunt performer
2013 Olympus Has Fallen Antoine Fuqua Fight performer
2014 John Wick Chad Stahelski and David Lietch Stunt player

Television

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TV movies

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Year Title Role
1994 Vanishing Son I Stunts
CyberTracker
Vanishing Son II
Vanishing Son III
Vanishing Son IV
2005 The Poseidon Adventure Stunt performer
Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire Stunts
2007 Sharpshooter Stunt performer
All I Want for Christmas Livestock trainer
2017 The Saint Stunt coordinator

TV series

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Stunts

Year Title Notes
1993 Walker, Texas Ranger 100 episodes[8]
1995 WMAC Masters Stunt ninja
1996 Nash Bridges
1998 Charmed
1998–99 Mortal Kombat: Conquest Stunt actor and double for Alexander Walters (2 episodes)
1999 Angel
V.I.P. Episode "The Quick and the Dead"
2001 Crossing Jordan
2002 V.I.P. Episode "48½ Hours"
She Spies
Firefly
Birds of Prey
The Chang Family Saves the World Unaired pilot
2006 Fallen Miniseries
2014 True Blood Episode "Jesus Gonna Be Here"

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Duckman Ninja Episode "Papa Oom M.O.W. M.O.W."
1998–99 Mortal Kombat: Conquest Sub-Zero
2001 Fear Factor Himself
2006 CSI: NY Keith Gale Episode "Heroes"

Other credits

Year Title Role Notes
2006 American Misfits Fight coordinator
2017 S.W.A.T. Stunt coordinator Episode "Pilot"
2019 Stumptown Episode "Forget It Dex, It's Stumptown"
2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Stunt performer Episode "The Star-Spangled Man"
Shadow and Bone Stunt coordinator, stunt director:
second unit and second unit director 		Episode "A Searing Burst of Light"

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts Sub-Zero 9 episodes
2009 Angel of Death — Stunts

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Exclusive J.J Perry interview". Scott Adkins Fanz. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Dan Reines (August 27, 1993). "Perry Kicks Down Barriers to Achieve Goals Taekwondo: Since he was 8, Santa Monica resident has excelled in martial arts. This weekend will mark his final competition". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  3. ^ "Sunland-Heat – Cast, Crew, Director and Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  4. ^ Nguyen, Hanh (March 3, 2006). "Jovovich can pack a punch". Fredericksburg.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  5. ^ "Stunt actors praise Pirates fight". BBC News. May 17, 2004. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  6. ^ "ActionFest - Fight Coordinator of the Year - J.J. Perry - 2012". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  7. ^ Grobar, Matt; Wiseman, Andreas (May 15, 2023). "Dave Bautista Set For Lionsgate Action Comedy 'The Killer's Game'; 'Day Shift's JJ Perry Directing, With Studio To Launch Sales At Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  8. ^ Corridor Digital (June 17, 2023). Stuntmen React to Bad & Great Hollywood Stunts 40. Event occurs at 12:00. Retrieved June 18, 2023 – via YouTube. […] hundred episodes of Walker […]
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