Philippe Joly

Philippe Joly Chinese 狼森 pinyin Lángsēn is a french actor born in Moscow Russia Joly regularly plays the villain in Action films in Asia and appeared alongside major actors in the region including Jackie Chan Chow Yun Fat Andy Lau Takeshi Kaneshiro and JeanClaude Van Damme In his role as Decimus in Jackie Chans film Dragon Blade he shared the screen with American actors John Cusack and Adrien Brody and French singeractress Lorie Pester Recent projects include Juno Maks latest film Sons of the Neon Night Chinese 風林火山 The White Storm 2 Drug Lords Chinese 扫毒2天地对决 and the Chinese Scifi action film Ultimate Code Chinese 终极代码 in which Joly plays a lead role as the main villain alongside a Chinese cast and fellow french actor and Parkour founder David Belle Aside from acting Joly is a supporter of independent filmmaking and regularly writes screenplays and directs short films in Hong Kong He speaks several languages French Russian Italian and English is an avid practitioner of closeup magic and card manipulation and has trained in various Martial Arts since the age of 5 While not a stuntman Joly often has to perform stunts as required by the Action film genre and the type of characters he plays