Philippe Joly

Philippe Joly
Born (1976-01-02) 2 January 1976
Moscow, Russia
Nationality French
Occupation Actor, Screenwriter, Director, Producer
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Philippe Joly (born 2 January 1976) is a French actor and screenwriter, born in Moscow, Russia. Joly is best known for his role as Zoltan in the 2015 film Pound of Flesh[1] with Jean-Claude Van Damme and his role as General Paullus in Jackie Chan’s film Dragon Blade [2] directed by Daniel Lee, in which he appears alongside American actors John Cusack and Adrien Brody, and French singer/actress Lorie Pester.
Joly regularly plays the villain [3] in Action films in Asia, and appeared alongside many Hong Kong actors including Chow Yun Fat as a foreign gangsters in From Vegas to Macau, he also played a killer disguised as a maid in Andy Lau's film Mission Milano, and worked with Francis Ng in the mob comedy temporarily titled "Once Upon a Time in Triad Society".[4]
As well as acting, Joly has also written many screenplays, and produced and directed a couple of Independent films in Hong Kong.[5]
Joly speaks several languages (French, Russian, Italian and English), is an avid practitioner of close-up 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. In the film Lust & Found, he choreographed the fight scene sequence.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Chinese Title Role Notes
2016 Chasing The Dragon Chief Commissioner of Police Directors: Jason Kwan, Wong Jing. Starring Donnie Yen and Andy Lau.
2016 Once Upon a Time in Triad Society Gangster Mob Comedy directed by Francis Ng.
Starring Francis Ng who reprises his "Young and Dangerous" iconic role as Ugly Kwan.
2016 Ghost In The Shell Section 6 Agent Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Scarlett Johansson,[6] and Pilou Asbæk .
2016 Mission Milano 王牌逗王牌 Killer Chinese-Hong Kong action adventure comedy film directed by Wong Jing. Starring Andy Lau.
2015 Pound of Flesh Zoltan Directed by Ernie Barbarash.
Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and the late Darren Shahlavi.
2015 Dragon Blade 天將雄師 General Paullus Directed by Daniel Lee.
Starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, Lorie Pester, and Choi Siwon.
2015 Helios 赤道 Mr. Big’s bodyguard Starring Chang Chen, Janice Man, Nick Cheung, Jacky Cheung, and Choi Siwon.
2015 Little Big Master 五個小孩的校長 Director of French Museum Starring Miriam Yeung, and Louis Koo.
The film is the 12th highest grossing Hong Kong film of all time.[7]
2015 Lust & Found Kimchi Directed by Lawrence Gray
2014 VOR[8] Alexander Orlov Written and directed by Philippe Joly.
2014 Hacker Columbian Assassin Directed by Kazakh director Akan Satayev[9]
Starring Callan McAuliffe and Lorraine Nicholson.
2014 My Name Is Tanyusha Vernon the magician Philippe Joly is also co-writer and co-producer.
2014 From Vegas to Macau 賭城風雲 American Gangster Directed by Wong Jing. Starring Chow Yun Fat.
Produced by Andrew Lau, who directed the film Infernal Affairs,
which was remade[10] by Martin Scorsese in 2006 as The Departed.

Television

Year Title Chinese Title Role Notes
2014 Tiger Cubs II 飞虎II Terrorist Produced by TVB
2014 Lord of Shanghai 梟雄 Police officer Produced by TVB
2014 The Ultimate Addiction 點金勝手 Chef Produced by TVB

Short Films

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Angel Stefan Written and Directed by Owen Fitzpatrick.
Action and Fight Choreography by Philippe Joly
2016 Insomnia Rudy, Psychiatrist Written and Directed by Solomon Wong.
2014 Paid In Full Written and Directed by Philippe Joly.
2014 Beef & Broccoli Thug Directed by Damon Dash
Kung-Fu short inspired by true events, shot on location in Hong Kong.

References

  1. ↑ Hollywood Reporter film review Hollywood Reporter (18 February 2015)
  2. ↑ Dragon Blade film review Variety.com (26 February 2015)
  3. ↑ AroundDB Magazine Interview Philippe Joly talks about Indie Filmmaking in Hong Kong (June 2014)
  4. ↑ Yahoo News Francis Ng to direct and star in movie with son
  5. ↑ cGuide Macau Interview Philippe Joly discusses Indie films VOR and My Name is Tanuysha (February 16, 2014)
  6. ↑ "Hollywood star starts shooting Hong Kong scenes for new film". South China Morning Post. June 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "HKSAR Film Top 10 Box Office" (25 May 2015).
  8. ↑ VOR ! breaks out in Hong Kong Impact Online Magazine (January 17, 2014)
  9. ↑ "Kazakhstan Director Akan Satayev To Helm Canadian Indie Hacker". Hollywood Reporter. 09/06/13.
  10. ↑ "Infernal Affairs vs. the remake, The Departed". Film.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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