Japanom Yeerum was born on February 5, 1976, in the northeastern province of Surin, Thailand. His parents were elephant herders. Jaa watched martial arts films as a young kid and began to emulate some of his idols, from 'Bruce Lee was created for Ja. Jaa adopted the English name Tony Jaa. In 2013 after ending his association with Sahamongkol Film, Jaa was contracted by Universal Studio's for a role in Fast and Furious 7. Jaa now has starring roles in several international films being filmed in 2014 and is concentrating his efforts more towards international audiences.
Stunt-man turned actor who does not use any wire work or CG effects in his stunts.
Highly Skilled in Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, swordplay and gymnastics.
Watching Jackie Chan movies and a Thai movie called Gerd ma lui influenced him to do stuntwork and eventually become a action star, but he says his biggest influence is Bruce Lee.
Born in a northeastern province of Thailand called Surin.
Robin Shou s stunt double in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation .
Does 8 hours of gymnastics, Muay Thai, and other sports training a day.
Is actually of Cambodian descent, more known as "Khmer Surin".
He speaks Thai, Khmer and he is learning English.
(September 2003) In training for the sequal to Ong-Bak.
Joined monastic order of a Buddhist temple in Surin, Thailand.
He has a Black belt in Taekwondo and a Black belt in Wushu.
I want a strong foundation in Thailand. Hollywood? Maybe in the future.
What they [Chan, Lee and Li] did was so beautiful, so heroic that I,wanted to do it too. I practiced until I could do the move exactly as I,had seen the masters do it.
Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.
