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Philippe Joly

1976-01-02 (48 years old) in Moscow

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 Jean-Claude Van Damme. In his role as Decimus in Jackie Chan’s film Dragon Blade, he shared the screen with American actors John Cusack and Adrien Brody, and French singer/actress Lorie Pester. Recent projects include Juno Mak's 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 Sci-fi 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 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.

Movies

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The Goldfinger
61 %|Dec 30, 2023
Crime, Drama
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Variant
20 %|Nov 17, 2023
Science Fiction, Horror
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The Modelizer
50 %|Jul 14, 2023
Comedy, Romance
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Ultimate Code
70 %|Jul 16, 2021
Drama
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Bonus for the Bullseye
0 %|Sep 19, 2020
Comedy
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Captured
30 %|Sep 20, 2019
Thriller
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The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
64 %|Jul 4, 2019
Drama, Action, Thriller
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Change of Gangster
40 %|Apr 19, 2019
Comedy, Action
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Abduction
59 %|Mar 20, 2019
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Action
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Agent Mr Chan
56 %|Feb 15, 2018
Action, Comedy, Romance
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Chasing the Dragon
69 %|Sep 28, 2017
Action, Crime, History
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Ghost in the Shell
61 %|Mar 29, 2017
Science Fiction, Drama, Action
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Mission Milano
61 %|Sep 29, 2016
Action, Comedy
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Hacker
63 %|Sep 15, 2016
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Lust and Found
45 %|May 25, 2015
Comedy, Crime
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Pound of Flesh
56.260000000000005 %|May 7, 2015
Action
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Helios
52 %|Apr 30, 2015
Action, Mystery, Adventure, Thriller
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Dragon Blade
63.61 %|Feb 19, 2015
Adventure, History, Action, Fantasy
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Sons of the Neon Night
0 %|Invalid Date
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Little Big Master
78 %|Mar 19, 2015
Drama
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From Vegas to Macau
50 %|Jan 30, 2014
Comedy, Action

Series

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Flying Tiger III
100 %|Dec 16, 2021
Mystery, Crime
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OCTB
92 %|Sep 23, 2017
Crime, Action & Adventure