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Philip Tan 

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Biography

Phil Tan was born in Singapore where he spent his childhood and then at the age of five moved to the UK. Phil started off his athletic career as a gymnast where he became the British Youth Tumbling champion and a member of the British squad for many years. Years later after getting into martial arts, Phil also became the Men's British Tae Kwon do Champion.

Phil's first break in film, was as an actor and fight choreographer in a film called The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu with Peter Sellers. Afer that came a year on Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, also as an actor and trainer for Christopher Lambert. Phil was then contacted by Steven Spielberg and Robert Watts to train the pricipal actor 'Jonathan Ke Quanin' for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

He was then invited to become a member of The British Stunt Register in 1986. That was the start of Phil's stunt career. Now Philip Tan lives in LA and works as a 2nd Unit Director, stunt and fight co-ordinator on some of Hollywoods bigget movies. 

Film,TV and Second Unit Directors Credits

Killing Hasselhoff

Dr. Ken Show (2 Seasons)

Death Valley (12 Episodes)

Olympus Has Fallen

Hangover 3

Transformers Age of Extinction

Training Day

Inception

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Crank High Voltage

Hancock

Speed Racer

Rush Hour 3

Pirates of the Caribbean 3

Disturbia

Pirates of the Caribbean 2

Fast and the Furious 3

Minis First Time

Memoirs of a Geisha

Tomb Raider 2

Minority Report

Pearl Harbour

Kurbaan

Wild Wild West

​Agent x

Demolition Man

Hot Shots part Deux

Road Wars

Of Gods and Kings

Land of Plenty

Step by Step

Orgazmo

3 Ninjas

Danger Theatre

Wake of Death

Big Mommas House

Showdown in Little Tokyo

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