James Lew

James Jene Fae Lew^[1] (born September 6, 1952) is an American martial arts actor. He has made 80 on-screen film and television appearances and 46 more as a stunt coordinator or stunt double. He has done choreography for movies like Get Smart, Killers and the cult classic Big Trouble In Little China,^[2] as well as television shows such as National Geographic's Fight Science, The Crow and Entourage. He does Shaolin Kung-Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Jeet Kune Do, Hapkido, and Boxing. He also trained Brad Pitt with sword fighting for the movie Troy.

Filmography

• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• Best of the Best (1989)
• Ninja Academy (1990)
• Aftershock (1990)
• Double Impact (1991)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
• American Ninja V (1993)
• Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
• On Deadly Ground (1994)
• Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
• Escape from L.A. (1996)
• Red Corner (1997)
• Rush Hour (1998)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• Traffic (2000)
• Rush Hour 2 (2001)
• 18 Fingers of Death! (2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
• Rush Hour 3 (2007)
• Tropic Thunder (2008)
• Get Smart (2008)
• Nephilim (2009)
• Inception (2010)
• Chuck (2010) (Season 4, Episode 9)
• Tengu, The Immortal Blade (2011)
• Battleship (2012)
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

References

External links

• James Lew at the Internet Movie Database