Tony Jaa
Panom Yeerum was born on February 5, 1976, in the northeastern province of Surin, Thailand. His parents were elephant herders. Panom watched martial arts films as a young kid and began to emulate some of his idols, from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan to Jet Li. After seeing the Thai action film Kerd ma lui (2004) ("Born to Fight"), Panom met and studied martial arts and stunt work as a teen under the director of that film, Panna Rittikrai. Panom went to university where he studied a variety of martial arts, from tae kwondo to judo. It was not long before Panom would get work, doubling for Robin Shou and James Remar in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), and when his demo reel was seen by director Prachya Pinkaew, the film Ong-bak (2003) was created for Panom, who is now going by the name of Tony Jaa in hopes of bringing his style of action to international audiences.
Acted in
Fortress 3
2024
as Kang
Expend4bles
2023
as Decha
Detective Chinatown 3
2021
as Jack Jaa
Monster Hunter
2020
as The Hunter
Jiu Jitsu
2020
as Kueng
Detective Chinatown
2020
as Jack Jaa(杰克贾)
Triple Threat
2019
as Payu
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018
as Sadi the Warrior
Guardians of Martial Arts
2017
as Master Jaa
Paradox
2017
as Tak
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
2017
as Talon
Never Back Down: No Surrender
2016
as Tony Jaa
SPL 2: A Time for Consequences
2015
as Chatchai
Furious 7
2015
as Kiet
Skin Trade
2014
as Tony Vitayakul
The Protector 2
2013
as Kham
Ong Bak 3
2010
as Tien
Ong Bak 2
2008
as Tien
The Bodyguard 2
2007
as Elephant Vendor
The Road to Glory: The Making of Ong-Bak
2005
The Protector
2005
as Kham
Crying Tiger
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Bodyguard
2004
as Supermarket Fighter
Ong-Bak
2003
as Ting
Puta khatha thalom khon
1997
Mission Hunter II
1996
Hard Gun
1996
as Ting
The Rowdy Bunch
1994
Spirited Killer
1994
Siamese Lion
1992
