Scott Adkins

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Scott Adkins
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Born
Scott Edward Adkins

(1976-06-17) 17 June 1976 (age 45)
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK
Occupation
Years active1998 – present
Children
  • Karmel Adkins
  • Joshua Jack Adkins
Websitescottadkins.com

Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is an English actor, producer, screenwriter, gymnast, and martial artist mostly known for his roles in direct-to-video action films. He has played Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the 2006 film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and its two sequels, Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Boyka: Undisputed (2017); Casey Bowman in the 2009 film Ninja and its 2013 sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear; French in the 2018 film The Debt Collector and its 2020 sequel Debt Collectors (starring alongside Louis Mandylor). He worked in four films with his idol Jean-Claude Van Damme: The Shepherd: Border Patrol, Assassination Games, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning and The Expendables 2. He also had starring roles in The Legend of Hercules, Wolf Warrior and Ip Man 4: The Finale playing the main antagonist in all three movies, and also appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum, Zero Dark Thirty and the Marvel projects Mutant X, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Doctor Strange.[1] He is also starring in Day Shift with Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg, as well as a prominent role in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves.

Early life[]

Scott Edward Adkins was born in Sutton Coldfield, a town within Birmingham, England on 17 June 1976 into a family of butchers. He first became interested in martial arts at the age of ten, when he visited a local Judo club with his father and older brother.[2] After being robbed at age 13, his interest in martial arts grew even more. That same year, he began to practice Taekwondo. Since the age of 16, Scott also started to practice Kickboxing with Anthony Jones, eventually becoming a kickboxing instructor for the Professional Karate Association. He ran classes at the Fitness First at Bearwood, Smethwick once a week. He also has experience in Ninjutsu, Krav Maga, Karate, Wushu, Jiujitsu, Muay Thai, Capoeira and Gymnastics.

Career[]

His first break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called Dei Seung Chui Keung (2001) (aka Extreme Challenge). Spotted by Head of the Hong Kong Stuntmen Association and director Wei Tung and England-born Hong Kong movie expert Bey Logan, Adkins found himself in the East for the first time. He had the opportunity to work with some of Hong Kong cinema's leading action directors including Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. Acting roles soon started to come in and he was offered a guest role in the BBC's Doctors (2000) filmed at Birmingham's Pebble Mill. He appeared in a few episodes in BBC's EastEnders (2003) and City Central (1999), and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama Mile High (2003) followed by a regular role in BBC's Holby City (2006) as Bradley Hume, the assistant general manager of Holby General.

Starring roles in feature films soon followed with his portrayal of Talbot in Special Forces (2003) and Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006). It was this film that broke him into the mainstream with his villainous portrayal of the Russian MMA underground fighter Boyka. After this Scott had guest starring roles in bigger budget films like The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Tournament (2009), and played Jean-Claude Van Damme's main adversary in Sony Pictures The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008). He shared the role of Weapon XI with Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). Adkins appears in the role of King Amphitryon in The Legend of Hercules.[3][4]

In 2012, he was cast to star in Métal Hurlant Chronicles, a television adaptation of the popular French comic book Metal Hurlant.

Adkins was reunited with action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping in 2019 when he starred alongside Donnie Yen in Ip Man 4: The Finale as the main antagonist Barton Geddes, a Marine gunnery sergeant.[5] According to Adkins, Yen personally requested him to star in the film.[6]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Accidental Spy Lee's bodyguard / Turkish leader Credited as Scott Edward Adkins
Extreme Challenge Isac Borman Direct-to-video
Pure Vengeance Dany Short film
2002 Black Mask 2: City of Masks Dr. Lang
2003 Special Forces Talbot Direct-to-video
The Medallion Snakehead's Henchman
2005 Unleashed Swimming Pool Fighter
Pit Fighter Nathan Direct-to-video
2006 The Pink Panther Jacquard / Footballer
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing Yuri Boyka Direct-to-video
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Agent Kiley
2008 The Shepherd: Border Patrol Karp Direct-to-video
Stag Night Carl
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Weapon XI Stunt double for Ryan Reynolds[7]
The Tournament Yuri Petrov Direct-to-video
Ninja Casey Bowman
2010 Undisputed III: Redemption Yuri Boyka
2011 Assassination Games Roland Flint
2012 El Gringo The Man
The Expendables 2 Hector
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning John Direct-to-video
Zero Dark Thirty John
2013 Legendary Travis Preston Direct-to-video
Green Street 3: Never Back Down Danny Harvey
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear Casey Bowman
2014 The Legend of Hercules King Amphitryon
2015 Zero Tolerance Steven Direct-to-video
Wolf Warrior Tom Cat[8]
Close Range Colton MacReady Direct-to-video
Re-Kill Parker
2016 Home Invasion Heflin
Jarhead 3: The Siege Gunny Raines
Grimsby Pavel Lukashenko
Criminal Pete Greensleeves
Hard Target 2 Wes Baylor Direct-to-video
Doctor Strange Lucian /
Strong Zealot
Eliminators Martin Parker (Thomas Mackenzie) Direct-to-video
2017 Savage Dog Martin Tillman
Boyka: Undisputed Yuri Boyka
American Assassin Victor
2018 Accident Man Mike Fallon Direct-to-video; also producer and screenwriter
The Debt Collector French Direct-to-video
Incoming Reiser
No Surrender The Crazy One Originally known as Karmouz War
2019 Abduction Quinn Direct-to-video
Triple Threat Collins
Avengement Cain Burgess
Ip Man 4: The Finale Barton Geddes
2020 Debt Collectors French Direct-to-video; a sequel to The Debt Collector; released as Payback in the UK
Legacy of Lies Martin Baxter Direct-to-video
Seized Nero
Dead Reckoning Marco
Max Cloud Max Cloud
2021 Castle Falls (Completed) Mike
2022 One Shot (post-production) Jake Harris
N/A (Post-production)[9]
John Wick: Chapter 4 Killa

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Dangerfield Episode: "Paths"
1999 City Central Jake Clanton Episode: "Life Liberty and Pursuit"
2000 Doctors Ross 3 episodes
2001 The Big Breakfast Himself 1 episode
2002 Mutant X Marko Episode: "Sign from Above"; uncredited
2003 EastEnders Joel 6 episodes
2005 Mile High Ed Russell 12 episodes
Hollyoaks: Let Loose Ryan 2 episodes
2006 Holby City Bradley Hume 9 episodes
2012, 2014 Métal Hurlant Chronicles Guillame / Joe Manda 3 episodes

Awards and nominations[]

Year Nominated work Award Category Results
2010 Undisputed III: Redemption Action on Film Award Breakout Action Star Won
2017 Boyka: Undisputed Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards Best Fight Won
2017 Boyka: Undisputed Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards Best Action Movie Actor Won

References[]

  1. ^ Dave McNary (5 August 2014). "'Kickboxer' Reboot Adds Scott Adkins, Tony Jaa". Variety.
  2. ^ "Interview | Scott Adkins on 'Close Range' and 'Doctor Strange' - CraveOnline". CraveOnline. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. ^ Peter Martin. "Scott Adkins Crowned King In Renny Harlin's HERCULES 3D". TwitchFilm. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013.
  4. ^ "'Kickboxer' Reboot Punches Up Cast With Scott Adkins, Tony Jaa". Variety. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Meet Scott Adkins, Donnie Yen's nemesis in Ip Man 4". South China Morning Post. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. ^ Topel, Fred (1 January 2020). "'Ip Man 4: The Finale' Villain Scott Adkins Reveals One Big Change in His Fight with Donnie Yen". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. ^ Dworken, Arye (18 May 2018). "Revisiting the Strange Cinematic Debut of Deadpool". Vulture. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Scott Adkins". Archived from the original on 21 April 2014.
  9. ^ Kroll, Justin (1 April 2021). "Dave Franco, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Steve Howey, More Join Jamie Foxx In Netflix's 'Day Shift'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

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