Tony Jaa

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1976-02-05 (48 years old)

Place of Birth Surin, Thailand

Also Known As จา พนม, Panom Yeerum, Tatchakorn Yeerum, ทัชชกร ยีรัมย์

Tony Jaa

Biography

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. 

Known For

Actor

2024
Striking Rescue

as Bai An

2023
Expend4bles

as Decha

2021
2020
Monster Hunter

as The Hunter

2020
Jiu Jitsu

as Kueng

2020
2020
2019
2018
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

as Sadi the Warrior

2017
2017
Paradox

as Tak

2015
Furious 7

as Kiet

2014
Skin Trade

as Tony Vitayakul

2013
2010
Ong Bak 3

as Tien

2008
Ong Bak 2

as Tien

2007
The Bodyguard 2

as Piggy Bank Vendor

2005
2005
Crying Tiger

as Self (archive footage)

2004
The Bodyguard

as Supermarket Fighter

2003
Ong-Bak

as Ting

1996
Hard Gun

as Ting

Writer

2010
Ong Bak 3

as Writer

2010
Ong Bak 3

as Story

2008
Ong Bak 2

as Writer

Crew

2005
The Protector

as Martial Arts Choreographer

2003
Ong-Bak

as Martial Arts Choreographer

1997

Producer

2010
Ong Bak 3

as Producer

2008
Ong Bak 2

as Producer

Director

2010
Ong Bak 3

as Director

2008
Ong Bak 2

as Director