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J. J. Perry
Born	1966 (age 57–58)
Nationality	American
Other names	J.J. "Loco" Perry Jordan J. Perry
Occupation(s)	Action director, martial artist, actor, stuntman
Awards	2004 Male Stuntman of the Year Award ( World Stunt Awards)

Jordan Andrew "J. J." Perry is an American action director, martial artist, actor, and stuntman.

Career

Perry began practicing martial arts training in 1975, at the age of eight. ^[1] Because his mother was not able to afford her son's lessons, he cleaned a martial arts school, and received lessons in trade. ^[2] He began performing stunt work in the late 1980s after leaving the military.^{[ citation needed]}

Perry was a fourth-degree black belt in taekwondo by 1993. ^[2]

He began his acting career when he did stunt work for the character of Johnny Cage in the first Mortal Kombat film. He then played Scorpion, Cyrax, and Noob Saibot in Mortal Kombat Annihilation (Chris Casamassa was supposed to reprise as Scorpion but was working on the film Batman & Robin, though he would return in Conquest), and appeared in the MK: Conquest TV series, this time as Scorpion's main rival Sub-Zero, in addition to doing stuntwork for the main character of Kung Lao. In addition to the Mortal Kombat series, Perry has done stuntwork for various television shows and movies such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Scorpion King, 24, Beowulf and The Town as FBI Swat 2. He was a member of the cast of the 2004 movie Sunland Heat, and part of the stunt team for the 2006 fighting movie Ultraviolet. ^{[3] [4]}

Perry shared in the Male Stuntman of the Year Award at the 2004 World Stunt Awards for his work in the 2003 action comedy film The Rundown. ^[5] He was also voted 2012 Stunt Coordinator of the Year ^[6] at the short-lived (2010-2012) ActionFest action movie festival (founded by Chuck Norris's stunt double, director, and younger brother Aaron Norris).

In May 2023, Perry was announced to direct a film adaptation of Jay Bonansinga's novel The Killer's Game. ^[7]

Awards

• 2 Times California State Champion
• 2 Times National Junior Olympian
• Texas State Champion
• 2 Time All Army Champion
• 1990 Olympic Tae Kwon Do Team (Alternate)

Filmography

Film

Director

• Day Shift (2022)
• The Killer's Game (2024)

Second unit director

• Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
• Road House 2 (2006)
• Beyond the Ring (2008)
• The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)
• The Tournament (2009)
• Blood and Bone (2009)
• Cat Run (2011)
• Warrior (2011)
• Get the Gringo (2012)
• Bullet to the Head (2012)
• Spy (2015)
• Spectral (2016)
• The Fate of the Furious (2017)
• The Dark Tower (2017)
• Skyscraper (2018)
• Bloodshot (2020)
• Beast Mode (2020)
• F9 (2021)
• Samaritan (2022)
• Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
• Blue Beetle (2023)

Stunts They Still Call Me Bruce (1987) Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1992) Ironheart (1992) Fist of the North Star (1995) Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995) The Glimmer Man (1996) Santa with Muscles (1996) Batman & Robin (1997) Drive (1997) Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997) Deadly Ransom (1998) Blade (1998) Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1999) Wild Wild West (1999) Three Kings (1999) Gedo (2000) Planet of the Apes (2001) Instinct to Kill (2001) The One (2001) Deuces Wild (2002) Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) Daredevil (2003) Anger Management (2003) Basic (2003) Johnny (2003) The Rundown (2003) Sledge (2003) (Short film) Confessions of an Action Star (2005) Constantine (2005) Domino (2005) Black Dawn (2005) Alpha Dog (2006) Ultraviolet (2006) Click (2006) The Gene Generation (2007) Urban Justice (2007) Beowulf (2007) Pistol Whipped (2008) Edge of Darkness (2010) Takers (2010) Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Gangster Squad (2013) After Earth (2013) Machete Kills (2013) Ender's Game (2013) Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Stunt coordinator Around the Bend (2004) Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004) Sunland Heat (2004) Road House 2 (2006) Splinter (2006) Adventures of Johnny Tao (2007) (Assistant) The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (2009) Blood and Bone (2009) Cat Run (2011) Warrior (2011) Underworld: Awakening [a] (2012) Gone (2012) (Additional photography) Get the Gringo (2012) Safe (2012) Loom (2012) Argo (2012) Bullet to the Head (2012) Homefront (2013) (Assistant) The Expendables 3 (2014) Spy (2015) The Last Witch Hunter (2015) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) Spectral (2016) John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) (Supervising) The Fate of the Furious (2017) The Dark Tower (2017) (Los Angeles unit) Gemini Man (2019) Bloodshot (2020) Beast Mode (2020) F9 (2021) Samaritan (2022) (second unit) Utility stunts Iron Man (2008) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) Stunt double Year Title Artist 2005 Be Cool John Travolta XXX: State of the Union Barry Sigismondi Serenity Nathan Fillion Today You Die Jamie McShane 2006 The Hard Easy David Boreanaz 2013 Homefront Clancy Brown

Fight choreographer Deadly Ransom (1998) The Silent Force (2001) Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) (Additional) The Tournament (2009) Three Bullets (2009) Warrior (2011) Haywire (2011) The Expendables 3 (2014)

Fight coordinator Sunland Heat (2004) Bullet to the Head (2012) Oldboy (2013) Divergent (2014) Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) Fight double No Rules (2005)

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Full Impact	Louis's Street Fighter
1996	Bloodsport III	J. J. Tucker
1997	Mortal Kombat Annihilation	Cyrax / Scorpion / Noob Saibot / Tarkatan (Baraka)
1998	Deadly Ransom	Tony
	Enter the Eagles	Ben
2001	The Rage Within	Jay
	The Silent Force	Rookie
2003	Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision	Officer
2004	Spartan	Bodyguard
	Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon	Boxing referee
	Sunland Heat	Matthews
2005	Today You Die	Thug
2007	Adventures of Johnny Tao	Lido
2008	The Shepherd: Border Patrol	Illegal immigrant
2009	Tea and Remembrance	Bar patron	Short film
	The Tournament	Montoya
2011	Haywire	Max
2012	Get the Gringo	Reginald T. Barnes

Other credits

Year	Title	Role
2008	Beyond the Ring	Fight director
2009	Blood and Bone	Martial arts director
2010	The Experiment	Action coordinator
2011	Warrior	Walla group
2012	Django Unchained	Stunt performer
2013	Olympus Has Fallen	Fight performer
2014	John Wick	Stunt player

Television

TV movies

Year	Title	Role
1994	Vanishing Son I	Stunts
	CyberTracker
	Vanishing Son II
	Vanishing Son III
	Vanishing Son IV
2005	The Poseidon Adventure	Stunt performer
	Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire	Stunts
2007	Sharpshooter	Stunt performer
	All I Want for Christmas	Livestock trainer
2017	The Saint	Stunt coordinator

TV series

Stunts

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	100 episodes [8]
1995	WMAC Masters	Stunt ninja
1996	Nash Bridges
1998	Charmed
1998–99	Mortal Kombat: Conquest	Stunt actor and double for Alexander Walters (2 episodes)
1999	Angel
	V.I.P.	Episode "The Quick and the Dead"
2001	Crossing Jordan
2002	V.I.P.	Episode "48½ Hours"
	She Spies
	Firefly
	Birds of Prey
	The Chang Family Saves the World	Unaired pilot
2006	Fallen	Miniseries
2014	True Blood	Episode "Jesus Gonna Be Here"

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Duckman	Ninja	Episode "Papa Oom M.O.W. M.O.W."
1998–99	Mortal Kombat: Conquest	Sub-Zero
2001	Fear Factor	Himself
2006	CSI: NY	Keith Gale	Episode "Heroes"

Other credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	American Misfits	Fight coordinator
2017	S.W.A.T.	Stunt coordinator	Episode "Pilot"
2019	Stumptown		Episode "Forget It Dex, It's Stumptown"
2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Stunt performer	Episode " The Star-Spangled Man"
	Shadow and Bone	Stunt coordinator, stunt director: second unit and second unit director	Episode "A Searing Burst of Light"

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts	Sub-Zero	9 episodes
2009	Angel of Death	—	Stunts

Notes

References

External links

• [1]
• J. J. Perry at IMDb
• "J.J. Perry Interview" Archived 2009-05-14 at the Wayback Machine