J. J. Perry | |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Action director, martial artist, actor, stuntman |
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Jordan Andrew "J. J." Perry is an American action director, martial artist, actor, and stuntman.
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.
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 2022, Perry directed his first feature-length film, Day Shift. In May 2023, Perry was announced to direct a film adaptation of Jay Bonansinga's novel The Killer's Game.[7]
Director
Second unit director
Stunts
| Stunt coordinator
Utility stunts
Stunt double
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Fight choreographer
| Fight coordinator
Fight double
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Acting roles
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | Officer | ||
2004 | Spartan | Bodyguard | |
Boxing referee | |||
Sunland Heat | Matthews | ||
2005 | Today You Die | Thug | |
2007 | Adventures of Johnny Tao | Lido | |
2008 | 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 | |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | |
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1994 | Vanishing Son I | Stunts | |
CyberTracker | |||
Vanishing Son II | |||
Vanishing Son III | |||
Vanishing Son IV | |||
2005 | The Poseidon Adventure | Stunt performer | |
Stunts | |||
2007 | Sharpshooter | Stunt performer | |
All I Want for Christmas | Livestock trainer | ||
2017 | The Saint | Stunt coordinator |
Stunts
Year | Title | Notes | |
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1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | 100 episodes[8] | |
1995 | WMAC Masters | Stunt ninja | |
1996 | Nash Bridges | ||
1998 | Charmed | ||
1998–99 | 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 |
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1994 | Duckman | Ninja | Episode "Papa Oom M.O.W. M.O.W." |
1998–99 | Sub-Zero | ||
2001 | Fear Factor | Himself | |
2006 | Keith Gale | Episode "Heroes" | |
Other credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2000 | Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts | Sub-Zero | 9 episodes | |
2009 | Angel of Death | Stunts |