Tony Jaa Biography

Tony Jaa "Ong-Bak"biography

"ทัชชกร ยีรัมย์" or formerly "Panom Yeerum" or everybody call "Tony Jaa" He was born on February 5, 1976 in Surin province, Thailand, His parents were elephant herders. Tony Jaa  watched the martial arts films as a young boy and began to emulate some of his idols, from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan and Jet Li. After seeing the Thai action film Born to Fight (2004) ("Born to Fight"), Tony Jaa met and studied martial arts and stunt work as a teen under the director of that film, Panna Rittikrai. At age 15 he requested to become a protege of stuntman and action-film director Panna Rittikrai. Panna had instructed Jaa to attend Maha Sarakham College of Physical Education in Maha Sarakham Province. He has trained for an unspecified time in Taekwondo although there are no details regarding if this was in ITF or WTF style and if he has received formal Taekwondo training or as part of his stunt team member apprenticeship. Likewise, he is highly skilled in Muay Thai but there is no evidence at present to suggest a formal training history or competitive career. It was not long before Tony 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 "Panom Yeerum" to "Tony Jaa" in hopes of bringing his style of action to international audiences.is a Thai monk.Prior to assuming his vows, he was a martial artist, actor, choreographer, stuntman, and director. His films include Ong-Bak-Muay Thai Warrior, Tom-Yum-Goong (also called Warrior King ) and Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning.