Tony Jaa Trivia

Stunt-man turned actor who does not use any wire work or CG effects in his stunts.  Highly Skilled in Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, swordplay and gymnastics.  Watching Jackie Chan movies and a Thai movie called Born to Fight (2004) ("Born to Fight") influenced him to do stuntwork and eventually become a action star, but he says his biggest influence is Bruce Lee.  Born in a northeastern province of Thailand called Surin.  Robin Shou's stunt double in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997).  Does 8 hours of gymnastics, Muay Thai, and other sports training a day.  Is actually of Cambodian descent, more known as "Khmer Surin".  He speaks Thai, Khmer

and he is learning English.

"Tony Jaa Special Quotes"  : 

"Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee are my masters; they're the inspiration for my work. Bruce Lee was a heavy fighter who threw hard punches. Jackie moves very fast and uses a lot of comedy, and Jet Li is very fluid. I've tried to combine all of their styles and added some things of my own."  "I want a strong foundation in Thailand. Hollywood? Maybe in the future."

Tony Jaa "The Next Project"

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"Sahamongkol Film International" in Thailand advertised that Tony Jaa's third film would be called Sword or Dab Atamas, about the art of Thai two-sword fighting, with a script by Prapas Chonsalanont. But due to a falling out between Prachya Pinklaw and Tony Jaa, which neither have publicly commented on, Sword has been cancelled. On March 2006 it was reported that there would be a sequel to Ong-Bak, Ong-Bak 2. With Jaa both directing and starring, it started pre-production in fall 2006 and was released in December of 2008.While Jaa was working on Ong-Bak 2, director Prachya Pinkaew and action choreographer Panna Rittikrai were working on Chocolate, starring a female martial artist, Nicharee Vismistananda, and released February 6, 2008. Jaa had been cast in a small role in a third installment of the King Naresuan film series directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol,although the film was ultimately cancelled
Other developments  Tony Jaa's  films captured the attention of his hero, Jackie Chan, who asked director Brett Ratner to cast Jaa in "Rush Hour 3" "I gave the director videos of Tony Jaa because I think Tony Jaa is the most well-rounded of all action stars," Chan told the Associated Press. "The director liked him a lot," Chan said.However, Jaa said he'd be unable to participate because of scheduling conflicts with the shooting of Ong Bak 2.Additionally, veteran Hong Kong martial arts coordinator Lau Kar-leung has mentioned Jaa as someone he'd like to work with. 

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.