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Philippe Joly
Moscow, USSR
Philippe Joly (Chinese: 狼森; pinyin: Lángsēn) is a french actor born in Moscow, Russia. Joly regularly plays the villain in Action films in Asia, and appeared alongside major acto…
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Philippe Joly (Chinese: 狼森; pinyin: Lángsēn) is a french actor born in Moscow, Russia. Joly regularly plays the villain in Action films in Asia, and appeared alongside major actors in the region including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. In his role as Decimus in Jackie Chan’s film Dragon Blade, he shared the screen with American actors John Cusack and Adrien Brody, and French singer/actress Lorie Pester. Recent projects include Juno Mak's latest film "Sons of the Neon Night" (Chinese: 風林火山), The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords (Chinese: 扫毒2天地对决), and the Chinese Sci-fi action film Ultimate Code (Chinese: 终极代码) in which Joly plays a lead role as the main villain alongside a Chinese cast and fellow french actor and Parkour founder David Belle. Aside from acting, Joly is a supporter of independent filmmaking, and regularly writes screenplays, and directs short films in Hong Kong. He speaks several languages (French, Russian, Italian and English), is an avid practitioner of close-up magic and card manipulation, and has trained in various Martial Arts since the age of 5. While not a stuntman, Joly often has to perform stunts as required by the Action film genre and the type of characters he plays.
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2026
Tip of the Iceberg
Movie Blackjack
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2025
Variant
Movie Joey
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2025
Sons of the Neon Night
Movie Enzo
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2025
Homeland Guardian
TV show Louis
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2023
The Goldfinger
Movie Head of KGB
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2023
The Modelizer
Movie Vadim Petrenkov
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2023
C'est Juste Un Nombre
Movie Editor
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2021
Flying Tiger III
TV show 伊萬
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2021
Ultimate Code
Movie Mick
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2020
Bonus for the Bullseye
Movie The Snake
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2020
Battle of Defense 2
Movie General
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2020
Chapter: The Legacy (Bloody River)
Movie Mr. Mallick
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2019
Captured
Movie Jean-Pierre Bonnet
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2019
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Movie Jozsef
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2019
Change of Gangster
Movie
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2019
Abduction
Movie Mogilov
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2018
Agent Mr. Chan
Movie French Chef
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2017
Chasing the Dragon
Movie Chief Commissioner of Police
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2017
OCTB
TV show Jay (Georges' henchman)
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2017
Ghost in the Shell
Movie Section Six Soldier (uncredited)
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2016
Mission Milano
Movie Killer
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2016
Hacker
Movie Colombian Hitman
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2015
Lust and Found
Movie Kimchi
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2015
Pound of Flesh
Movie Zoltan
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2015
Helios
Movie Younger Mr. BIG's Thug
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2015
Little Big Master
Movie Director of French Museum
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2015
Dragon Blade
Movie Lucius' deputy Paullus
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2014
From Vegas to Macau
Movie Delegate
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New Horizon
Movie Director
