Jean-Paul Ly

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Jean-Paul Ly is an award-winning stunt and action actor based in London, with Chinese and Cambodian heritage. He is also a critically acclaimed action designer, best known for his…

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Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

7.4 2016 Movie
Lucy

Lucy

6.5 2014 Movie
The Batman

The Batman

7.7 2022 Movie
Now You See Me 2

Now You See Me 2

6.8 2016 Movie
Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

6.7 2021 Movie
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

7.2 2022 Movie
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

6.8 2019 Movie
F9

F9

7.0 2021 Movie
The Gentlemen

The Gentlemen

7.7 2019 Movie
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

6.5 2023 Movie
The Girl with All the Gifts

The Girl with All the Gifts

6.6 2016 Movie
Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl

5.5 2020 Movie

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Jean-Paul Ly is an award-winning stunt and action actor based in London, with Chinese and Cambodian heritage. He is also a critically acclaimed action designer, best known for his work on Jailbreak—winner of Best Action Feature at the 2017 Fantasia Film Festival—and the British action-comedy Nightshooters, which earned a Best UK Feature nomination at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival. Ly made his directorial debut with the 23-minute action short The Division.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Rogue Trooper

    Movie Stunts

  2. 2025
    Misfire

    Movie Director

  3. 2025
    The Old Guard 2

    Movie Stunt Double

  4. 2025
    Restless

    Movie Stunt Coordinator

  5. 2025
    Coldplay: A Film for the Future

    Movie Director

  6. 2024
    Atlas

    Movie Stunts

  7. 2023
    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

    Movie Stunts

  8. 2023
    Sumotherhood

    Movie Stunts

  9. 2022
    Speed Dating

    Movie Writer

  10. 2022
    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    Movie Stunt Double

  11. 2022
    The Batman

    Movie Stunts

  12. 2021
    Venom: Let There Be Carnage

    Movie Stunts

  13. 2021
    F9

    Movie Stunts

  14. 2021
    Acéré

    Movie Protagonist

  15. 2021
    400 Bullets

    Movie Rana Rae

  16. 2020
    Artemis Fowl

    Movie Nguyen Xuan (uncredited)

More credits
  1. 2020
    I Am Vengeance: Retaliation

    Movie Kelso

  2. 2020
    Tiger Man

    Movie Fight Choreographer

  3. 2019
    The Gentlemen

    Movie Stunts

  4. 2019
    Treadstone

    TV show Stunts

  5. 2019
    Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

    Movie Stunts

  6. 2019
    The Take Down

    Movie Chan

  7. 2019
    Real Men

    Movie Self

  8. 2019
    Hanna

    TV show Stunts

  9. 2018
    RIFT

    Movie

  10. 2018
    The Prey

    Movie Action Director

  11. 2018
    Nightshooters

    Movie Donnie

  12. 2018
    Krypton

    TV show Stunts

  13. 2018
    The Division

    Movie Jake

  14. 2017
    Viking Siege

    Movie The Rat

  15. 2017
    Gatwick Gangsters

    Movie Chinese gangsters

  16. 2017
    Jailbreak

    Movie Jean-Paul

  17. 2016
    Doctor Strange

    Movie Stunts

  18. 2016
    The Girl with All the Gifts

    Movie Stunts

  19. 2016
    Now You See Me 2

    Movie Stunts

  20. 2016
    Tranh & Nowak

    Movie Stunts

  21. 2015
    Aashiqui - True Love

    Movie Stunt Double

  22. 2014
    Lucy

    Movie Stunts

  23. 2014
    Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist

    TV show Stunts

  24. 2012
    Cuckoo

    TV show Tattooed Henchman