Lewis Tan

Lewis Tan
Born Lewis Singwah Tan
(1987-02-04) 4 February 1987
Manchester, England, UK
Occupation Actor, stuntman, model
Years active 1990–present

Lewis Singwah Tan (born 1987) is a British-born American actor, model and martial artist. He is known for his roles as Zhou Cheng in Netflix's Iron Fist, Gaius Chau in the AMC martial arts drama series Into the Badlands, and Shatterstar in the film Deadpool 2.

Early life

Lewis Singwah Tan was born in Manchester, England, and was raised primarily in Los Angeles, living also in France, Thailand, Spain, and China. Tan identifies as half-Asian, half-British. His father, Philip Tan, is a martial artist, actor, and stunt coordinator of Chinese descent from Singapore. His mother is a retired fashion model from the UK. He is the eldest of four brothers. His younger brother, Sam Tan, is also an actor. The youngest brother, Evan Tan, is a photographer based in LA whose work has been featured on the art for songs from artists such as Kali Uchis and Zack Villere. Tan's father trained him in martial arts from a young age. He also began training in theatre as a young teen, leading many plays, studied performing arts in school.

Career

Tan studies under acting coach John Kirby, performing plays from Tennessee Williams to John Patrick Shanley. Tan performs his own stunts, using multiple styles including Muay Thai boxing, kung-fu, Ju-Jitsu and Japanese katana swordplay.

Tan appeared in small supporting roles in other major pictures such as Hangover 3 and Olympus Has Fallen. He began working on major television shows such as CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii 5-0, 24, Rush Hour and Mortal Kombat X: Generations.

In 2016, Tan was cast in a recurring role in the first season of the Netflix television series Iron Fist. He starred in the role of Zhou Cheng.[1]

In the same year, Tan was cast in the action film Den of Thieves starring Gerard Butler.[2] Currently, Tan has an upcoming series that is being developed.

On September 25, 2017, it was announced that Tan was cast in a recurring role in the third season of the AMC television series Into the Badlands. Currently, he stars in the role of Gaius Chau.[3]

In 2018, Tan starred as Shatterstar in the superhero film Deadpool 2.[4]

In July 2018, it was announced that Tan was cast in the series regular role of Lu Xin Lee on the Netflix series, Wu Assassins.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Stunts
Mini's First Time Skatepunk No. 2
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Stunts
2008 Red Velvet Maniac
2013 Olympus Has Fallen Korean Commando Stunts
The Hangover Part III Prison Guard Stunts
2015 Sacrifice Ben Kittman
2018 Den of Thieves Secret Service Lobby Guard #1
Deadpool 2 Gaveedra-Seven / Shatterstar

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 CSI: NY Kym Tanaka
2007 Day Break Jimmy Yan Stunt double
24 Stunt double
2010 CSI: Miami Aiko Okanagi
2011 NCIS: Los Angeles Hiro Yakuza
The Protector Zachary
2013 The Girlfriend Bruce Wayne / Batman Short
2014 10,000 Days Jiro Farnwell Television film
2015 Mortal Kombat X: Generations Kung Jin
Hawaii Five-0 Luke Nakano
2016 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kung Jin
Rush Hour Chen
2017 Iron Fist Zhou Cheng Episode: "The Blessing of Many Fractures"
2018 Into the Badlands Gaius Chau Recurring role
2019 Wu Assassins Lu Xin Lee Main cast

References

  1. ↑ Wong, Jeff (22 October 2016). "Iron Fist on Netflix Cast for Villanous Zhou Cheng". Geekdriven. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Biography". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Petski, Denise (26 September 2017). "'Into The Badlands': Sherman Augustus, Babou Ceesay & Ella Rae-Smith Join Season 3 As Series Regulars". Deadline. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Schmidt, Joseph (March 28, 2018). "'Deadpool 2': Lewis Tan of 'Iron Fist' Playing Shatterstar". Comicbook. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ Petski, Denise (20 July 2018). "'Wu Assassins': Katheryn Winnick, Lewis Tan, Tommy Flanagan & Tzi Ma Join Netflix Martial Arts Drama". Deadline. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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