Philippe Joly
Philippe Joly | |
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Born |
Moscow, Russia | 2 January 1976
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Actor, Screenwriter, Producer, model |
Years active | 2010–present |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Philippe Joly (Chinese: 狼森; pinyin: Lángsēn) (born 2 January 1976) is a French actor and screenwriter, born in Moscow, Russia. Joly is best known for his role as Zoltan in the 2015 film Pound of Flesh[1] with Jean-Claude Van Damme and his role as Decimus in Jackie Chan’s film Dragon Blade [2] directed by Daniel Lee, in which he appears alongside American actors John Cusack and Adrien Brody, and French singer/actress Lorie Pester.
Joly regularly plays the villain [3] in Action films in Asia, and appeared alongside major Hong Kong actors including Chow Yun Fat as a foreign gangster in From Vegas to Macau, and Andy Lau, whom he faced twice, first as a killer disguised as a maid in the film Mission Milano, and then as Chief Commissioner in Chasing The Dragon. Recent projects include Juno Mak's latest film "Sons of The Neon Night" (Chinese: 風林火山), 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.
As well as acting, Joly has also written many screenplays, and produced and directed a couple of Independent films in Hong Kong.[4] Joly 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. In the film Lust & Found, he choreographed the fight scene sequence.
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords | 扫毒2天地对决 | Jozsef | Starring Andy Lau, Louis Koo. Directed by Herman Yau. [5] |
2018 | Abduction (formerly Twilight Zodiac) | 生死鬼蜮 | Mogilov | Starring Scott Adkins, Andy On, Truong Ngoc-anh. Directed by Ernie Barbarash. Executive Producer Roger Corman for Iqiyi, Producers Henry Luk and Mike Leeder.[6] |
2018 | Call Me Agent | 我要做特務 | Mafia Boss | Starring Cantopop singer Poyiu Wong (of the Hong Kong girl group Staries), Vincent Luk, Malaysian singer Belle Lee and veteran Hong Kong actor Gabriel Wong Yat San. Co-directed by Hong Kong director Eric Lam, who wrote the screenplay, and Malaysian director Michael Chuah, who also serves as producer.[7] |
2017 | The Ultimate Code | 终极代码 | Mick | Style: Action. Starring David Belle[8] |
2017 | Sons Of The Neon Night | 風林火山 | Enzo | Style: Crime Drama Thriller. Director: Juno Mak.[9]
Starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Sean Lau, and Louis Koo. |
2017 | Captured | Jean-Pierre Bonnet | Directors: Ross W. Clarkson. Starring Oliver Williams, Sara Malakul Lane, Katrina Grey, Andrew Ng, Emilie Guillot | |
2017 | Chasing The Dragon | 追龍 | Chief Commissioner of Police | Directors: Jason Kwan, Wong Jing. Starring Donnie Yen and Andy Lau.[10] |
2017 | OCTB | 反黑 | Jay (George's henchman) | Director: Jones Soong (Chinese: 宋本中). Starring Jordan Chan, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan, Sam Lee, Michael Chan Wai-man, Frankie Ng Chi Hung.[11] |
2017 | Agent Mr Chan | 棟篤特工 | French Chef | Director: Jeff Cheung Ka-Kit. Starring: Dayo Wong Chi-Wah and Charmaine Sheh See-Man. |
2017 | Change Of Gangster | 转型团伙 | Gangster | Mob Comedy directed by Francis Ng.[12] Starring Francis Ng, his son Feynman Ng, Simon Yam, Frankie Ng Chi-Hung, and Qiao Shan. |
2016 | Ghost In The Shell | Section 6 Agent | Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring Scarlett Johansson,[13] and Pilou Asbæk . | |
2016 | Mission Milano | 王牌逗王牌 | Killer | Chinese-Hong Kong action adventure comedy film directed by Wong Jing. Starring Andy Lau. |
2015 | Pound of Flesh | Zoltan | Directed by Ernie Barbarash. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and the late Darren Shahlavi. | |
2015 | Dragon Blade | 天將雄師 | General Paullus | Directed by Daniel Lee. Starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, Lorie Pester, and Choi Siwon. |
2015 | Helios | 赤道 | Mr. Big’s bodyguard | Starring Chang Chen, Janice Man, Nick Cheung, Jacky Cheung, and Choi Siwon. |
2015 | Little Big Master | 五個小孩的校長 | Director of French Museum | Starring Miriam Yeung, and Louis Koo. The film is the 12th highest grossing Hong Kong film of all time.[14] |
2015 | Lust & Found | Kimchi | Directed by Lawrence Gray | |
2014 | VOR[15] | Alexander Orlov | Written and directed by Philippe Joly. | |
2014 | Hacker | Columbian Assassin | Directed by Kazakh director Akan Satayev[16] Starring Callan McAuliffe and Lorraine Nicholson. | |
2014 | My Name Is Tanyusha | Vernon the magician | Philippe Joly is also co-writer and co-producer. | |
2014 | From Vegas to Macau | 賭城風雲 | American Gangster | Directed by Wong Jing. Starring Chow Yun Fat. Produced by Andrew Lau, who directed the film Infernal Affairs, which was remade[17] by Martin Scorsese in 2006 as The Departed. |
Television
Year | Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Tiger Cubs II | 飞虎II | Terrorist | Produced by TVB |
2014 | Lord of Shanghai | 梟雄 | Police officer | Produced by TVB |
2014 | The Ultimate Addiction | 點金勝手 | Chef | Produced by TVB |
Short Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Angel | Stefan | Written and Directed by Owen Fitzpatrick. Action and Fight Choreography by Philippe Joly |
2016 | Insomnia | Rudy, Psychiatrist | Written and Directed by Solomon Wong. |
2014 | Paid In Full | Written and Directed by Philippe Joly. | |
2014 | Beef & Broccoli | Thug | Directed by Damon Dash Kung-Fu short inspired by true events, shot on location in Hong Kong. |
Modeling
Philippe occasionally works as a model for brands and advertising campaigns including:
- Tai Pan Row - luxury tailor in Hong Kong
- Kraftek - luxury Apple watch cases and bracelets
- 3D Robotics - 3DR Drone mini series
- Hong Kong SAR 20th Anniversary - TV commercial "Together, Progress, Opportunity".[18]
- Rangerfone - Outdoor phone brand
Early years
Before becoming an actor and getting involved in the film industry, Philippe Joly was an entrepreneur and digital marketing expert.[19] He founded a number of technology start-ups in Ireland, Italy and Hong Kong, including:
- Safebox - Award-winning [20] application that pioneered the field of mobile privacy in pre-smartphone Era
- clickSUMO - Leading A2P messaging platform
- Yeloworld - Mobile VoIP application acquired by talk360 [21]
- SIMchronise - Mobile data synchronisation company that was part of the High Potential Start-Ups unit of Enterprise Ireland
He is also the author of a book on start-ups and entrepreneurship called "Potemkin, Inc.".[22]
Philippe first got into films as a screenwriter. His first screenplay was "No Tomorrow", which he co-wrote with his friend Paolo Rizzardini.
References
- ↑ Hollywood Reporter film review Hollywood Reporter (18 February 2015)
- ↑ Dragon Blade film review Variety.com (26 February 2015)
- ↑ AroundDB Magazine Interview Philippe Joly talks about Indie Filmmaking in Hong Kong (June 2014)
- ↑ cGuide Macau Interview Philippe Joly discusses Indie films VOR and My Name is Tanuysha (February 16, 2014)
- ↑ "The White Storm 2 Stars Andy Lau and Louis Koo". JayneStars. June, 2018.
- ↑ "ABDUCTION: Scott Adkins' Upcoming Action Flick with Andy On Gets a Name Change and New Images!". Action-flix.com. March, 2018.
- ↑ "Malaysia-HK spy movie ‘Call Me Agent’ being filmed across Klang Valley". Star2.com. May, 2018.
- ↑ "Action movie The Ultimate Code press conference held in Shenzhen". China.com News. July, 2017.
- ↑ "HK FilMart: Juno Mak to Deconstruct Hong Kong in Sons of the Neon Night". Variety.com. March, 2015.
- ↑ "DONNIE YEN To Play Notorious Gangster In CHASING THE DRAGON With ANDY LAU". Martial Arts Action Cinema. May, 2017.
- ↑ "反黑 OCTB Hong Kong Crime/Thriller series in VOD passes 1 million views". HK01.com. Sept 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Change of Gangster 轉型團伙". Hong Kong Cinema. June 2017.
- ↑ "Hollywood star starts shooting Hong Kong scenes for new film". South China Morning Post. June 8, 2016.
- ↑ "HKSAR Film Top 10 Box Office" (25 May 2015).
- ↑ VOR ! breaks out in Hong Kong Impact Online Magazine (January 17, 2014)
- ↑ "Kazakhstan Director Akan Satayev To Helm Canadian Indie Hacker". Hollywood Reporter. 09/06/13.
- ↑ "Infernal Affairs vs. the remake, The Departed". Film.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ↑ "Hong Kong SAR 20th Anniversary". Hong Kong Government. July 17.
- ↑ "General Assembly Instructor Profile". General Assembly. June 17.
- ↑ "Safebox Wins At 2011 Global Messaging Awards". Irish Internet Association.2011.
- ↑ "Mobile VoIP provider Talk360 acquires Yeloworld". Talk360.2014.
- ↑ "100 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read". Sujan Patel.August 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Philippe Joly. |
- Philippe Joly on IMDb
- Impact Online: ‘VOR ! breaks out in Hong Kong’ (17 January 2014)
- (in Spanish) VanDammeForum.com Entrevista exclusiva a Philippe Joly