Lewis Tan

Lewis Singwah Tan was born on 4 February 1987 in Salford, Greater Manchester, the eldest of four sons to Joanne Cassidy, a retired British fashion model and Philip Tan, a Chinese Singaporean martial artist, actor, and stunt coordinator.[1][2][3] Tan's father trained him in martial arts from a young age. His brother Sam is also an actor, and his youngest brother Evan is a photographer.

Tan's family moved to Los Angeles when his father was hired as a fight coordinator for Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman. He also lived in China, France, and Spain growing up. Tan began training in theatre in his early teens.[4][5][6][7]

Tan had small supporting roles in films such as Hangover 3 and Olympus Has Fallen.[8] He began working on television shows such as CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii 5-0, 24, and Rush Hour.[8]

In 2016, Tan was cast in a guest role in the first season of the Netflix television series Iron Fist. He starred in the role of Zhou Cheng.[9] In the same year, Tan was cast in the action film Den of Thieves starring Gerard Butler.[10]

Tan starred as Gaius Chau in the third season of the AMC television series Into the Badlands.[11]

In 2018, Tan starred as Shatterstar in the superhero film Deadpool 2.[12] In the same year, it was announced that Tan was cast in the series regular role of Lu Xin Lee on the Netflix crime drama series, Wu Assassins.[13] Tan reprised his role in the sequel film Fistful of Vengeance.[14] It was released on February 17, 2022.[15]

In August 2019, Tan was cast in the Mortal Kombat reboot as Cole Young.[16][17][18] The film was released on 23 April 2021.[19][20] He was previously involved with the Mortal Kombat media franchise when he underwent filming as Kung Jin for the unreleased web series Mortal Kombat X: Generations; Tan was recruited for the role by Garrett Warren, an experienced action director for live action media productions.[21][22][8]

In April 2021, Tan was cast in the leading role of CIA officer Harris Chang on the upcoming television adaptation based on The Quantum Spy thriller novel by David Ignatius.[23]

In May 2021, Tan was cast alongside Emma Roberts in the romantic comedy About Fate, which was directed by Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg.[24]

In January 2022, it was announced that Tan would play Tolya Yul-Bataar in the second season of Netflix's Shadow and Bone.[25][26]

Tan is known for performing his own stunts, using multiple styles including Muay Thai, Kung Fu, Ju-Jitsu, and Japanese katana swordplay.[5]

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