Bradley James (Bradley James): filmography and personal life of the actor

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Unfortunately, the filmography of Allan Bradley James has only a few works. This memorable actor, martial artist and stuntman is a good friend of Jackie Chan.

Actor biography

Alan Bradley James was born on February 14, 1973 in Melbourne (Australia). While still very young, he became interested in martial arts. The boy grew up in the highlands, near Melbourne. At the age of 10, he first saw a film with Jackie Chan and just fell ill with it. The boy began to imitate his idol in everything. Since then, he has set himself the goal of achieving film recognition.

Already at the age of 14, Bradley began to actively engage in wushu. All his free time from study, he was preparing for international competitions in his favorite martial arts. The fighting style closest to him was Di-Tang Quan, which combined a lot of acrobatic stunts. He was perfect for the short but well-cut Bradley James.

In order to improve his skills and knowledge in this ancient martial art, he trained for more than two years with world-famous associates of the unique master and actor Jet Li - Tan Lai-Wei and Liyan Chang-Sin. These two people are goodknown in their respective circles as members of the Beijing Wushu Team.

As part of the Australian team, Allan Bradley participated in the fourth World Wushu Championship. In addition to Chinese martial arts, Bradley James is fond of karate, kickboxing and aikido. The owner of a small stature (only 163 cm), thanks to his talent and perseverance, he achieved very good results. That is why he had the opportunity to work with Jackie Chan in his stunt group. It is noteworthy that, thanks to his graceful figure, Bradley James often dubbed women on the set. So, in the movie "Who am I?" (1998) he did dangerous stunts instead of Michel Ferre.

Career start

After training in China, he returned to Australia and, to his extreme joy, learned that Jackie Chan was filming his "Mr. Cool" (1997) in Melbourne. On the set of the film, Bradley James, who until that time had no acting experience, but showed several difficult tricks, was entrusted with a supporting role.

After this film, Jackie Chan offered him to work in the action comedy "Who Am I?", in which the aspiring actor had to play the role of an opponent of the famous Chinese artist. Working in Jackie Chan's stunt team allowed Bradley James to become a fairly successful director of action scenes in big Hollywood projects.

Bradley James Filmography

In addition to acting in suchfilms like "Mr. Cool", "Who Am I?", "Magnificent" (1999), Bradley actively starred as a stuntman. At the same time, he undertook to perform even the most dangerous and difficult tricks. James participated in the filming of such films: "Rush Hour" (1998), "Shanghai Noon" (2000), "The Accidental Spy" and "Rush Hour 2" (2001), "Tuxedo" (2002).), Shanghai Knights (2003), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Rush Hour 3 (2007), Helboy 2: The Golden Army (2008), Kick-Ass”, “Ninja Assassin”, “Avatar”, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” (2009).

Work in cinematography

Allan Bradley James never considered himself a talented actor. He really evaluates his external data, which clearly does not fit into the established Hollywood canons. But all this does not prevent him from using his skills in martial arts and acrobatics to the fullest. His stunt skills, stunts and fight choreography leave no one indifferent. Everyone who worked with him speaks of him as a true master of his craft.

To improve his physical form, James is actively engaged not only in martial arts, but also in horse riding, rock climbing, trampolining, gymnastics, and high-speed driving. He also constantly practices a variety of falls from various heights, which allows him to perform very dangerous tricks in almost any conditions.

According to him, daily training takes 6 hours. To date, photos of Bradley James are not often found on the pages of magazines and on the Internet, but this does not mean that he has stopped working in films. The stuntman worked on the creation of not only Hollywood films. So, for a long time he participated in the filming of films in Hong Kong. His work is often left behind the scenes and his name is not always indicated in the credits for new films. Allan Bradley is currently working on Marvel's Ant-Man, due out in 2015

Bradley James. Personal life

The Australian actor is closed to the press, so any information about his personal life is almost impossible to find. It is well known that so far, Bradley James has not tied the knot. Also, no one knows whether he has children or not. Perhaps the actor, who is still not too old by Hollywood standards, has never met a woman on his life path who could curb his indefatigable energy and desire for self-improvement.