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

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.

Biography of the actor

Alan Bradley James was born on February 14, 1973. in Melbourne, Australia. Still very young he became interested in martial arts. The boy grew up in a mountainous area, not far from Melbourne. At the age of 10, he first saw the film with Jackie Chan and just fell ill with it. The boy began to imitate his idol in everything. Since then, he set himself the goal of achieving recognition in the cinema.

Already at the age of 14 Bradley became actively engaged in Wushu. All his free time from studies, he was preparing for international competitions in his favorite single combat. The closest to his style of struggle was Di-Tang Quan, which combined a lot of acrobatic stunts. For a short, but very well-tailored Bradley James, he perfectly suited.

In order to improve their skills andcognition in this ancient martial art, he spent over two years with the world-famous companions of the unique master and actor Jet Li-Tan Lai-Wei and Lian Chang-Sin. These two people are well known in their respective circles, because they are members of the Beijing Wushu Team (the Beijing Wushu team).

As part of the Australian team Allan Bradleyparticipated in the fourth World Championship in Wushu. In addition to the practice of Chinese martial arts, Bradley James is keen on karate, kickboxing and aikido. The owner of small height (only 163 cm), thanks to his talent and perseverance, he achieved very good results. That's why he had the opportunity to work with Jackie Chan in his stunt group. Remarkably, thanks to his graceful figure, Bradley James on the set often duplicated and women. So, in the film "Who am I?" (1998), he performed dangerous tricks instead of Michelle Ferre.

Carier start

After training in China, he returned to Australiaand, to his incredible joy, learned that Jackie Chan was shooting his "Mr. Krutoy" (1997) in Melbourne. On the set of the film, Bradley James, who has not had any acting experience before, but has shown several complex tricks, has entrusted the role of the second plan.

After this film, Jackie Chan offered himwork in a comic action movie "Who am I?", In which the beginning actor had to act as the enemy of the famous Chinese artist. Working in Jackie Chan's stunt group allowed Bradley James to become a rather successful stage manager in big Hollywood projects.

Filmography of Bradley James

In addition to acting in such films as"Mr. Krutoy", "Who am I?", "Magnificent" (1999), Bradley actively acted as a stuntman. At the same time he undertook to perform even the most dangerous and complex tricks. James participated in the filming of such films: "Rush Hour" (1998), "Shanghai Noon" (2000), "Random Spy" and "Rush Hour 2" (2001), "Tuxedo" (2002) ), The Shanghai Knights (2003), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), The Rush Hour 3 (2007), The Helboy 2: The Golden Army (2008), Pipets "," Ninja Killer "," Avatar "," Scott Pilgrim Against All "(2009).

Work in the cinema

Allan Bradley James never considered himselftalented actor. He really assesses 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 abilities, stunts and the choreography of battles leave no one indifferent. Everyone who worked with him, speak of him as a true master of his work.

To improve his physical fitness, Jamesis actively engaged not only in martial arts, but also in horse riding, rock climbing, jumping on a trampoline, gymnastics, high-speed driving. He also constantly works a variety of falls from various heights, which allows him to perform very dangerous stunts in almost any situation.

According to him, daily training takes6 hours. To date, photos of Bradley James are not often found in magazines and on the Internet, but that does not mean that he stopped working in the movies. The stuntman worked on creating not only Hollywood paintings. So, for a long time he participated in the filming of films in Hong Kong. His work often remains behind the scenes and not always his name is indicated in the credits to new movies. To date, Allan Bradley is involved in the work on a picture of the company Marvel "Man-Ant", which is scheduled to be released in 2015.

Bradley James. Personal life

The Australian actor is closed to the press, soany information about his personal life is almost impossible to detect. It is common knowledge that until now Bradley James has not tied himself up by marriage. Also, no one knows whether he has children or not. Perhaps the actor, who is not too many years old by Hollywood standards, has never met a woman who could curb his irrepressible energy and desire for self-improvement.