Scott Adkins Biography

Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is an English actor and martial artist who is best known for playing Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and Undisputed III: Redemption, Bradley Hume in Holby City, Ed Russell in Mile High and as Hector in The Expendables 2. Adkins has also appeared in Dangerfield, Hollyoaks, The Tournament TV series and many others, as well as many films.

Early life

Scott Adkins was born at Sutton Coldfield, England, on 17 June 1976. He became interested in martial arts at the age of ten when he, his father, and older brother, Craig, visited the local Judo club. His interest towards martial arts grew even more at age 14 when he adopted Bruce Lee as his idol. That same year, he started practicing taekwondo. Since age 16, Adkins has also trained in kickboxing which he holds black belt by the age of 19. He also has trained in ninjutsu, judo, Karate, jujutsu, wushu, Krav Maga, capoeira, Jeet Kune Do and gymnastics.

Career

His first break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called Dei Seung Chui Keung (2001) (aka Extreme Challenge). Spotted by Head of The Hong Kong Stuntmen Association and director Wei Tung and English-born Hong Kong movie expert Bey Logan, Adkins found himself in the East for the first time. Scott got the chance to work with some of Hong Kong cinema's leading action directors including Woo-ping Yuen, Corey Yuen, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo and the legendary Jackie Chan. Acting roles started to come in and he was offered a guest role in BBC's Doctors (2000) filmed at Birmingham's Pebble Mill. A few episodes in BBC's EastEnders (1985) and City Central (1998), and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama Mile High (2003) followed by a regular role in BBC's Holby City (1999) as Bradley Hume, the assistant general manager of Holby General.

Starring roles in feature films soon followed with his portrayal of Talbot in Special Forces (2003) and Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006). It was this film that broke him into the mainstream with his villainous portrayal of a Russian MMA underground fighter Boyka. After this Scott had guest starring roles in bigger budget films like The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Tournament (2009), and played Jean-Claude Van Damme's main adversary in Sony Pictures The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008). Adkins appears in the role of King Amphitryon in The Legend of Hercules .

In 2012, he was cast to star in Metal Hurlant chronicles, a sci-fi Franco-Belgium TV show, adapted from the French comic books Metal Hurlant. He will star in 2 episodes; "King's crown" with Michael Jai White, "Second chance" in the episode "Loyal Khondor" with Karl E. Landler and John Rhys Davies, his character from "Second chance" is doing a cameo, encountering Khondor, played by Karl E. Landler, in front of an intergalactic pub. Guillaume Lubrano creator and director of the show decided to cross the universe of two originals stories.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Accidental Spy	Lee's Bodyguard / Turkish leader	as Scott Edward Adkins
2001	Pure Vengeance	Danny	Short
2001	Extreme Challenge	Isaac Borman
2002	Black Mask 2: City of Masks	Dr. Lang
2003	Special Forces	Talbot
2003	The Medallion	Snakehead's Henchman
2005	Unleashed	Swimming Pool Fighter
2005	Pit Fighter	Nathan
2006	The Pink Panther	Jacquard / Footballer
2006	Undisputed II: Last Man Standing	Yuri Boyka	Direct-to-video
2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	Agent Kiley
2008	The Shepherd: Border Patrol	Karp	Direct-to-video
2008	Stag Night	Carl	Direct-to-video
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Weapon XI / Deadpool	Shared with Ryan Reynolds
2009	The Tournament	Yuri Petrov	Direct-to-video
2009	Ninja	Casey Bowman	Direct-to-video
2010	Undisputed III: Redemption	Yuri Boyka	Direct-to-video
2011	Assassination Games	Roland Flint	Direct-to-video
2012	Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning	John	Direct-to-video
2012	El Gringo	The Man	Direct-to-video
2012	The Expendables 2	Hector
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	John
2013	Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon	Travis Preston	Direct-to-video
2013	Green Street 3: Never Back Down	Danny Harvey	Direct-to-video
2013	Ninja: Shadow of a Tear	Casey Bowman	Direct-to-video
2014	The Legend of Hercules	King Amphitryon
2015	Wolf Warriors	Tom Cat
2015	Close Range	Colton MacReady	Limited release
2015	Re-Kill	Parker	Direct-to-video
2015	Zero Tolerance	Steven	Direct-to-video
2016	Grimsby	Pavel Lukashenko
2016	Criminal	Pete Greensleeves
2016	Jarhead 3: The Siege	Gunny Raines
2016	Hard Target 2	Wes Baylor
2016	Doctor Strange	Lucian	Post-production
2016	Eliminators	Martin	Post-production
2017	Boyka: Undisputed	Yuri Boyka	Post-production
2017	Savage Dog	TBA	Filming

Television

Year 2016	Title Home Invasion	Role	Notes
1998	Dangerfield		Episode: Paths
1999	City Central	Jake Clanton	Episode: Life Liberty and Pursuit
2000	Doctors	Ross	3 episodes
2001	The Big Breakfast	Himself	1 episode
2002	Mutant X	Marko	Episode: Sign from Above; Uncredited
2003	EastEnders	Joel	6 episodes
2005	Mile High	Ed Russell	12 episodes
2005	Hollyoaks: Let Loose	Ryan	2 episodes
2006	Holby City	Bradley Hume	9 episodes
2012, 2014	Mtal Hurlant Chronicles	Guillame / Joe Manda	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Results
2010	Undisputed III: Redemption	Action on Film Award	Breakout Action Star
2015	Wolf Warriors	China International Film Festival	Most Accomplished Actor