Lewis Tan

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Lewis Tan
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Tan in 2022
Born Lewis Singwah Tan
(1987-02-04) 4 February 1987 (age 38)
Salford, England, U.K.
Occupation
Years active 1990–present

Lewis Singwah Tan (born 4 February 1987) is an English actor and martial artist best known for portraying Lu Xin Lee in Netflix's Wu Assassins, Shatterstar in Deadpool 2 (2018), Gaius Chau in AMC's Into the Badlands and Cole Young in Mortal Kombat (2021).

Early life

Lewis Singwah Tan was born on 4 February 1987 in Salford, England. He was raised primarily in Los Angeles, having lived in China, France, Thailand and Spain. Tan identifies himself as half-Chinese and half-British. His father, Philip Tan, is a Chinese Singaporean martial artist, actor, and stunt coordinator.[1][2][3] His mother, Joanne Cassidy, is a retired British fashion model. His family moved to Los Angeles when his father was hired as a fight coordinator for Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman. He is the eldest of four brothers. His younger brother, Sam Tan, is also an actor. His youngest brother, Evan Tan, is a photographer based in Los Angeles whose work has been featured on the art for songs from artists such as Kali Uchis and Zack Villere. Tan's father trained him in martial arts from a young age. He also began training in theatre as a young teenager, leading many plays. He studied performing arts with coach John Kirby.[4][5][6][7]

Career

Tan studies acting under coach John Kirby, performing plays from Tennessee Williams to John Patrick Shanley.[5] Tan performs his own stunts, using multiple styles including Muay Thai, Kung Fu, Ju-Jitsu and Japanese katana swordplay.[5]

Tan appeared in small supporting roles in other major pictures such as Hangover 3 and Olympus Has Fallen.[8] He began working on major 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]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Stunts
Mini's First Time Skatepunk #2
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Stunts
2008 Red Velvet Maniac
2013 Olympus Has Fallen Korean commando Stunts
The Hangover Part III Prison guard Stunts
2015 Sacrifice Ben Kittman
2018 Den of Thieves Secret Service Lobby Guard #1
Deadpool 2 Rusty / Shatterstar
2019 Ji Ji Short film
2021 Mortal Kombat Cole Young
2022 Fistful of Vengeance Lu Xin Lee
About Fate Kip
Babylon Party Attendee

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 CSI: NY Kym Tanaka
2007 Day Break Jimmy Yan Stunt double
24 Stunt double
2010 CSI: Miami Aiko Okanagi
2011 NCIS: Los Angeles Hiro Yakuza
The Protector Zachary
2013 The Girlfriend Bruce Wayne / Batman Short
2014 10,000 Days Jiro Farnwell Television film
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Luke Nakano Season 6, Ep. 10: Ka Makau Kaa Kaua
2016 Rush Hour Chen Episode 5
2017 Iron Fist Zhou Cheng Season 1, Ep. 8: "The Blessing of Many Fractures"
2018–2019 Into the Badlands Gaius Chau Main cast (Season 3)
2019 Wu Assassins Lu Xin Lee Main cast
2022 Bling Empire Himself
2023 Shadow and Bone Tolya Yul-Bataar Main cast (Season 2)
TBA Quantum Spy Harris Chang Lead role

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External links

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