Bradley James (Bradley James): the 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 14.02.1973 in Melbourne (Australia). Still very young, he became interested in oriental martial arts. The boy grew up in a mountainous area, not far from 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 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 fighting 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 his skills and knowledge in this ancient martial art, he worked with the world-famous comrades-in-arms of the unique master and actor Jet Li-Tan Lai-Wei and Lian Chang-Sin for more than two years. 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 Bradley participated in the fourth World Championship in Wushu. In addition to the 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. It is remarkable that due to his graceful figure, Bradley James on the set often duplicated the women. So, in the film "Who am I?" (1998), he performed dangerous tricks instead of Michelle Ferre.

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After training in China, he returned to Australia and, 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 had no acting experience before, but showed several complex tricks, entrusted the role of the second plan.

After this film, Jackie Chan invited him to work in the comedy film "Who am I?", In which the beginning actor had to act as the opponent of the famous Chinese artist. The work 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 was 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 as "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 himself a talented 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 full. His stunt abilities, tricks and the choreography of battles leave no one indifferent. Everyone who worked with him, speak 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, trampoline jumping, gymnastics, high-speed driving. He also constantly works a variety of falls from different heights, which allows him to perform very dangerous tricks in almost any situation.

According to him, daily training takes 6 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, so any 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 striving for self-improvement.