Actor, stunt performer / coordinator, and martial artist Tim Man shows his extraordinary skills.
Tim Man was born in Sweden in 1979. He started to practice martial arts at the age of 8 and was forever hooked in the world of martial arts.
Since then he has trained various martial arts such as Taekwondo, Wushu, Boxing,
Thaiboxing, and MMA to name a few.
Actor, stunt performer and martial artist Tim Man shows his extraordinary skills
Tim Man was also a 3 times Swedish champion in Taekwondo and came in 3rd place in the World Championships at the age of 15.
Later on he began practicing gymnastics and acrobatics because he was inspired by all the flashy and cool Hong Kong movies he grew up to love. He was also inspired by the website Bilang that started to post homemade martial art tricks videos back in 1999.
Movies were always a big interest for Tim; he began his career as a stunt performer in Sweden, but his passion had always been in the East.
He packed his bag and went to Asia for a few years and worked as a stunt performer where he got more experienced in screen fighting and fight choreography.
In Thailand he got a fight scene with the rising star Tony Jaa in Ong bak 2.
An adept martial artist, stuntman and actor that is well versed in the more extreme art of tricking. Modest and unassuming, Tim Man has yet wowed people around the world with his energetic, captivating and creative style, kicking combinations and incredible all-round gymnastic and acrobatic agility.
Nailing move after move, he delivers awesome manoeuvres with speed, precision and a finesse bordering on fantasy, making it appear effortless in the process! Watch the action below!
Acting
At this time Tim Man also began to take acting classes and started to get minor roles
in movies and commercials.
2008 he got a role in the american movie Street fighter Legend of Chun Li as the harbour master Yung. And played against Kristine Kreuk.
Tim got the lead role in the first Italian martial art action/comedy Una vita da sogno (2011)
where he played the brainwashed and crazy martial artist Marco Zanc, which he also fight choreographed and action directed.
Tim Man also got the lead part in the action movie Kill Em All (2011) as the assassin The Kid, who lets his fist do the talking. Where he worked together with the legendary Gordon Liu and kickboxing legend Joe Lewis. Tim Man also did the Stunt & Fight coordination for the movie, including the action directing for the fight scenes.
Action choreography
Tim Man is also a stunt/fight coordinator. He started doing fight scenes at a very young age
when he got his first dv-camera.
Today Tim Man has coordinated several movies such as : Ninja 2, Kill Em all, Una vita da sogno, along with several commercials, tv-series, motion capture, music videos, live shows etc.
Tim works all around the world both in front and behind the camera and is always looking for challenges to develop and grow as an filmmaker. [source : extremestunts.se]
