Scott Adkins

Scott Adkins
Born	Scott Edward Adkins (1976-06-17) June 17, 1976 Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK
Occupation(s)	Actor, martial artist
Years active	2001- present
Height	5'11 (1.80 m)

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

Personal life

Adkins was born in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, England, into a family that for generations were butchers. He has an older brother, Craig. A natural athlete, Scott enjoyed a variety of sports as he grew up, but when he was 10 years old, he accompanied his father and brother to the local Judo club, thus beginning an extensive association with various martial arts. Scott's great, great grandmother was of Spanish descent.

Martial arts career

At the age of 14, Scott went on to train in Tae Kwon Do under the instruction of Ron Sergiew with the T.A.G.B. After a few years he moved on to kickboxing under Anthony Jones . He is now a fully trained kickboxing Instructor for the P.K.A.

Adkins holds a black belt in taekwondo and a black belt in kickboxing. He is also skilled holding black belts in Wushu, Jujutsu and Judo.

Acting career

Scott enrolled in a drama class at Sutton Coldfield College. At the age of 21, Scott was offered a place at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. However, as an impoverished student he found it hard to make ends meet without a grant, and was forced to leave without completing the course.

His first professional break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called “Extreme Challenge” and 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 Yeun Wo Ping, Cory Yeun, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. Acting roles started to come in and he was offered a guest role in BBC’s “Doctors” filmed at Birmingham’s Pebble Mill. Roles followed in BBC’s “EastEnders” and “City Central”, Sky One comedy drama “Mile High” and a regular role in BBC’s “Holby City” as Bradley Hume, the assistant General Manager of Holby General. Scott's first leading role in Isaac Florentine's "Ninja" was released theatrically in Malaysia on October 29, 2009, and was released in the United States on March 2, 2010.

Filmography

Year	Titel	Role	Notes
2001	The Accidental Spy	Turkish leader
2002	Black Mask 2: City of Masks	Dr. Lang
2002	Mutant X	Marko (uncredited)	Episode: Sign from Above
2003	Eastenders	Joel	TV series
	Special Forces	Talbot
	The Medallion	Henchman
2005	Unleashed	Swimming Pool Fighter
	Pit Fighter	Nathan
	Mile High	Ed Russell	TV series
2006	The Pink Panther	Jacquard
	Undisputed II: Last Man Standing	Yuri Boyka
	Holby City	Bradley Hume	TV series
2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	Agent Kiley
2008	The Shepherd: Border Patrol	Karp
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Weapon XI / Deadpool/ Wade Wilson (Shared with Ryan Reynolds)
	The Tournament	Uri Petrov
2010	Stag Night	Carl
	Ninja	Casey
	Undisputed III: Redemption	Yuri Boyka
2011	Re-Kill	Parker
	Assassination Games	Roland Flint
	Blood Hostage	Roy Briggs
2012	Hijacked	Walt Rostow
	Universal Soldier: A New Dimension	John
	The Expendables 2	Hector

External links

• Official website
• Scott Adkins at IMDb

References

Scott Adkins Workout Website