
Phil Tan was born in Singapore where he spent his childhood and then at the age of five moved to the UK. Phil started off his athletic career as a gymnast where he became the British Youth Tumbling champion and a member of the British squad for many years. Years later after getting into martial arts, Phil also became the Men's British Tae Kwon do Champion.
Phil's first break in film, was as an actor and fight choreographer in a film called Le complot diabolique du docteur Fu Manchu
(1980) with Peter Sellers. Afer that came a year on Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan (1984), also as an actor and trainer forChristopher Lambert. Phil was then contacted by Steven Spielberg and Robert Watts to train the pricipal actor 'Jonathan Ke Quanin' for Indiana Jones et le temple maudit(1984).
He was then invited to become a member of The British Stunt Register in 1986. That was the start of Phil's stunt career. Now Philip Tan lives in LA and works as a 2nd Unit Director, stunt and fight co-ordinator on some of Hollywoods bigget movies.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Philip Tan

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 · as Chief Henchman

Olympus Has Fallen
2013 · as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)

Lethal Weapon 4
1998 · as Waiter

Batman
1989 · as Goon

Planet of the Apes
2001 · as 2nd Ape Teenager / Gossiping Male Ape

Tango & Cash
1989 · as Chinese Gunman

Big Momma's House
2000 · as Kang

Safe
2012 · as Underground Casino Patron (uncredited)

The Three Musketeers
1993 · as Parker

Congo
1995 · as Gorilla

Return to Oz
1985 · as Wheeler

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
2002 · as Grilled Face Fighter

City of Industry
1997 · as Jimmie

Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991 · as Tanaka

Bloodsport II
1996 · as John

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 · as Primate

Wake of Death
2004 · as Han

China Cry
1990 · as Colonel Cheng