Tall martial artists
by sajmeister2000 | created - 08 Sep 2014 | updated - 27 Feb 2019 | PublicSkilled martial artist in films and TV who are VERY tall.
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1. Dolph Lundgren
Actor | Rocky IV
Dolph Lundgren was born as Hans Lundgren in Stockholm, Sweden, to Sigrid Birgitta (Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government. He lived in Stockholm until the age of 13, when he moved in with his grandparents in Nyland, ...
2. Thomas Ian Griffith
Actor | The Karate Kid Part III
Thomas Ian Griffith was born on March 18, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut. His father was a college professor, his mother a dance teacher. Griffith trained as an opera singer in New York City with Metropolitan Opera star Delia Rigal. He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, ...
3. Steven Seagal
Actor | On Deadly Ground
Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Patricia Anne (Fisher), a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a high school math teacher. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his mother had English, German, and distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry. The enigmatic ...
4. Matthias Hues
Actor | Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Matthias Hues was born on Valentine's Day in Waltrop, Germany, to the late Dr. Josef Hues and Maria Humperdinck Hues who still resides in Germany. Maria is the niece of Engelbert Humperdinck, composer of the opera Hansel and Gretel.
Matthias was very involved in sports from an early age on. By the ...
5. Hakim Alston
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Hakim Alston is a Kickboxing champion with over 30 years of martial arts experience. He started his training in Tae Kwon Do when he was 10 and has a 4th degree black belt. He also trained in Karate. His skills brought him to be a member of the USA Karate Team from 1984-1990.
After becoming a world ...
6. Marko Zaror
Actor | John Wick: Chapter 4
Marko Zaror is a Chilean martial arts action star and fight choreographer, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. His career began as a young boy with a passion for martial arts and fighting, his mother, a Black belt in Karate took him to the gym when he was just a baby. Inspired by Bruce ...
7. Marjean Holden
Actress | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Actress, stunt woman, and martial artist Marjean Holden was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Vail, Colorado. She started acting from the age of 9, well being from the family of entertainers, she already knew her profession. As a youngster, she showed multiple skills in her school plays,...
8. Sasha Mitchell
Actor | Step by Step
Sasha Mitchell is a model, actor, and kick-boxer, who will forever be known for two roles. From 1990 to 1993, he took over for Jean-Claude Van Damme in the Kickboxer series, ending it with the fourth installment, Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994). A black belt in tae kwon do, Sasha was once an ...
9. Pascal Gentil
Pascal Gentil was born on May 15, 1973 in Paris, France. He is an actor, known for The Nomad Soul (1999), Samouraïs (2002) and Rire et châtiment (2003).
10. Spencer Wilding
Actor | Rogue One
Spencer Wilding is a Welsh actor and special creature performer in the UK.
He is known for his interpretation of strong and imposing characters, often using prosthetics and makeup. He has appeared in films and series like Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, the saga Harry Potter, Wrath of the Titans (2012)...
11. Dave Legeno
Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
A twin fisted existentialist, whose post-Nietzschian sensibilities reject the lantern of the cynic in a quest for a sun that leaves no shadow. He attended Dr Challoners Grammar School where he achieved 8 'o' levels, he then elected to work on demolition sites rather than continue his education to ...
12. Evan Lurie
Actor | Hologram Man
Evan Lurie, Gallery Director, was born in New York, as the fourth, with three other boys. His parents divorced when he was a toddler. His mother remarried a British business man, so he has lived and traveled extensively across Europe. From the time he was five until he was 17, Lurie and his mom ...
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