J. J. Perry

Jordan Andrew "J. J." Perry is an American action director, martial artist, actor, and stuntman.

Career

Perry began practicing martial arts training in 1975, at the age of eight. Because his mother was not able to afford her son's lessons, he cleaned a martial arts school, and received lessons in trade. He began performing stunt work in the late 1980s after leaving the military.
Perry was a fourth-degree black belt in taekwondo by 1993.
He began his acting career when he did stunt work for the character of Johnny Cage in the first Mortal Kombat film. He then played Scorpion, Cyrax, and Noob Saibot in Mortal Kombat Annihilation, and appeared in the MK: Conquest TV series, this time as Scorpion's main rival Sub-Zero, in addition to doing stuntwork for the main character of Kung Lao. In addition to the Mortal Kombat series, Perry has done stuntwork for various television shows and movies such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scorpion King">Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)">Scorpion King, 24, Beowulf and The Town as FBI Swat 2. He was a member of the cast of the 2004 movie Sunland Heat, and part of the stunt team for the 2006 fighting movie Ultraviolet.
Perry shared in the Male Stuntman of the Year Award at the 2004 World Stunt Awards for his work in the 2003 action comedy film The Rundown. He was also voted 2012 Stunt Coordinator of the Year at the short-lived ActionFest action movie festival.
In 2022, Perry directed his first feature-length film, Day Shift. In May 2023, Perry was announced to direct a film adaptation of Jay Bonansinga's novel The Killer's Game. In 2024, Perry was announced to direct a film adaptation of the Red 5 Comics graphic novel Afterburn.

Filmography

Film

Director

Stunt double

Year	Title	Director	Artist
2005	Be Cool	F. Gary Gray	John Travolta
2005	XXX: State of the Union	Lee Tamahori	Barry Sigismondi
2005	Serenity	Joss Whedon	Nathan Fillion
2005	Today You Die	Don E. FauntLeRoy	Jamie McShane
2006	The [Hard Easy \|The Hard Easy]	Ari Ryan	David Boreanaz
2013	Homefront	Gary Fleder	Clancy Brown

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Full Impact	Louis's Street Fighter
1996	Bloodsport III	J. J. Tucker
1997	Mortal Kombat Annihilation	Cyrax / Scorpion / Noob Saibot / Tarkatan
1998	Deadly Ransom	Tony
1998	Enter the Eagles	Ben
2001	The Rage Within	Jay
2001	The Silent Force	Rookie
2003	Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision	Officer
2004	Spartan	Bodyguard
2004	Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon	Boxing referee
2004	Sunland Heat	Matthews
2005	Today You Die	Thug
2007	Adventures of Johnny Tao	Lido
2008	The Shepherd: Border Patrol	Illegal immigrant
2009	Tea and Remembrance	Bar patron	Short film
2009	The Tournament	Montoya
2011	Haywire	Max
2012	Get the Gringo	Reginald T. Barnes

Other credits

Year	Title	Director	Role
2008	Beyond the Ring	Gerson Sanginttio	Fight director
2009	Blood and Bone	Ben Ramsey	Martial arts director
2010	The Experiment	Paul T. Scheuring	Action coordinator
2011	Warrior	Gavin O'Connor	Walla group
2012	Django Unchained	Quentin Tarantino	Stunt performer
2013	Olympus Has Fallen	Antoine Fuqua	Fight performer
2014	John Wick	Chad Stahelski and David Leitch	Stunt player

Television

TV movies

TV series

Stunts

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	100 episodes
1995	WMAC Masters	Stunt ninja
1996	Nash Bridges
1998	Charmed
1998–99	Mortal Kombat: Conquest	Stunt actor and double for Alexander Walters
1999	Angel
1999	V.I.P.	Episode "The Quick and the Dead"
2001	Crossing Jordan
2002	V.I.P.	Episode "48½ Hours"
2002	She Spies
2002	Firefly
2002	Birds of Prey
2002	The Chang Family Saves the World	Unaired pilot
2006	Fallen	Miniseries
2014	True Blood	Episode "Jesus Gonna Be Here"