Age: 50
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Tatchakorn Yeerum (Thai: ทัชชกร ยีรัมย์ | RTGS: Thatchakon Yiram | formerly Phanom Yeerum | Thai: พนม ยีรัมย์ | or internationally better known as Tony Jaa and in Thailand known as Jaa Phanom | Thai: จา พนม | RTGS: Cha Phanom), is a Thai martial artist, actor, action choreographer, stuntman, director, and traceur. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2003), Tom-Yum-Goong (2005), Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (2008), Furious 7 (2015), and SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015). Panom Yeerum was born on February 5, 1976, in the northeastern province of Surin, Thailand. His parents were elephant herders. Panom watched martial arts films as a young kid and began to emulate some of his idols, from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan to Jet Li. After seeing the Thai action film Kerd ma lui (2004) ("Born to Fight"), Panom met and studied martial arts and stunt work as a teen under the director of that film, Panna Rittikrai. Panom went to university where he studied a variety of martial arts, from taekwondo to judo. It wasn't long before Panom would get work, doubling for Robin Shou and James Remar in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), and when his demo reel was seen by director Prachya Pinkaew, the film Ong-bak (2003) was created for Panom, who is now going by the name of Tony Jaa in hopes of bringing his style of action to international audiences.
Tony Jaa
Serey Sayavong
for Serey Sayavong in Assassin's Creed Alliance
Suggested by benpopplewell
Serey Sayavong (born Kasikor Srae). A peasant-turned-warrior of Chinese-Khmer descent, embodying the "Hidden One" who rises from the mud of Chenla to the gold of the Khmer Empire. While Bayek was a protector (Medjay) and Eivor was a conqueror (Wolf-Kissed), Sayavong represents the Philosopher-Warrior. His evolution into a "heroic god-like figure with no human errors" with "strict discipline, fast-paced and no-nonsense Hidden One suggests he has been influenced by the Devaraja (God-King) cult of the era such as Vishnu or Shiva, perhaps using that status as a "social stealth" disguise to operate in high society after Serey loses his "human" spontaneity. To be "never wrong" is a heavy burden; it suggests he has moved past personal emotion to become a pure instrument of the Creed’s will. Jayavarman II’s rise to power was absolute; if the Hidden Ones helped him to ensure stability against the Order, they may have inadvertently helped create a different kind of "Order" through the Khmer monarchy by establishing a Bureau in the Tonlé Sap region or near Mahendraparvata (Mount Kulen) would make Sayavong a pioneer, connecting the Indian branches of the Brotherhood to the Far East which resists the Order of the Ancients, as he hides in plain sight among the elite of Jayavarman II’s court, using the "Social Stealth" the Hidden Ones are known for. Serey represents the Mentor Archetype.
