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Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is an English actor and martial artist. He gained prominence with his portrayal of the Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the American film Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006), a role he reprised in its sequels Undisputed III: Redemption (2010), which won him an Action on Film Award for Breakout Action Star, and Boyka: Undisputed (2017), which won him a Jackie Chan Action Movie Award for Best Action Movie Actor. His early acting credits include minor roles in the Hong Kong films The Accidental Spy (2001), Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002), and The Medallion (2003), and the American films Special Forces (2003), Unleashed (2005), and The Pink Panther (2006). His first lead role was as Casey Bowman in the American martial arts film Ninja (2009), a role he reprised in the sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013). He has since been cast in several mainstream films in supporting roles, such as The Expendables 2, Zero Dark Thirty (both 2012), Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019), and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), though most of his lead roles have been in direct-to-video films or limited theatrical releases, such as Close Range (2015), Savage Dog (2017), Accident Man(2018), Triple Threat, Avengement (both 2019), Legacy of Lies (2020), Castle Falls (2021), and Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022). Adkins has been practising martial arts since the age of 13, when he took up taekwondo and earned his black belt at age 19. He is also trained in the styles of judo, kickboxing, capoeira, Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do (JKD), and Wushu. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Adkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff are both highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, but despite having crossed paths on several missions, they have never truly worked together. Their dynamic changes when a S.H.I.E.L.D. operative is mysteriously killed during a routine mission. The assassin appears to have used techniques belonging to several different agents, leading Nick Fury to assign Hawkeye and Black Widow to investigate. Their investigation takes them across the world as they uncover a series of attacks targeting S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel and classified intelligence. Every crime seems to have been committed by a different assassin, until Clint and Natasha realize they are dealing with a single enemy: Taskmaster, a mercenary capable of perfectly copying any fighting technique he observes. The more they fight him, the more dangerous he becomes, as he studies their movements and learns how to anticipate their every attack. Taskmaster is not simply targeting S.H.I.E.L.D.—he is collecting information on the world’s most dangerous fighters, including the Avengers. His ultimate goal is to create a complete combat database capable of predicting and neutralizing virtually any enhanced individual. As the agents close in on him, Taskmaster forces Clint and Natasha into their most dangerous mission yet, turning everything they have learned against them. Realizing they cannot defeat an opponent who can predict their every move, Hawkeye and Black Widow abandon their usual methods and rely entirely on instinct and trust. Together, they defeat Taskmaster and destroy his database, preventing the information from falling into the wrong hands. Taskmaster finally loses and S.H.I.E.L.D. captures him.
