J.J. Perry is a first unit director, action director, fight choreographer, stunt coordinator, martial artist, stuntman and actor.
He began his martial arts training in 1975 when he was 8 years old. He got his Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 12 and competed from the age of 7 until he was 24. He has had over 24 years of martial arts training and has a 5th-degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, a 2nd-degree in Hapkido, and has experience with all kinds of weapons. He is the co-founder of Taekwondo West martial arts schools in Inglewood, California, and Venice, California.
Perry has trained, worked with and choreographed fight scenes for the likes of Hugh Jackman, Gina Carano, Jason Statham, Lucy Liu, Michael Jai White, Chuck Norris, Shannon Lee, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Will Smith, Arnold Chon, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Loren Avedon, Milla Jovovich, Tom Hardy, Kate Beckinsale, Scott Adkins, Ron Yuan, Aaron Norris and Gerard Butler.
Awards:
2012 Fight Coordinator of the Year
2004 Taurus World Stunt Awards Stuntman of the Year Award for The Rundown (2003)
Nominations
2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture for Iron Man (2008)
Former US Army (82nd Airborne Corps), 1986 - 1990.
Feature Films
Director
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FIRST UNIT DIRECTOR
- Day Shift
SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR
- Samaritan
- F9
- Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
- Beast Mode
- Bloodshot
- Skyscraper
- The Dark Tower
- The Fate of the Furious
- Spectral
- Spy
- Oldboy
- Bullet to the Head
- Get the Gringo
- Warrior
- Cat Run
- The Experiment
- Blood and Bone
- The Tournament
- The Shepherd (Video)
- Beyond the Ring
- Road House 2: Last Call (Video)
- Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (Video)
Stunt Coordinator
- Samaritan
- F9
- Beast Mode
- Bloodshot
- Gemini Man
- Skyscraper
- The Dark Tower
- The Fate of the Furious
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (Supervising Stunt Coord)
- Spectral
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
- Mechanic: Resurrection (Fight Choreo)
- London Has Fallen
- The Last Witch Hunter
- Spy
- The Expendables 3 (Fight Choreo/Stunt Coord)
- Divergent (Fight Choreo)
- Homefront (Asst Stunt Coord)
- Oldboy (Fight Choreo/Stunt Coord)
- Olympus Has Fallen (Fight Choreo)
- Bullet to the Head (Fight Choreo/Stunt Coor)
- Argo
- Total Recall (Stunt Coord: add photo)
- Loom (Short)
- Safe
- Get the Gringo (Stunt Coordinator: USA )
- Gone (Stunt Coord: add photo)
- Underworld Awakening (Stunt Co-Coord, Stunt Coord: Second Unit, Asst Stunt Coor: add photo)
- Haywire (Fight Chore)
- Warrior (Fight Choreo/ Stunt Coor)
- Cat Run
- The Experiment
- Three Bullets (Short) (Fight Choreo)
- Blood and Bone
- Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (Video)
- The Tournament (Fight Choreo)
- The Butcher (Asst Stunt Coord)
- 2009X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Beyond the Ring (Fight Choreo)
- Adventures of Johnny Tao (Asst Stunt Coord)
- Splinter
- Road House 2: Last Call (Video)
- Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon
- Around the Bend
- The Shepherd (Video) (Fight choreo / Stunt coord)
- Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing (Video) (Fight Choreo)
- Sunland Heat (Video) (Fight Choreo/Stunt coord)
Stunt Performer
- The Expendables 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Homefront
- Ender's Game
- Machete Kills
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- After Earth
- Olympus Has Fallen
- Gangster Squad
- Django Unchained
- The Adventures of Tintin
- The Green Hornet
- Paranormal Activity 2
- Takers
- Edge of Darkness
- Avatar
- Angel of Death
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
- Pineapple Express
- Iron Man
- Pistol Whipped (Video)
- Beowulf
- The Gene Generation
- Next
- Urban Justice (Video)
- The Holiday
- The Hard Easy
- Click
- Ultraviolet
- Alpha Dog
- No Rules
- Domino
- Serenity
- xXx: State of the Union
- Be Cool
- Today You Die (Video)
- Constantine
- Confessions of an Action Star
- Black Dawn (Video)
- Sledge (Short)
- The Rundown
- Johnny
- John Wick
- Basic
- Anger Management
- Daredevil
- Timecop: The Berlin Decision (Video)
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
- Deuces Wild
- The Scorpion King
- The One
- Instinct to Kill
- Planet of the Apes
- Mimic 2 (Video) (stunts - uncredited)
- Gedo (Video) (stunts)
- Three Kings
- Wild Wild West
- Blade
- Deadly Ransom
- Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (Video)
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
- Drive
- Batman & Robin
- Santa with Muscles
- The Glimmer Man
- Mortal Kombat
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
- Fist of the North Star
- Cyber Tracker
- Best of the Best II
- Rage and Honor
- Ironheart
- Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
- They Still Call Me Bruce
Television
Second Unit Director
- Shadow and Bone (TV Series - 1 episode)
- S.W.A.T. (TV Series - Pilot)
Stunt Coordinator
- Beast Mode (TV Movie)
- Stumptown (Pilot)
- S.W.A.T. (Pilot)
- The Saint (TV Movie)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (Pilot)
- True Blood (Series - 1 episode)
- American Misfits (Series - 1 ep) (Fight Choreo)
- 24 (Series - 1 ep)
Stunt Performer
- Sharpshooter (TV Movie)
- Fallen (TV Movie)
- Walker, Texas Ranger:
- Trial by Fire (TV Movie)
- The Poseidon Adventure
- (TV Movie)
- The Chang Family Saves the World (TV Movie)
- Birds of Prey (Series)
- Firefly (Series)
- She Spies (Series)
- Crossing Jordan (Series)
- Fear Factor (Series)
- Martial Law (Series - 8 ep)
- Angel (Series)
- Mortal Kombat: Conquest (Series - 5 ep)
- Charmed (Series)
- Nash Bridges (Series)
- Vanishing Son IV (TV Movie)
- Vanishing Son III (TV Movie)
- Vanishing Son II (TV Movie)
- Vanishing Son (TV Movie)
- Walker, Texas Ranger (Series)