Brad Allan

 ( 1973 Births ) 

Bradley James Allan (14 February 1973 – 7 August 2021) was an Australian martial artist, action choreographer, actor, and stunt performer. He worked in the Hong Kong film industry as a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team and choreographed action scenes in Hollywood films. He is best known for his role as Alan on Gorgeous (1999).

---

Biography Brad Allan began boxing and karate training around age 10. He studied Wushu and gymnastics from age 14, spending two years learning under Beijing Wushu Team members Liang Chang-xing and Tang Lai-wei, compatriots of actor Jet Li. He was also trained in a number of other martial arts including karate, aikido, hapkido, taekwondo, Wing Chun, boxing, and kickboxing. He later spent time at the Shanghai Institute of Sport and learned Mandarin. In 1993, he made his first film appearance in the unofficial sequel film Drunken Master III. He briefly joined the Australian stunt team New Generation Stunts.

He was a member of the Australian team at the fourth World Wushu Championships in Rome, in November 1997. Later that year, he heard Jackie Chan was filming Mr. Nice Guy in Melbourne and knew some of the Australian crew. He was invited to demonstrate his martial arts style for action film director Cho Wing. Allan made a brief appearance in the film and was signed for a role in Chan's next Hong Kong film, Who Am I? (1998), where he would double for Ron Smoorenburg and Michelle Ferre. He was subsequently invited to join Chan's stunt team, 'Sing ga ban', as their first non-Asian member. Allan progressed through the stunt team, and ultimately became team leader.

In the 2000s, in addition to being a member of Chan's stunt team, Allan gained action choreography/direction roles in major Hollywood films including The Chronicles of Riddick and .

In 2010, Allan teamed up with British director Edgar Wright for the making of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as second unit director. Allan and his team again teamed up with Wright in 2011 and 2012 for Cuban Fury and The World's End, respectively.

On 7 August 2021, Allan died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 48. News of his death was first announced by Chan on social media. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, released in September 2021, is dedicated to Allan. His final film, Argylle, released in February 2024, pays tribute to him.

---

Filmography

---

Television and other work

1998	Raw FM	Jack	ABC TV series (Australian TV)
	Good Guys/Bad Guys	Driver	Le Mesurier Films (Australian TV)
1999	Noah's Ark	Stuntman and stuntdouble
	Thunderstone	Stuntdouble	TV series
2000	Saturday Night Live	Opening monologue thug	Episode: "Jackie Chan/Kid Rock" Uncredited
2002	Mutant X	Computer sparring partner	Episode: "Interface" Uncredited
2011	Our Deal	Stunt coordinator	Music video director: Drew Barrymore

---

Films

1994	Drunken Master III	Lau Kar-leung	Foreigner on bus	Uncredited
1997	Mr. Nice Guy	Sammo Hung	Stunt performer	Uncredited
1998	Who Am I?	Jackie Chan Benny Chan		as Bradley Allan
	Hot War	Jingle Ma		Uncredited
1999	Gorgeous	Vincent Kok		as Bradley Allan
	Gen-X Cops	Benny Chan
		Jackie Chan
2000	Shanghai Noon	Tom Dey	Stunt performer Assistant fight choreographer
2001	The Accidental Spy	Teddy Chan	Stunt performer Stunt co-ordinator	as Bradley James Allen
	Rush Hour 2	Brett Ratner	Stunt performer	as Bradley James Allan
2002	The Tuxedo	Kevin Donovan	Stunt performer
2003	Shanghai Knights	David Dobkin	Stunt performer Action choreographer	Uncredited (S.P.)
	The Medallion	Gordon Chan	Stunt performer	as Bradley James Allan
	Peter Pan	P. J. Hogan	Fight co-ordinator
2004	New Police Story	Benny Chan	Stunt choreographer
	The Chronicles of Riddick	David Twohy	Stunt co-ordinator
2005	The Pacifier	Adam Shankman	Stunt performer Fight choreographer	Uncredited (S.P.)
2006	Eragon	Stefen Fangmeier	Stunt rigger
2007	Rush Hour 3	Brett Ratner	Stunt co-ordinator	as Bradley James Allan
2008		Guillermo del Toro	Action director Stunt co-ordinator
	Bedtime Stories	Adam Shankman	Action choreographer
2009	Ninja Assassin	James McTeigue	Stunt performer
	A Christmas Carol	Robert Zemeckis	Stunts
	Avatar	James Cameron	Stunts	Uncredited
2010	Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief	Chris Columbus	Stunts	Uncredited
	Kick-Ass	Matthew Vaughn	Stunt co-ordinator
	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Samuel Bayer	Fight choreographer
	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Edgar Wright	Stunt co-ordinator Second unit director
2011		Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
	Mars Needs Moms	Simon Wells	Stunts
	I Am Number Four	D.J. Caruso	Stunt co-ordinator
		Steven Spielberg	Stunts	Uncredited
2012	Chinese Zodiac	Jackie Chan	Action co-ordinator
2013	Pacific Rim	Guillermo del Toro	Action designer
	The World's End	Edgar Wright	Stunt co-ordinator Second unit director
	Iceman	Ariel Vromen	Action co-ordinator
2014	Cuban Fury	James Griffiths	Stunt co-ordinator Second unit director
	Wolves	David Hayter
2015		Matthew Vaughn
	Little Boy	Alejandro Gómez Monteverde	Stunt co-ordinator
		Leigh Whannell	Stunts
	Sinister 2	Ciaran Foy	Stunts
2017	Wonder Woman	Patty Jenkins	Stunts
		Matthew Vaughn	Stunt co-ordinator Second unit director
2018		Ron Howard
2021	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Destin Daniel Cretton	Supervising Stunt co-ordinator Second unit director	Posthumous release
	The King's Man	Matthew Vaughn	Stunt co-ordinator Second unit director	Posthumous release
2024	Argylle		Stunt co-ordinator	Posthumous release; Final film

---

External links

Post Comment