
Philippe Joly
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1976-01-02 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR
Philippe Joly
Biography
Philippe Joly (Chinese: 狼森; pinyin: Lángsēn) is a french actor born in Moscow, Russia. Joly regularly plays the villain in Action films in Asia, and appeared alongside major actors in the region including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. In his role as Decimus in Jackie Chan’s film Dragon Blade, he shared the screen with American actors John Cusack and Adrien Brody, and French singer/actress Lorie Pester.
Recent projects include Juno Mak's latest film "Sons of the Neon Night" (Chinese: 風林火山), The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords (Chinese: 扫毒2天地对决), and the Chinese Sci-fi action film Ultimate Code (Chinese: 终极代码) in which Joly plays a lead role as the main villain alongside a Chinese cast and fellow french actor and Parkour founder David Belle.
Aside from acting, Joly is a supporter of independent filmmaking, and regularly writes screenplays, and directs short films in Hong Kong. He speaks several languages (French, Russian, Italian and English), is an avid practitioner of close-up magic and card manipulation, and has trained in various Martial Arts since the age of 5. While not a stuntman, Joly often has to perform stunts as required by the Action film genre and the type of characters he plays.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2023)
The Goldfinger
as Head of KGB
(2023)
The Modelizer
as Vadim Petrenkov
(2023)
Variant
as Joey
(2021)
Ultimate Code
as Mick
(2020)
Bonus for the Bullseye
as The Snake
(2020)
Chapter: The Legacy (Bloody River)
as Mr. Mallick
(2019)
Abduction
as Mogilov
(2019)
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
as Jozsef
(2019)
(2019)
Captured
as Jean-Pierre Bonnet
(2018)
Agent Mr. Chan
as French Chef
(2017)
Chasing the Dragon
as Chief Commissioner of Police
(2017)
Ghost in the Shell
as Section Six Soldier (uncredited)
(2016)
Mission Milano
as killer
(2016)
Hacker
as Colombian Hitman
(2015)
Dragon Blade
as Lucius' deputy Paullus
(2015)
Little Big Master
as Director of French Museum
(2015)
Helios
as Younger Mr. BIG's Thug
(2015)
Pound of Flesh
as Zoltan
(2015)
Lust and Found
as Kimchi
(2014)
From Vegas to Macau
as Delegate
Crew
New Horizon
Producer, Director, Cinematography, Editor
(2023)
C'est Juste Un Nombre
Director, Editor, Screenplay
(2020)
Bonus for the Bullseye
Editor, Screenplay, Producer, Director
(2020)
Chapter: The Legacy (Bloody River)
Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Director