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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Variant
Character:Joey
Release Date:31/12/2025
Sons of the Neon Night
Character:Enzo
Release Date:01/10/2025
The Goldfinger
Character:Head of KGB
Release Date:30/12/2023
The Modelizer
Character:Vadim Petrenkov
Release Date:14/07/2023
Ultimate Code
Character:Mick
Release Date:16/07/2021
Bonus for the Bullseye
Character:The Snake
Release Date:19/09/2020
Battle of Defense 2
Character:General
Release Date:04/09/2020
Chapter: The Legacy (Bloody River)
Character:Mr. Mallick
Release Date:14/07/2020
Captured
Character:Jean-Pierre Bonnet
Release Date:20/09/2019
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Character:Jozsef
Release Date:04/07/2019
Change of Gangster
Character:
Release Date:19/04/2019
Abduction
Character:Mogilov
Release Date:20/03/2019
Agent Mr. Chan
Character:French Chef
Release Date:15/02/2018
Chasing the Dragon
Character:Chief Commissioner of Police
Release Date:28/09/2017
Ghost in the Shell
Character:Section Six Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:29/03/2017
Mission Milano
Character:killer
Release Date:29/09/2016
Hacker
Character:Colombian Hitman
Release Date:15/09/2016
Lust and Found
Character:Kimchi
Release Date:25/05/2015
Pound of Flesh
Character:Zoltan
Release Date:07/05/2015
Helios
Character:Younger Mr. BIG's Thug
Release Date:30/04/2015
Little Big Master
Character:Director of French Museum
Release Date:19/03/2015
Dragon Blade
Character:Lucius' deputy Paullus
Release Date:19/02/2015
From Vegas to Macau
Character:Delegate
Release Date:30/01/2014
Television Appearances
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