
Biography
Jean-Paul Ly is an award-winning stunt and action actor based in London, with Chinese and Cambodian heritage. He is also a critically acclaimed action designer, best known for his work on Jailbreak—winner of Best Action Feature at the 2017 Fantasia Film Festival—and the British action-comedy Nightshooters, which earned a Best UK Feature nomination at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival. Ly made his directorial debut with the 23-minute action short The Division.
Acting · 13
Crew · 27
The Old Guard 2
2025
Restless
2025
Atlas
2024
Sumotherhood
2023
The Batman
2022
F9
2021
Tiger Man
2020
The Gentlemen
2020
Treadstone
2019
Hanna
2019
The Prey
2018
Nightshooters
2018
Krypton
2018
The Division
2018
Doctor Strange
2016
Now You See Me 2
2016
Tranh & Nowak
2016
Lucy
2014
Directing · 5
Writing · 3
Production · 1








































