Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is an English actor and martial artist. He is best known for playing Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the 2006 movie Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and its two sequels: Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Boyka: Undisputed (2016) and as Casey Bowman in the 2009 movie Ninja and its 2013 sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear. His first break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called Dei Seung Chui Keung (2001) (aka Extreme Challenge). Spotted by Head of the Hong Kong Stuntmen Association and director Wei Tung and England-born Hong Kong movie expert Bey Logan, Adkins found himself in the East for the first time.
He had the opportunity to work with some of Hong Kong cinema’s leading action directors including Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. Acting roles soon started to come in and he was offered a guest role in the BBC’s Doctors (2000) filmed at Birmingham’s Pebble Mill. He appeared in a few episodes in BBC’s EastEnders (2003) and City Central (1999), and a lead role in Sky One comedy drama Mile High (2003) followed by a regular role in BBC’s Holby City (2006) as Bradley Hume, the assistant general manager of Holby General.
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