Tony Jaa! Best Fight Scenes

Tony Jaa was born Panom Yeerum on February 5, 1976, in Surin province, Isaan, Thailand. Later, he changed his name to Tatchakorn Yeerum, though he is better known by his nicknames Tony Jaa in the west and Jaa Panom in Thailand. His parents were elephant herders. Panom watched martial arts films as a young kid and began to emulate some of his idols, from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan to Jet Li. After seeing the Thai action film Kerd ma lui (2004) (“Born to Fight”), Panom met and studied martial arts and stunt work as a teen under the director of that film, Panna Rittikrai.