Scott Adkins (born 17 June
1976) is an English
actor who is perhaps best known for playing Bradley
Hume in Holby City and Ed
Russell in Mile High.
Adkins has also appeared in
Dangerfield,
Hollyoaks,
City
Central,
A
Touch of Frost,
EastEnders,
Doctors,
Black Mask 2: City of
Masks,
The
Medallion,
Unleashed,
Pit Fighter,
Undisputed II: Last Man
Standing,
The Bourne
Ultimatum,
The
Shepherd: Border Patrol,
Stag
Night and .
He also featured in the movie
X-Men Origins: Wolverine as
Weapon XI.
His upcoming roles
include his first lead in Isaac
Florentine's Ninja, which was
released in Malaysia
on
Oct. 29, 2009, and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in
the United States on March 9, 2010. He has also returned to the
role of Boyka in
Undisputed
3.
Additionally, Scott recently appeared in the film
The Tournament on October 20,
2009.
Early life
Scott
Adkins was born in Sutton Coldfield
, England, into a
family that for generations were butchers. Along with his elder brother
Craig, he was raised by John and Janet Adkins, a loving middle
class family. It is worth mentioning that Scott’s great, great
grandmother was of Spanish descent. Scott attended Bishop Vesey’s
Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield. Probably not the best of
students, he used to sneak down stairs after his parents had gone
to bed and watch films all night then fall asleep during lessons. A
natural athlete, Scott enjoyed a variety of sports as he grew up,
but when he was 10 years old, he accompanied his father and brother
to the local Judo club. The attraction was instantaneous.
Martial Arts career
Idolizing stars such as
Bruce Lee,
Jean Claude Van Damme, and
Jackie Chan, Scott began to train
everyday. He took over his Dad’s garage and turned it into his own
dojo. He even had a shrine to Bruce Lee in there that he would bow
to. He remembers being mugged on a bus when he was around 13 and
that really kicked his training into overdrive. He wasn’t ever
going to let that happen again. At the age of 14, Scott went on to
train in Tae Kwon Do under the instruction of Ron Sergiew with the
T.A.G.B. After a few years he moved on to
kickboxing under . He is now a fully trained
kickboxing Instructor for the P.K.A.
Adkins has black belts in
Wushu,
Tae Kwon Do,
Kickboxing,
Judo and
Jujutsu.
Acting career
A self confessed “film junkie” Scott’s attention was drawn to
acting through the Hollywood Greats. He enrolled in a drama class
at
Sutton
Coldfield College. Being a shy lad he initially found it
difficult to be put on stage in front of an audience. Finally, at
the age of 21, Scott was offered a place at the prestigious
Webber Douglas
Academy of Dramatic Art. However, as an impoverished student he
found it hard to make ends meet without a grant, and was forced to
leave without completing the course. Very dejected he thought that
was the end.
His first
break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong
martial arts film called “Extreme
Challenge”. Spotted by Head of The Hong Kong Stuntmen
Association and director Stephen Tung Wai and English born Hong
Kong movie expert
Bey Logan, Adkins found
himself in the East for the first time. Scott got the chance to
work with some of Hong Kong cinema’s leading action directors
including Yeun Wo Ping, Cory Yeun,
Sammo
Hung and the legendary Jackie Chan. Acting roles started to
come in and he was offered a guest role in BBC’s “Doctors” filmed
at Birmingham’s Pebble Mill. A few episodes in BBC’s “
EastEnders” and “City Central”, and a lead role
in Sky One comedy drama “
Mile High”
followed by a regular role in BBC’s “
Holby
City” as Bradley Hume, the assistant General Manager of Holby
General. He was offered the role in
The Expendables,
Steve Austin got the role in the end
.
Play.Com have a release of 23rd March
2010 for
Ninja, it can be pre-ordered now.
Currently he is filming a zombie flick called Dead Ahead due for
release in late 2010 or early 2011.
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