Philippe Joly () (born 2 January 1976) is a

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actor and

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, born in

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. Joly is best known for his role as Zoltan in the 2015 film

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with

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and his role as Decimus in

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’s film Dragon Blade directed by Daniel Lee, in which he appears alongside American actors

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and

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, and French singer/actress Lorie Pester.

Joly regularly plays the villain in

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s in

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, and appeared alongside major Hong Kong actors including;

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, and

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. Recent projects include

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's latest film

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(), and the Chinese Sci-fi action film Ultimate Code () in which Joly plays a leading role as the main villain alongside a Chinese cast and fellow french actor and

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founder

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. As well as acting, Joly has also written many

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s, and produced and directed a few

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s in

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. Joly speaks several languages (

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and

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), is an avid practitioner of

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and

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, and has trained in various

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since the age of 5. While not a

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, Joly often has to perform

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as required by the

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film genre and the type of characters he plays. In the film ''Lust & Found'', he choreographed the

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sequence.

Filmography

Films

Television

Short Films

Modeling

Philippe occasionally works as a model for brands and advertising campaigns including: *Tai Pan Row - luxury tailor in Hong Kong *Kraftek - luxury Apple watch cases and bracelets * 3D Robotics - 3DR Drone mini series *Hong Kong SAR 20th Anniversary - TV commercial "Together, Progress, Opportunity". *Rangerfone - Outdoor phone brand

Early years

Before becoming an actor and getting involved in the film industry, Philippe Joly was an

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

and digital marketing expert. He founded a number of technology start-ups in Ireland, Italy and Hong Kong, including: *Safebox - Award-winning application that pioneered the field of mobile privacy in pre-smartphone Era *clickSUMO - Leading A2P messaging platform *EmerTech - Enabler of digital identity solutions using

blockchain A blockchain is a type of distributed ledger technology (DLT) that consists of growing lists of records, called ''blocks'', that are securely linked together using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a ...

technologies. *Yeloworld - Mobile VoIP application acquired by Talk360 *SIMchronise - Mobile data synchronisation company that was part of the High Potential Start-Ups unit of

Enterprise Ireland Enterprise Ireland is an Irish state economic development agency focused on helping Irish-owned business deliver new export sales. The aim of Enterprise Ireland is . History Enterprise Ireland was established by the Industrial Development (E ...

He is also the author of a book on start-ups and entrepreneurship called "Potemkin, Inc."."100 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read"
''Sujan Patel''.August 2012. Philippe first got into films as a screenwriter. His first screenplay was "No Tomorrow", which he co-wrote with his friend Paolo Rizzardini.

References

External links

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Philippe Joly Official Website

Impact Online: ‘VOR ! breaks out in Hong Kong’
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VanDammeForum.com
''Entrevista exclusiva a Philippe Joly'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Joly, Philippe 1976 births Living people French male film actors