Ron Smoorenburg (born 30 April 1974) is a Dutch martial artist and
actor. He is best known for his film debut as the high-kicking
henchman in the final fight of Jackie Chan's Who Am I? in 1998. He
currently lives in Thailand, where he works as an actor, stuntman, and
fight choreographer.Born in Nieuwegein on 30 April 1974, Ron began his
martial arts training at the age of seven, beginning with Judo and
four years later, transitioned to Karate and Free Fighting, a form of
Mixed Martial Arts. He admits he was influenced by the likes of Jackie
Chan and Hwang In-Shik as well as Jean-Claude Van Damme. During this
time, he was doing demonstrations, some appearing on television and
then it was in 1997, live on a local television program, Smoorenburg
gained the record for the highest kick of 11 feetWhen Jackie Chan was
filming Who Am I? in Rotterdam in 1997, Smoorenburg auditioned for a
role in the film. Impressed with his kicking skills, Chan hired him to
play one of two final opponents in which Chan would film the fight on
the roof of the Willemswerf Building. It is here where Ron learned how
to work in a fight scene for the first time and had some trouble
adapting to Chan's trademark rhythmic movements. However, he
eventually learned the pacing but for more complicated movements of
the fights were doubled by Jackie Chan Stunt Team members Brad Allan,
Andy Cheng, and Nicky Li. In 1999, Smoorenburg appeared as a top
villain on an episode of the short-lived action series Der Puma:
Kampfer mit Herz, taking on the series' lead star, Mickey Hardt, with
Donnie Yen serving as action director.The experience was a good one
for Smoorenburg and he would take on a few bit parts in Hong Kong
movies. He played a cage fighter in Gen-Y Cops having a short fight
scene against Stephen Fung. The two would have a longer rematch with
Smoorenburg playing a character resembling Bryan Fury against Fung's
Iron Surfer, who resembled Hwoarang in the Tekken-inspired film The
Avenging Fist in 2001. Smoorenburg would play another fighter in Born
Wild opposite Louis Koo and moved up to play the main villain in
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