Who Is Lewis Tan
Lewis Tan is a professional martial artist and an actor – popular for his role in the hit series Into The Badlands, where he played the role of Gaius Chau.
He recently played the lead role of the newly released Mortal Kombat 2021 where he acted as Scorpion.
The Mortal Kombat movie was released on April 23, 2021.
He is half English and half Chinese.
Date of Birth
4 February 1987
Age
34
Education
Very little is known about his education but what we know for a fact is that – Lewis began learning martial arts from his father while at the same time attending theatre school.
The actor earned multiple honors in school as well as winning many amateur fights in kickboxing and Muay Thai.
Career
He began his acting career when he appeared in TV shows such as “CSI:NY“, “CSI:Miami“, “Hawaii 5-0” to his first major films including “Pirates of the Caribbean 3“, and “Den of Thieves“.
At the peak of his acting career, Lewis gained fame as a fashion model.
He signed with Wilhelmina modeling agency and secured a contract as the face of Nivea in Asia for a few years doing numerous campaigns and commercials.
He did many editorial ads including Diesel, Dolce and Gabanna, Puma and Levi’s.
He went back to acting and played a lead role the indie drama “Sacrifice”, this was the start of his film career.
The film won awards at many film festivals, it was then Lewis received worldwide attention for his guest role in Marvels “Iron Fist” where he played the drunken master “Zhou Cheng”, the scene was top ten most paused Netflix moments of the year and the scene received a viral campaign with fans asking for more prominent role.
Since then he has featured in lots of top-notch movies and series including the recently released Mortal Kombat 2021
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Net Worth
According to informationcradle, Lewis Tan’s net worth is estimated at $2 million.
Movies
Deadpool 2
Den of Thieves
Sacrifice
10,000 Days
The Introduction
Kurbaan
Into the Badlands
Wu Assassins