Panom Yeerum was born on February 5, 1976, in the northeastern province of Surin, 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. Panom went to university where he studied a variety of martial arts, from tae kwondo to judo. It was not long before Panom would get work, doubling for Robin Shou and James Remar in Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997), and when his demo reel was seen by director Prachya Pinkaew, the film Ong-bak (2003) was created for Panom, who is now going by the name of Tony Jaa in hopes of bringing his style of action to international audiences. 

All movies available from Tony Jaa

Movies unavailable from Tony Jaa

The Bodyguard 2

Piggy Bank Vendor

Movie 2007

Spirited Killer

Movie 1994

The Protector

Kham

Movie 2005

Ong-Bak

Ting

Movie 2003

Crying Tiger

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2005

Ong Bak 3

Tien

Movie 2010

Ong Bak 2

Tien

Movie 2008

Mission Hunter II

Movie 1996

Hard Gun

Ting

Movie 1996

Never Back Down: No Surrender

Tony Jaa

Movie 2016

The Protector 2

Kham

Movie 2013

The Bodyguard

Supermarket Fighter

Movie 2004

Furious 7

Kiet

Movie 2015

Skin Trade

Tony Vitayakul

Movie 2014

SPL 2: A Time for Consequences

Chatchai

Movie 2015

Nonstop

Movie

The Rowdy Bunch

Movie 1994

Puta khatha thalom khon

Movie 1997

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Talon

Movie 2017

Triple Threat

Payu

Movie 2019

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

Sadi the Warrior

Movie 2018

Siamese Lion

Movie 1992

Paradox

Tak

Movie 2017

Monster Hunter

The Hunter

Movie 2020

Jiu Jitsu

Kueng

Movie 2020

Detective Chinatown 3

Jack Jaa

Movie 2021

The Road to Glory: The Making of Ong-Bak

Movie 2005

Expend4bles

Decha

Movie 2023

Striking Rescue

Bai An

Movie 2024

Tv series unavailable from Tony Jaa

The Art of Action

Self

Tv 2020

Detective Chinatown

Jack Jaa

Tv 2020