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.
Piggy Bank Vendor
Movie 2007
Movie 1994
Kham
Movie 2005
Ting
Movie 2003
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2005
Tien
Movie 2010
Tien
Movie 2008
Movie 1996
Ting
Movie 1996
Tony Jaa
Movie 2016
Kham
Movie 2013
Supermarket Fighter
Movie 2004
Kiet
Movie 2015
Tony Vitayakul
Movie 2014
Chatchai
Movie 2015
Movie
Movie 1994
Movie 1997
Talon
Movie 2017
Payu
Movie 2019
Sadi the Warrior
Movie 2018
Movie 1992
Tak
Movie 2017
The Hunter
Movie 2020
Kueng
Movie 2020
Jack Jaa
Movie 2021
Movie 2005
Decha
Movie 2023
Bai An
Movie 2024
Self
Tv 2020
Jack Jaa
Tv 2020