Scott Adkins British Actor Born 1976 in Sutton Coldfield

Scott Adkins, born 17 June 1976 in Sutton Coldfield, is a British actor. He is recognised for appearances in Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) and Doctor Strange (2016).

Early life

He studied at Birmingham Metropolitan College and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School.

Career

Records list Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002) as his earliest screen credit. In the 2000s, he appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009, as Wade Wilson). The 2010s brought The Expendables 2 (2012) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012, as John Simmons). His 2020s credits include John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023, as Killa Harkan) and The Rip (2026).

In all, 49 films and 2 TV series appear in his credits from 2002 to 2026. Action is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (12), followed by thriller (5) and mystery (4). Of his four titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Doctor Strange (2016) has the highest, at $678 million.

Jean-Claude Van Damme appears in four of his listed titles, including Assassination Games (2011) and The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Édgar Ramírez (two titles) and Jason Statham (two titles). J. J. Perry directed two of his titles on record, among them Day Shift (2022) and The Killer's Game (2024). Louis Leterrier is credited as director on two of them, including Unleashed (2005) and Grimsby (2016). On YouTube, he has 1M subscribers (as of March 2025).

Personal life

He has 3 children on record.