CYRIL RAFFAELLI

One of the best martial arts talents ever to hail from France, Cyril Raffaelli was born in 1974. He began his martial arts training at the age of 6 with nunchaku and at the age of 11 he started his Shotokan Karate training. Aged 14, he began studying at the Annie Fratellini School and later joined a circus, where he developed a passion for acrobatics that led him to work as a stuntman.

Always fascinated by martial arts, Cyril became France’s Chinese Boxing Champion in 1998. After his last competition in Hungary in 1999 he decided to devote himself to his movie career. His credits as a stuntman include The Visitors, Ronin, Joan Of Arc, Doberman, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, The Transporter and Michel Vaillant amongst others. Cyril's first credited acting role came in 2000 in Taxi 2, in which he played a judo instructor/ninja in one of the movie's most memorable scenes. The choreographer for all his own fight scenes, Cyril's breakthrough role came in 2001 when he faced off against Jet Li in Kiss Of The Dragon.

Selected Filmography

Actor
District 13 (2004)
Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
Giovane Casanova, Il (2002)
Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002)
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
Mortal Transfer (2001)
Taxi 2 (2000)
Would I Lie to You? (1997)

Stunts
Angel-A (2005)
Transporter 2 (2005)
Michel Vaillant (2003)
The Transporter (2002)
Wasabi (2001)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Total Western (2000)
Deep in the Woods (2000)
Taxi 2 (2000)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Ronin (1998)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
The Corridors of Time: The Visitors II (1998)
Double Team (1997)
Would I Lie to You? (1997)