| Gary Daniels | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gary Edward Daniels 9 May 1963 London, England |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) |
| Weight | 12 st 9 lb (80 kg) |
| Division | Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
| Reach | 77.5 in (197 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo[1][2] |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Fighting out of | California, United States |
| Team | The Jet Center Piston Kickboxing Gym Team Daniels |
| Trainer | Mickey Byrne Yuki Horiuchi Benny Urquidez[2] Joe Lewis[2] |
| Rank | 2nd degree black belt in Taekwondo |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 5 |
| Wins | 4 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Amateur record | |
| Total | 35 |
| Wins | 31 |
| By knockout | 30 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, martial artist, fight coordinator, kickboxer |
Gary Edward Daniels (born 9 May 1963) is an English actor, producer, martial artist, fight coordinator and former world light heavyweight kickboxing champion. Born and raised in London, England, Daniels started to take martial arts lessons at the age of eight. By his late teens, he became a competitive kickboxer. In 1980, Daniels moved to the United States to continue the sport. In 1990, he won the WKBA California State Light Heavyweight Championship and the PKA World Light Heavyweight Championship.
Daniels is also an action film leading man, starting with Final Reprisal (1988) and The Secret of King Mahis Island (1988). He followed up with Ring of Fire (1991), Capital Punishment (1991), American Streetfighter (1992), Deadly Target (1994), Fist of the North Star (1995), Bloodmoon (1996), Recoil (1997), Spoiler (1998), Misfire (2014), and Skin Traffik (2015). He also plays supporting roles; some of these credits include City Hunter (1993), The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008), Tekken, (2009), The Expendables (2010), I Am Vengeance (2018), and Kung Fu (2021), etc.