Jon Foo was born in London in 1982 and is of Chinese Irish decent. He has one younger sister and two elder half sisters. Growing up his family moved house quite often, staying in and around north west London where Jon began his martial arts training.

When he was 15 he joined the circus where he performed as a martial artist and acrobat. He later incorporated his skills into a variety of different shows with much success, and began his move towards work in film.

In his early twenties Jon was invited to Hong Kong to join the Jackie Chan stunt team, where he got to train and work with some of the top performers in action cinema, including the world renowned action choreographer Yuen Woo Ping.

Jon later traveled to Thailand where he landed a featured role alongside Tony Jaa in "THE PROTECTOR" and signed a three year contract with the film company "Baa Ram Ewe"

in 2008 Jon was invited to Los Angeles to screen test for the movie "TEKKEN" where he booked his first lead role as "Jin Kazama" in Tekken.

Jon Fooʼs recent work includes "UNIVERSAL SOLDIERS: REGENERATION" "STREET FIGHTER LEGACY" and "REBIRTH"