Based in The United States, Philippe Vonlanthen is a SAG-AFTRA stuntman & action actor. Originally from the Jura Mountain region of Switzerland and also raised in the UK, he is an accomplished Black Belt martial artist and an avid adventurer. Philippe successfully competed as a full contact Kickboxer internationally, trekked through Nepal to the base camp of Mt. Everest, experienced Space Shuttle Discovery's final launch after participating in ATX Astronaut training himself at the Kennedy Space Center and was bitten twice by a tree snake whilst climbing an extinct volcanic core to watch the sunrise in the Australian Bush. He was also bitten by the Showbiz bug from a young age performing on-stage in Zürich & studying at the Lee Strasberg Studio in London, under Michael Billington, Marianna Hill and Anna Strasberg. Training further in stunts, firearms and filmmaking, Philippe writes and directs his own projects under "Fondue Films", named in tribute to his Swiss roots. Show less «