The Legend Scott Adkins (Boyka)

Scott Adkins (born June 17, 1976) is an English actor and martial artist who is perhaps best known for playing Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing and Undisputed III: Redemption and Bradley Hume in Holby City and Ed Russell in Mile High. Adkins has also appeared in Dangerfield, Hollyoaks, The Tournament and many other TV series as well as many films.

Adkins was born in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, England, into a family that for generations were butchers. He has an older brother, Craig. A natural athlete, Scott enjoyed a variety of sports as he grew up, but when he was 10 years old, he accompanied his father and brother to the local Judo club, thus beginning an extensive association with various martial arts. Scott's great, great grandmother was of Spanish descent

At the age of 14, Scott went on to train in Tae Kwon Do under the instruction of Ron Sergiew with the T.A.G.B. After a few years he moved on to kickboxing under Anthony Jones He is now a fully trained kickboxing Instructor for the P.K.A.
Adkins holds a black belt in taekwondo and a black belt in kickboxing. He is also skilled holding black belts in Wushu, Jujutsu and Judo.

Scott enrolled in a drama class at Sutton Coldfield College. At the age of 21, Scott was offered a place at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. However, as an impoverished student he found it hard to make ends meet without a grant, and was forced to leave without completing the course.
His first professional break came when he was offered a role in a Hong Kong martial arts film called “Extreme Challenge” and found himself in the East for the first time. Scott got the chance to work with some of Hong Kong cinema’s leading action directors including Yeun Wo Ping, Cory Yeun, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. Acting roles started to come in and he was offered a guest role in BBC’s “Doctors” filmed at Birmingham’s Pebble Mill. Roles followed in BBC’s “EastEnders” and “City Central”, Sky One comedy drama “Mile High” and a regular role in BBC’s “Holby City” as Bradley Hume, the assistant General Manager of Holby General. Scott's first leading role in Isaac Florentine's "Ninja" was released theatrically in Malaysia on October 29, 2009, and was released in the United States on March 2, 2010.

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