Emanuel Bettencourt
Emanuel Bettencourt (born December 21, 1961 in Cape Verde ) is a martial artist of Cape Verde descent. He is a multiple kung fu world champion and also works as a fight choreographer, actor and stuntman .
Life
Emanuel Bettencourt was born in 1961 on the Cape Verde Islands and spent the first years of his life there. He came to Germany at the age of 14 and has lived in Hamburg ever since.
From 1978 he trained martial arts , especially the combined fistfighting style Wun Hop Kuen Do. Malia Dacascos and Al Dacascos were among his early teachers .
In 1982 he received the 1st Dan , the second Dan followed in 1986. Since 1995 he has been running his own sports center in Hamburg-Altona .
Since the early 1990s, Bettencourt has been working as a stuntman and combat choreographer for numerous film and TV productions such as Fatih Akın's films Short and Painless or Against the Wall .
Filmography
- 1992: Mau Mau (actor)
- 1992: Shadow boxer (fight choreographer, actor)
- 1994: Colorful dogs (stunt coordinator)
- 1998: Short and painless (fight choreographer, stunt coordinator)
- 2000: Kanak Attack (stunt coordinator)
- 2001: Crime scene: Hazard! (Tai chi teacher)
- 2004: Against the Wall (fight choreographer, stunt coordinator)
- 2004: The Zen Warrior (actor)
- 2004: Kebab Connection (fight choreographer, actor)
- 2005: Another League (Stunts)
- 2008: Night shift - I'm scared (stunt coordinator)
- 2009: Night Shift - Bloody City (stunt coordinator)
- 2009: Night shift - We are the police (stunt coordinator)
- 2010: The Sultan's Secret ( Original Title: Sultanın Sırrı )
- 2010: Night Shift - The Dead Girl (stunt coordinator)
- 2011: Night Shift - One Murder Too Much (stunt coordinator)
- 2013: Night shift - money rules the world (stunt coordinator)
- 2013: Among Enemies (Stunts)
Web links
- Emanuel Bettencourt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Emanuel Bettencourt at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Emanuel Bettencourt: "Back then, Mark and I always watched the Jackie Chan films in the cinema on the Reeperbahn" - Interview at jungemedienhamburg.wordpress.com, accessed on August 29, 2010
- ↑ a b c Emanuel Bettencourt - The Fighter at bettencourt.de, accessed on August 29, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bettencourt, Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cape Verdean martial artist, actor, combat choreographer and stuntman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Verde |