Philippe Joly is a French actor and screenwriter, born in Moscow, Russia. Joly is best known for his role as Zoltan in the 2015 film Pound of Flesh with Jean-Claude Van Damme and his role as Decimus in Jackie Chan’s film Dragon Blade directed by Daniel Lee, in which he appears alongside American actors John Cusack and Adrien Brody, and French singer/actress Lorie Pester.
Before becoming an actor and getting involved in the film industry, Philippe Joly was an entrepreneur and digital marketing expert.
He founded a number of technology start-ups in Ireland, Italy and Hong Kong, including:
Safebox - Award-winning application that pioneered the field of mobile privacy in pre-smartphone Era
clickSUMO - Leading A2P messaging platform
EmerTech - Enabler of digital identity solutions using blockchain technologies.
Yeloworld - Mobile VoIP application acquired by Talk360
SIMchronise - Mobile data synchronisation company that was part of the High Potential Start-Ups unit of Enterprise Ireland
He is also the author of a book on start-ups and entrepreneurship called "Potemkin, Inc.".
Philippe first got into films as a screenwriter. His first screenplay was "No Tomorrow", which he co-wrote with his friend Paolo Rizzardini.
| Date of Birth | 2nd January 1976 |
|---|---|
| Age | 48 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Country | France |
| Birth Place | Moscow |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Citizenship | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Reference | IMDB |
| Occupation | actor |
|---|---|
| Career Start | 2010 (14 years ago) |
