Loren Avedon

Acting

Loren Avedon

Born 1962-07-30 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Loren Avedon (born July 30, 1962) is an American actor and martial artist best known for his portrayal of Jake Donahue in The King of the Kickboxers and Scott Wylde in No Retreat, No Surrender 2.

Acting credits

The King of the Kickboxers poster
6.9

Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.

The King of the Kickboxers

1990

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers poster
6.7

Two feuding brothers of differing political views, one a policeman, the other a martial artist, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent who was brutally murdered by the mafia.

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

1990

Deadly Ransom poster
7.7

A wealthy banker and his daughter are kidnapped by a gang of thugs. The girl's boyfriend, who serves in the special units of the US Navy, is in possession of particular psychic powers. It will be thanks to these powers he will discover the place where the two abducted were locked.

Deadly Ransom

1998

No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder poster
6.0

In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.

No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder

1987

Virtual Combat poster
4.9

In Year 2025 Two Nevada border officers, Dave Quarry and John, amuse themselves off duty by honing their kick-boxing skills via virtual reality combat. Elsewhere, a computer tycoon prepares to market his company's latest invention, a combination of DNA and virtual reality that creates beings and creatures who look and feel real.

Virtual Combat

1995

Operation Golden Phoenix poster
4.8

A kickboxer is hired to protect half of a valuable medallion, but an evil warlord and another kickboxer are determined to have it, no matter what it takes.

Operation Golden Phoenix

1994

Los Angeles Streetfighter poster
5.0

Tony, the new kid at school, befriends gang leader Young, whose top rival is Chan. When Young defeats Chan in battle, two mysterious men offer Tony and Young jobs at a security agency, with one of their new clients being among the city's most notorious drug dealers.

Los Angeles Streetfighter

1985

Carjack poster
6.5

Story of a Chinese-American growing up in L.A.

Carjack

1996

Tiger Claws III poster
4.2

When a psychotic martial artist called Stryker resurrects the long-dead spirits of three ancient Chinese master assassins in an effort to take over the New York underworld, it's up to supercops Tarek Richards and Linda Masterson to stop him. However, it's not so easy to battle the undead, and though Richards apparently holds within him the key to defeating these "Masters", he will need the guidance of Stryker's former master to aid him... let the battle begin.

Tiger Claws III

1999

No artwork available
10.0

The United States government prohibits the use of weapons by citizens. security areas where weapons can only be used by security agencies. However, these organizations are starting to completely control the lives of residents.

Safety Zone

1996

No artwork available
10.0

The first video to combine international martial arts together with interviews and demonstrations by celebrities of Hollywood.

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities

1995

Fighting Spirit poster
4.0

Billy is a young fighter whose sister Judith was hurt after a near gang rape. When he learns she must have surgery, crime boss Russell has Billy compete in illegal street fights. When Billy learns he may get killed, he quits but is later killed by Russell and his men, who were the ones responsible for Judith's accident. After his death, Billy must rely on one man to seek revenge for him: his best friend David. However, David must train in the martial arts before he can seek revenge. Davidy seeks guidance from the ghost of Billy as well as Billy's trainer and ally, Murphy.

Fighting Spirit

1992

Furious poster
5.3

Furious is an unexplored dimension populated by cackling sorcerers, whispering statues, fat adolescent warriors and lots and lots of live chickens. Furious is power. It’s magic. It’s a kaleidoscopic siege on the concept of storytelling. And Furious is “RED HOT KARATE ACTION! Filmed entirely on location in Southern California!”

Furious

1984

The Silent Force poster
5.3

An elite Federal force whose objective is to eliminate organized crime is violently assassinated by an evil Asian crime lord. The sole survivor of the group teams up with his late partner's widow to strike back at the crime lord and his son.

The Silent Force

2001

The Circuit poster
5.1

Years ago, Dirk Longstreet walked away from The Circuit, the merciless underground fight club with no rules, where money changes hands as men are killed. But now gangsters have got his brother, and only one more journey inside the ring will save his life.

The Circuit

2002

Manhattan Chase poster
5.6

After six years as a guest of the state, mob hit man Jason Reed wants nothing more than to get an honest job and spend time with his young son, Tommy. He is not ten steps outside of the prison before being greeted by Keither, an old crony anxious to pick up where they left off. While out for a drive with his son, Jason saves a young woman from a gun wielding thug, not realizing that he has just managed to ruin Keith's plans to recover some stolen heroin. While fending off various retaliatory attacks from his old buddies, Jason must also deal with his ex-wife, a reformed drug addict who has returned from out of nowhere intent on re-uniting with Tommy.

Manhattan Chase

2000

Risk Factor poster
4.2

Alex Granger is a successful New York fashion photographer with a past - he is a former CIA operative specializing in surveillance work. Bored with his present life-style and craving adventure, Alex is lured back into the game by a beautiful, mysterious woman, who just happens to be in partnership with a major arms dealer. Alex is led to believe that he's being hired for industrial espionage and is paid a very large sum of money for his services.Former CIA partner is hot on the trail of the arms dealers and when Alex is confronted with the truth, realizes he's being implicated in their schemes. He is now caught between a "rock and a hard place" and must do whatever needs to be done to save himself.

Risk Factor

2015

The Circuit III: Street Monk poster
7.3

Following his wife's untimely death, Dirk Longstreet adopts a nomadic lifestyle. He preoccupies himself with surfing, and makes ends meet by participating in brutal underground brawls. Longstreet's leisurely lifestyle is abruptly interrupted when a young girl sold into slavery seeks the fighter's assistance. The child's former captors want her back, and Dirk is prepared to annihilate whoever gets in his way.

The Circuit III: Street Monk

2006

Behind the camera