The ‘bad boy’ of martial art movies, ‘Shahlavi’ was an English actor, stuntman and a martial art professional. His was better known by his surname, Shahlavi, which is of Persian origin. Inspired by Bruce Lee, Darren started her career by working as a stuntman for movies, until he was picked by director Yeun Woo-ping to play a negative character in the cult Kung Fu movie ‘Tai Chi Boxer’ (1996). He again played a villain in movies like ‘Bloodmoon’ (1997) and ‘The Techno Warriors’ (1998). His constant hard work helped him star in several Hollywood movies including ‘300’ (2006), ‘Watchmen’ (2009), ‘Beyond the Limits’ (2008), ‘Born to Raise Hell’ (2010), ‘The Package’ (2013), ‘Tomorrowland’ (2015) etc. He worked in a number of television series too - ‘The Final Cut’ (2004), ‘Sanctuary’ (2008 and 2009), ‘Smallville’ (2009), ‘Mortal Konbat: Legacy’ (2011), ‘Arrow’ (2012). He was best known for playing ‘Taylor ‘’the twister’’ Milos’ in ‘IP Man 2’ (2010). He died on 14 January 2015, in Los Angeles, due to a fatal heart attack. He was 42.
