Darren Shahlavi
Biography
Darren Majian Shahlavi (5 August 1972 – 14 January 2015), sometimes credited as Shahlavi, was an English actor, martial artist and stuntman. His surname is of Persian origin. He may be best known for his role as Taylor "The Twister" Milos in the 2010 film Ip Man 2. Shahlavi was known primarily for playing bad guys in martial arts films such as Bloodmoon and Tai Chi Boxer. He had starred in the Asian film series The Techno Warriors, and American films Hostile Environment, Sometimes a Hero, Legion of the Dead and the cult classic Beyond the Limits for German horror master Olaf Ittenbach. In recent years, Shahlavi appeared in big-budget films such as 300 and Watchmen, independent features such as The Final Cut with Robin Williams, and as an actor and stuntman in several of Uwe Boll's films, including BloodRayne and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.
Movie Appearances
Bloodmoon
as The Killer
1997
Alone in the Dark
as John Dillon
2005
Tai Chi II
as Smith
1996
Born to Raise Hell
as Costel
2010
Beyond the Limits
as Dennis
2003
Tactical Force
as Storato
2011
Hostile Environment
as Rocky
1999
Techno Warriors
as Twister
1997
The Package
as Devon
2013
Aladdin and the Death Lamp
as Aladdin
2012
Lethal Combat
as Twister
1999
Guaranteed on Delivery
as Hitman #3
2001
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Johnny Stompanato
2005
Deadly Target
as Randy
1994
Guns & Roses
as Passport syndicate member
1993
Violence of Action
as Bojan Popovich
2012
Alien Agent
as Kaylor
2007
Survival Code
as Sergei
2013
Kickboxer: Vengeance
as Eric Sloane
2016
Pound of Flesh
as Goran
2015
