Ted Duran

Ted Duran

Ted grew up acting, at just 2 years old he appeared for the first time in the hit BBC drama "Inspector Poirot", and his parents were both active in the film and theatre world. His formal training in drama began at 6 years old at the Brighton Steiner School, then following that at Michael Hall, followed by graduating with an MA in Acting f... Show more »
Ted grew up acting, at just 2 years old he appeared for the first time in the hit BBC drama "Inspector Poirot", and his parents were both active in the film and theatre world. His formal training in drama began at 6 years old at the Brighton Steiner School, then following that at Michael Hall, followed by graduating with an MA in Acting for Screen at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.At just 20 years old, Ted decided to go to China to train martial arts at Shaolin Temple, and study Chinese drama, with a goal of working in Chinese films and TV. He ended up living there and working as an actor and fight performer for over 10 years, appearing in over 20 Films, TV dramas and advertisements. One role of particular note is China Film Group's 2012 feature film "Beginning of the Great Revival", a historical drama set in 1921 about the first meeting with Russian Communist party members in China, with Chairman Mao (Played by Liu Ye) as one of the attendees. Ted plays a Russian communist party delegate also at the meeting, tasked with meeting with Chinese officials which would prove to fuel the cultural revolution. He had to act in Mandarin Chinese and Russian for the role. The film was extremely popular in China and features a huge cast of over 30 of China's most famous Actors such as Chow Yun Fat, John Woo and Liu Ye.However, Ted is most known for his lead role in the 50 episode TV series "The Legend of Bruce Lee" in which he plays "Blair", an enemy and later friend of martial arts icon Bruce Lee. The series became the most popular Chinese TV series to date with over 400 million viewers in China alone, and followed with similar success internationally. Ted appears in 27 Episodes of the series and is also a prominent character in the Feature Film of the same name.More recently, Ted has just finished shooting future Feature Film: Dogfight in Shanghai and Melbourne Australia. He plays the role of "Paul" , a cockney 30's gangster and bodyguard to a local Shanghai Mafia boss. In 2017 Ted took the role of Gunther Rall, a Nazi Luftwaffe pilot in an upcoming historical drama series slated for a late 2017 release. Show less «
Ted Duran's FILMOGRAPHY
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Annabelle: Creation
2017
IMDb: 7
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...

Ted Duran'S roles