Hi, I’m Tomm Voss. I’m a trained actor and world champion martial artist. My latest projects include Rebel Moon, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Seal Team & Lawmen: Bass Reeves.

I was born in Denmark, one of five children. My parents owned a video rental in my home town of Skærbæk and as a little boy, I watched every single Hollywood action film I could get my hands on. I dreamed that one day I would move to America and be in the movies, like Arnold or Stallone. This dream was a longshot, but I couldn’t get it out of my mind.

When I was 9, we left Denmark and I was enrolled in international school in Luxembourg, where I learned to speak 5 languages. I was a chubby kid and then a skinny kid, bullied for both, so at 15 I took an interest in bodybuilding. I competed for 5 years, eventually making my way to the IFBB Junior World Championship where I won an Award of Excellence, as well as winning multiple championships in Luxembourg, Germany and California.

At 20, I was presented with the opportunity to immigrate to the United States as a fitness model. Before long, I was working with Weider Publications and became a spokesperson for Men’s Fitness and Muscle & Fitness magazines. I started auditioning for commercial work and did my first stunt training. My dream felt closer than ever.

After 10 years in the business, it became all too clear to me that bodybuilding was not the healthy lifestyle that it was supposed to portray. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease which forced me onto another path. That path was martial arts. I learned Qigong (chi-gung) from a Chinese master. My health returned and my physical form was completely altered. I dedicated myself to the practice and eventually was blessed by my teacher to teach the art myself.

Over the years, I expanded my studies and learned many styles of martial arts—Muay Thai, Boxing, Tai Chi sword, Jiu-jitsu, and the Phillipino knife and stickfighting form known as Eskrima. In 2016, under the tutelage of Grandmaster Felix Roiles, I became the Eskrima World Champion.

I studied many forms of acting over the years as well, and eventually began to book work. In 2009, I received a nomination for “Best Breakout Action Star” from the AOF International Film Festival for my work in The Interview. I was able to contribute my voice to video games like Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, and Spiderman 2, and films like Marvel’s Black Widow and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. I found the more I studied, the more work I booked. I’m especially grateful for the time I’ve spent in Los Angeles learning from Aaron Speiser, John Ruskin and Gregory Berger-Sobeck. I’ve gotten to act in some truly amazing projects—Paradise City on Amazon, Fuego, Outlaw Johnny Black with Michael Jai White, Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Seal Team and Neil LaBute’s The Money Shot at the national folk theater in Copenhagen.

I attribute the greatest successes of my life to my extraordinary teachers, never giving up, and the Qigong practice I was gifted. When I’m not on set, I help people heal themselves from imbalances and chronic illnesses like Parkinson’s, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, and cancer.

Even though I’m all grown up now, my dream remains the same as it was when I was a kid. The only difference is that now I get to live it.

—Tomm