- Born
- Birth nameAndy Tien
- Nickname
- The Onimal
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Andy On was born on May 11, 1977, in Los Angeles, California. A non-martial artist, Andy had always loved Jackie Chan movies and emulated his moves from flips and kicks at his home. In early 2000, while working as a bartender in Rhode Island, someone suggested he should become an actor. Andy, who didn't like the bartending job anyway, decided to go with his gut and head for Hong Kong to begin his career. He was approached by Chinastar founder Charles Heung and world renowned filmmaker Hark Tsui to take over the role of one of Jet Li's famous movie character, Black Mask, in Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002). Andy went to the Shaolin Temple to train for a month in stretching and martial arts for the role. Despite the poor reviews and bad box office, Andy has continued to act and, in fact, improve in not only martial arts but acting as well. He was nominated for Best New Actor for his role in Star Runner (2003) (aka Star Runner) and shared the screen with the man who influenced him, Jackie Chan, in New Police Story (2004) (aka New Police Story).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Albert Valentin
- SpouseJessica Cambensy(October 16, 2017 - present) (2 children)
- Has studied Wushu, Taekwondo, and notably, Wing Chun, under good friend and fellow action star Philip Ng.
- Sustained a hamstring injury on the set of New Police Story (2004) in one of the two fights against Jackie Chan.
- Sustained a back injury on the set of The Lost Bladesman (2011) and used a ancient Chinese method known as "Gua Sha", which involves smoothing the injury with perhaps a ceramic Chinese soup spoon.
- Worked as a bartender in Rhode Island before deciding to start his film career in Hong Kong.
- Like fellow Hong Kong film star Nicholas Tse, Andy trained in martial arts under Chung-Chi Li, the leader of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. He began training with him in 2001 for the film Looking for Mister Perfect (2003), which was released 2 years later.
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