DENNIS RUEL
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FILM, TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA PROJECTS
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THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN
Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
(Now On NETFLIX!)

WINNER  "Audience Choice" at TIFF's Midnight Madness

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I was brought out to India to Fight Coordinate with Action Director Eric Jacobus! Our first Bollywood Film project together as an action team involved our designing the action for about a month here in the U.S. and two months of being on set for the filming in Mumbai, India.

Directed By Vasan Bala

Watch the TRAILER HERE!

UNLUCKY STARS (Director's Cut)
NOW AVAILABLE HERE: UnluckyStarsTheMovie.com
WINNER  "Best Action Sequence In A Feature" at 2015 AOF Festival!

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We are proud to announce that the Unlucky Stars Director's Cut and The Making Of Unlucky Stars is Now Available Online on UnluckyStarsTheMovie.com!

Directed By Dennis Ruel & Action Director Vlad Rimburg
Produced By Dennis Ruel, Vlad Rimburg & Ken Quitugua

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• RELEASE TRAILER​
• STORY TRAILER
• Behind The Scenes Featurette

THE MAN FROM DEATH
WINNER  "Short Of The Week" & "Vimeo Staff Pick!"

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Director Stephen Reedy and Producer Eric Lim Present a Short Martial Arts Western described as a “PCP vs. PTSD proof of concept, based on patterns and payoffs instead of traditionally beloved story structures”.

"Blending psychedelic visual effects, with playful video-game inspired touches, it is a stunningly original visual experience — we liken it to Freddie Wong crossed with Quentin Tarantino."
- Jason Sondhi

Click On the Poster To Watch Now!

ROPE-A-DOPE 2
"Overall Winner" and "Best Action Short" at Comic-Con International Film Festival 2015

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The Martial Arts Mafia Returns in the same LIVE! FIGHT! REPEAT! fashion as the first Rope-A-Dope. Starring Eric Jacobus and Dennis Ruel, Rope A Dope 2 presents an interesting twist to the original story and brings the action up a few notches as we meet the rest of the Martial Arts Mafia!

Directed By Pete Lee & Eric Jacobus DP Drew Daniels
Produced By Clayton Barber

Comic-Con International Film Festival 2015
• Overall Winner
• Best Action Film Winner

FireReel Film Festival 2015
• Audience Choice

CLICK ON THE POSTER TO WATCH IT NOW!

ROPE-A-DOPE

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A fun action short film with a nod to Bill Murray's Groundhog Day and in the tradition of classic silent comedy films! Eric Jacobus squares off with me and the Martial Arts Mafia.

Directed by Pete Lee & Eric Jacobus    DP: Drew Daniels
Produced by Eric Jacobus, Clayton Barber & Rebecca Ahn

Featuring Eric Jacobus, Shaun Finney, Thomas Tan, Yun Yang, Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe and myself.

• CLICK ON THE POSTER TO WATCH IT NOW!

BARRIO BRAWLER
Lead Role & Fight Coordinator

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Written and Directed by Jose Montesinos, Barrio Brawler is a Crime Drama with martial arts action.  I play "Ricky Castillo," the younger brother to "Carlos Castillo," played by Marco Alvarez.

We were able to put together some great fight scenes in only 3 days of the insane 12 day shoot!

NOW ON ITUNES
as "BARRIO BRAWLER"

• WATCH THE TRAILER HERE!

BIOSHOCK INFINITE
​Motion Capture Performer - Zachary Hale Comstock & Stunts

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Motion Capture job with 2K Games that I worked on throughout 2012 with Ray Carbonel, Sari Sabella, Lyndsy Kail and Jose Montesinos. We performed motion capture and stunts for various characters in the game.

• TRAILER 1

Zion I's Shadow Boxing Music Video
Stunt Performer

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Zumbi (lead vocalist/emcee for Zion I) combined his Amp Live produced track with his passion for Martial Arts! Zumbi himself appears in the video as the Master Martial Artist whose student, played by Roy Chen, is tested in combat. Ed Kahana and I play the face painted assailants.
Fight Coordinator: Ed Kahana

• Watch "SHADOWBOXING" here

Aesop Rock's ZZZ Top Music Video
​Stunt Performer

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Director Pete Lee put together an incredible martial arts team for Aesop Rock's music video. Featuring Bay Area Wushu Master Patti Li, the video is a Martial Arts battle between Li and group of stunt performers including Alvin Hsing, Lucas Okuma, Bryan Cartago, Ed Kahana, Vlad Rimburg, Zumbi from Zion I and myself.
Fight Choreographer: Vlad Rimburg    DP:  Drew Daniels

• Watch "ZZZ TOP" here! 

XCOM Enemy Within 
Motion Capture Performer

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Motion Capture Stunts with Ray Carbonel and Sari Sabella for various characters on 2K Games and Firaxis' Xcom. 

• Click Here For The Trailer

LOVE AAJ KAL
Actor & Stunt Performer

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Bollywood's "Love Aaj Kal" is now available for purchase!  Stunt Coordinator Eric Jacobus brought myself and Jackie Do in for an Acting & Stunt scene with Bollywood Super Star "Saif Ali Khan."

Directed By Imtiaz Ali

• Love Aaj Kal's Official Website

• Theatrical Trailer

OWNED
Lead Role & Fight Coordinator

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A Lead Role alongside Jose Montesinos, Sari Sabella and Miguel Padilla.
"Owned" distributed by Maverick Entertainment, won first runner up in the "Best Drama" category at the 2010 Action On Film Festival! Also nominated for "Best Overall Cast Performance".

Directed & Written By Jose Montesinos


• Red Band Trailer (Explicit)

Chase Bank National Commercial

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Principle Role alongside Tina D'Elia

Directed by Ken Arlidge

NBC'S TRAUMA
Co-Star

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Co-Starring Role as "Walker" on the Pilot for NBC's Trauma.

Starring Cliff Curtis, Anastasia Griffith, Kevin Rankin, Aimee Garcia & Derek Luke

Directed By Jeffrey Reiner

Click here to watch a clip!

CONTOUR (aka The Agent)
Lead Role - Villain

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This martial arts action comedy was produced by "The Stunt People," an action film-making group that I joined in 2004 headed up by Eric Jacobus. "Contour" was recently recut and rereleased as "The Agent" by Indican. It now runs 87 min (Not sure what scenes were cut).

Contour was our vehicle to showcase a ton of Martial Arts Action inspired by 80's and 90's Hong Kong Action Cinema.

Directed By Eric Jacobus

• Trailer
• Indican Article
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