Lateef Crowder dos Santos


Lateef Crowder dos Santos is a Brazilian American actor, stuntman, and martial artist. As a member of the ZeroGravity stunt team since 2000, he has been featured in multiple internet short videos and demo reels, such as Inmate 451. An experienced capoeira practitioner, he started training in martial arts when he was 6 years old.

Biography

Born in Salvador, Bahia. He moved to San Jose, California, at the age of four. With great experience and training in Capoeira, taught by his father and gymnasts, he became an international competitor and became a member of the Zero Gravity Stunt Team. Today he is an inactive member. Lateef has since been working on his own acting career.

Career

Santos is best known for his appearance in Tom-Yum-Goong, using Capoeira in a fight scene with Tony Jaa. Due to an injury to his achilles tendon, the scene was cut short, but he has since recovered, and was featured in the martial arts feature, Duel of Legends, released in 2007.
Due to his Capoeira skills and resemblance to the character, Lateef Crowder played the role of Eddy Gordo in the Tekken feature film. He has also featured in which stars Scott Adkins and Mykel Jenkins. Directed by Isaac Florentine and also stars in the Kevin Tancharoen directed short film .. Another memorable work of Lateef was in Fight Science when he represented his style in tests to show the effectiveness of his kicks.
In 2019, he appeared in eight episodes of the Disney+ original series, the Mandalorian, as the stunt double for Din Djarin / the Mandalorian.

Filmography