Dave fell in love with martial arts after watching Bruce Lee movies. He started boxing at the age of 14 and had his first Thai Boxing match also at the age of 14, and turned pro when he was 18. In 1997 he came to Thailand and continued training and fighting there. In total, he had 68 fights before retiring at the age of 24. He keeps training, speaks Thai and is married to a Thai actress. Opportunity knocked on his door when he got asked for a role in the famous Ong Bak, because they needed someone who can take punches. Since then he has worked on the best movies as an actor or stunt crew, with the likes of Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor, director and writer
- 10 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are David Ismalone's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Jack in Brawl (2012)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch David Ismalone's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).
Subscription and free streaming for David Ismalone's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Last Resort(2023)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Wild Dog(2021)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Brutal A Taste of Violence. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Furious 7(2015)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Mystic Blade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Protector 2(2013)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Brawl(2012)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Down for the Count(2009)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Ultraviolet(2006)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Vampires: The Turning(2004)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Belly of the Beast(2003)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Beautiful Boxer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 65th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles from 2003 to 2023; peak year 2003.
Film career
Peak 2003 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2003Screen debut· Ong-Bak
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do David Ismalone's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 21st percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 16th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed6
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does David Ismalone work with?
People who share at least 2 of David Ismalone's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jawed Berni shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Jawed BerniShared titles: The Protector 2 (2013), Brawl (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jawed Berni
- Kazu Patrick TangShared titles: The Protector 2 (2013), Brawl (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Kazu Patrick Tang
Mixed roles
- Julaluck IsmaloneShared titles: Brawl (2012), Down for the Count (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Julaluck Ismalone