Lateef Crowder dos Santos

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Crowder and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Lateef Crowder dos Santos (born November 23, 1977) is a Brazilian American actor, martial artist, and stuntman. 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.^[1]

Lateef Crowder dos Santos
Born	(1977-11-23) November 23, 1977 (age 47) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Occupations	Actor stuntman martial artist
Years active	2000–present

Early and personal life

He was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, but 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, appearing in movies such as The Protector 2005 starring Tony Jaa. He also worked with Scott Adkins in Undisputed 3 where he played the character Rodrigo Silva.

Career

dos Santos is best known for his appearance in Tom-Yum-Goong (known in North America as The Protector), 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 gymnast with resemblance to the character, Lateef Crowder played the role of Eddy Gordo in the Tekken feature film.^[2] He has also featured in Undisputed 3 which stars Scott Adkins and Mykel Jenkins. Directed by Isaac Florentine and also stars in the Kevin Tancharoen directed short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth.^[3] Another memorable work of Lateef was in Fight Science when he represented his style in tests to show the effectiveness of his kicks.

Since 2019, he appeared in the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian as the stunt double for Din Djarin / The Mandalorian,^[4] for which he won a Primetime Emmy Creative Arts Award for Outstanding Stunt Performance in 2022.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
2005	Tom-Yum-Goong	Capoeira Fighter
2008	Yeah Sure Okay	Yellow
	Beyond the Ring	Taekwondo student #1
	Ninja Cheerleaders	Karate Bully
2009	Never Surrender	Marco
	Red Velvet	Maniac
	Tekken	Eddy Gordo
	Once Fallen	Santos Lobos
	Duel of Legends	Fighter
2010	Fading of the Cries	Sylathus
	The Book of Eli	Highjacker #3	Stunts
	Slums 13	Judge
	Undisputed 3	Rodrigo Silva, Brazilian Fighter
	Mortal Kombat: Rebirth	Alan Zane / Baraka
2011	Supah Ninjas	Bass, Rhymer's Henchman	Episode: Pilot/Stunts
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Stunts, motion capture	Video Game/Stunts
	Sucker Punch	Stunts	Stunts
	The Girl from the Naked Eye	Maximillion, Stunts	Stunts
	Double Tap	Stunts	Stunts
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Santiago
2014	Falcon Rising	Carlo Bororo
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	KGBeast Goon
2017	Boone: The Bounty Hunter	Juan Cardoza
2018	Mile 22	Liam	Also Stunts
2019–23	The Mandalorian	Double, Din Djarin / The Mandalorian
2023	The Family Plan	Neck Tattoo