Bren Foster

Bren Foster born November 2, 1976 in London, England. His father was of Anglo-Irish descent and his mother was of Cypriot descent. When he was 3 years old, the family moved to Australia. He began studying martial arts at the age of 6, when his mother enrolled him in karate. After training for 2 years, he became interested in hapkido under the influence of the rapidly growing kickboxing at that time, popularized by Benny Urkides и Bill Wallace. After some time, Bren's new favorites were Ree brothers after watching the action movie “The best of the best“, and he began to practice Korean Taekwondo and Hwarangdo. At the age of 14, Bren switched to Muay Thai, and continued training, improving his skills in all of these styles. And at the age of 21, he added Brazilian jiu-jitsu to his arsenal, with the goal of becoming a well-rounded fighter.

In his continuous quest to improve in martial arts, exploring various disciplines, he also tested himself in them. Thus, during his sports career he won more than 150 medals for first places, taking part in a total of more than 200 matches in taekwondo, kickboxing and full contact karate, becoming a 9-time world champion, representing Australia in various styles.

Bren Foster is a 7th dan black belt in Taekwondo, 1st dan in Hapkido and Hwarangdo, and in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Outside of sports tournaments, he has taken part in numerous demonstration performances, mesmerizing spectators with his unique style of breaking boards and acrobatic martial arts performances, winning “Australian Martial Arts Spectacular“. This professional event brings together the martial arts elite to showcase their skills and compete at the highest level. His skill attracted the attention of magazines, which printed his name next to the headlines “Superkicker" And "Australia's Most Impressive Martial Artist“. Foster's contributions to taekwondo were recognized by his induction into the magazine's Hall of Fame.Flash” How "Taekwondo Instructor of the Year“, as he owns and operates a thriving sports center Elite Martial Arts and Fitness.

In parallel with martial arts, Bren developed his acting skills. After finishing school, he studied film and video production but felt the need to develop his acting skills. He then went to New York to study at “The Barrow Group Theater“. Returning to Australia, he auditioned and was accepted into one of Australia's leading drama schools - University of Western Sydney, also known as Nepean Theater. In addition, he spent two years at acting school “The Actors Pulse“, based on the Sanford Meissner method.

Foster’s first film work was a small role in the 2001 film “Непобедимый” Jeffrey Levy. And in 2003 John Brenhouse и Mickey Stern of Base Productions invited him to star in the show “Extreme martial arts” on the channel Discovery, he went on to star as a taekwondo expert in the next successful show “The Science of Hand-to-Hand Combat” 2006, which made Bren famous. The same year he starred in the film “Shadow of Sins” Edward Burridge and started playing in the series “Home and go” .

In 2008-2009 he appeared in episodes of the TV series “Strip” ,"Review with Miles Barlow” ,"Cedar boys” ,"Marine Patrol” And "East - West“, and also played in short films “Man of Blood” ,"Vinyl” And "Flooding“. Empire Film magazine called him a “natural star” for his role in “Cedar Boys.”

In 2011, Bren played the lead role in the independent action film “Bad for Bon“, appeared in an episode of the series “Fatal beauties” and began acting in “Days of Our Lives” over the next two years.

In 2012, Foster collaborated for the first time with Steven Seagal in the action movieThe maximum period“, this collaboration was repeated the following year with the films “Punitive detachment” .

In 2015, he received roles in the films “Infinity” And "Railway station“, and also voiced the main character in a computer game “Mad Max“. During the same period, he began acting in the series “The Last Ship“, which became a significant work for Bren’s career.

In 2020, he played in the thriller “Alpha code”С Denise Richards и Randy Couture, and the third part of the franchise “Deep blue Sea” .

In 2024, the action drama “Life After Fighting“, which was written and directed by Bren Foster. He also played the main role in it. Even though the film is an independent film, it received a good response from the audience due to its impressive action scenes.