Cha-Lee was born and raised in Germany, and is of Korean ancestry. Since childhood, he loved action movies and creating fight scenes..

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Cha-Lee is trained in Taekwondo since he was 3 years old and experienced in various Martial Arts. Cha-Lee’s passion for fight scenes and action design led him to meet like-minded people in Berlin, and he eventually became a professional stuntman, working on Hollywood blockbusters like Cloud Atlas and Skyfall.