Yang first appeared as a stunt performer in 2007 with the action movie
Underground. In 2011, he debuted in Hollywood with the movies
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and
X-Men: First Class. In 2012, he played a brief role in the
James Bond movie,
Skyfall, opposite
Daniel Craig. Yang was the stunt double for
Emily Blunt in the 2014 movie
Edge of Tomorrow. For the 2015 movie,
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Yang played the role of a
stormtrooper, engaged in a battle against
Finn, portrayed by
John Boyega. He was ultimately shot by
Han Solo (
Harrison Ford) in the movie. Yang also helped train
Daisy Ridley for her role as
Rey in the installment. Yang was also seen as
Pedro Pascal's (who played
Oberyn Martell) stunt double in the
HBO series
Game of Thrones, for which he, along with his team, won the SAG award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series. Yang trained
Felicity Jones for her character,
Jyn Erso, and
Donnie Yen who played
Chirrut Imwe, in
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the 2016 prequel to the
Star Wars original trilogy. In 2018, he made his most notable appearance in the action movie,
Mission: Impossible – Fallout, in a bathroom fight scene against
Tom Cruise and
Henry Cavill where he briefly played the role of a decoy villain. His character was eventually shot by
Rebecca Ferguson. The scene was reportedly shot over a month, with Henry Cavill calling the shoot "uncomfortably long" and stating afterwards that he was "shattered". Cavill went on to praise Yang as a "true champion of ability and especially character." Liang Yang was chosen as fight coordinator for the 2022
Marvel movie,
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, == Filmography ==