Mark Dacascos
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Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor
and martial artist. He won numerous karate
and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18.
Beginning in January 2005, Dacascos has portrayed the Chairman on Food Network
's television series Iron Chef America
. This role was previously played by Takeshi Kaga
in the original Japanese Iron Chef
, and Dacascos' character is presented as Kaga's nephew, though the actors are not related. Dacascos went on to continue the role in Iron Chef Australia
. His other roles include: Eric Draven in The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
, Eubulon, the Advent Master, on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, the lead role of "Mani" in the French film Brotherhood of the Wolf
and the lead role of "Crying Freeman" in the film of the same name
.
Dacascos competed in season 9 of Dancing with the Stars
. His partner was Dancing with the Stars
finalist Lacey Schwimmer
. The pair was eliminated in the 7th episode.
On November 2, 2010, CBS
announced Dacascos was cast to reprise the role of Steve McGarrett's arch-nemesis, Wo Fat
, in the modern remake of Hawaii Five-0.
, and is a martial arts instructor of Filipino
, Spanish
, and Chinese
ancestry. His mother, Moriko McVey-Murray, is of Irish
and Japanese
ancestry. In the recent History Channel presentation, "Samurai", he revealed that the Japanese side of his mother's family was killed in the bombing of Hiroshima
. His stepmothers are award winning martial artist Malia Bernal and Hawaiian singer Melveen Leed
. Dacascos attended Portland State University
in Portland, Oregon
, where he majored in Chinese
and drama
. Mark Dacascos is proficient in Wun Hop Kuen Do, Capoeira
, Wushu
and Muay Thai
.
, who starred with him in Crying Freeman
. They have three children, two older boys and one younger girl. Their names are Makoa, Kapono and Noelani.
by Chris Lee (at that time, assistant director) and Rexall Chin (hairstylist) for director Wayne Wang
. Though his first scenes ended up on the cutting room floor
, he has gone on to establish a film and television career primarily playing martial artists. His breakout role was in the 1993 film Only the Strong, in which he played Louis, a Capoeira master who takes a high school's potential failures and turns their lives around by teaching them the venerable Brazilian martial art. In the following year, Dacascos co-starred with Party of Five
s Scott Wolf
as Jimmy and Billy Lee, respectively, in the video game based movie Double Dragon
.
He plays the role of the Chairman of Iron Chef America
and Iron Chef Australia
. In the series' backstory he is the nephew of the original Iron Chef
Chairman, Takeshi Kaga
; the actors hold no relation in real life.
He has been featured in many action films such as Brotherhood of the Wolf
, Crying Freeman
and Cradle 2 the Grave
, in which he squared off against Jet Li
. He also performed in three video games: voice acting in Stranglehold
, live acting in Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
and digitally recreating The Chairman in the new Iron Chef video game for Wii
.
Dacascos was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002 for his role in Brotherhood of the Wolf
, which was a box office success in the United States. He also appeared in the short-lived but critically acclaimed television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
, which was a follow-up to the 1994 film The Crow
. One of his more recent roles is in the children's television show, Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
, where he portrays Advent Master Eubulon, mentor of the Kamen Riders and creator of the Advent Decks.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and martial artist. He won numerous karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18.
Beginning in January 2005, Dacascos has portrayed the Chairman on Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
's television series Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the...
. This role was previously played by Takeshi Kaga
Takeshi Kaga
is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His real name is .-Biography:...
in the original Japanese Iron Chef
Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...
, and Dacascos' character is presented as Kaga's nephew, though the actors are not related. Dacascos went on to continue the role in Iron Chef Australia
Iron Chef Australia
Iron Chef Australia is an Australian cooking show based on the Japanese show Iron Chef, as well as its American adaptation Iron Chef America...
. His other roles include: Eric Draven in The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel based on The Crow comic by James O'Barr starring Mark Dacascos in the lead role as Eric Draven, reprising the role originally played by Brandon Lee in the 1994 film The Crow...
, Eubulon, the Advent Master, on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, the lead role of "Mani" in the French film Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf is a 2001 French film directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan and Mark Dacascos, and written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel...
and the lead role of "Crying Freeman" in the film of the same name
Crying Freeman (film)
Crying Freeman is a 1995 French and Canadian produced action film, directed by Christophe Gans, based on the "Portrait of a Killer" arc of the best-selling manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami....
.
Dacascos competed in season 9 of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 9)
Dancing with the Stars returned for a ninth season on September 21, 2009, on a three-night premiere. Executive producer Conrad Green confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that the 9th season would start off with 16 celebrities, with 3 double-eliminations halfway through the season...
. His partner was Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
finalist Lacey Schwimmer
Lacey Schwimmer
Lacey-Mae Schwimmer is an American competitive ballroom dancer, singer, and the winner of multiple youth championships. She is best known as the fourth place finalist of the third season of So You Think You Can Dance...
. The pair was eliminated in the 7th episode.
On November 2, 2010, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
announced Dacascos was cast to reprise the role of Steve McGarrett's arch-nemesis, Wo Fat
Wo Fat
Wo Fat is the name of a fictional villain in the long-running CBS series Hawaii Five-O. On the show, Wo Fat is the arch-nemesis of Steve McGarrett , the head of Hawaii's state police force. The character appeared in eleven episodes of Hawaii Five-O including the TV-movie pilot and the final...
, in the modern remake of Hawaii Five-0.
Biography
Dacascos' father, Al Dacascos, is from HawaiiHawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, and is a martial arts instructor of Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
, Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
, and Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
ancestry. His mother, Moriko McVey-Murray, is of Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
and Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
ancestry. In the recent History Channel presentation, "Samurai", he revealed that the Japanese side of his mother's family was killed in the bombing of Hiroshima
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
. His stepmothers are award winning martial artist Malia Bernal and Hawaiian singer Melveen Leed
Melveen Leed
Melveen Leed is an American singer. After winning the title of "Miss Molokai" she begin singing in the mid-1960s and has released a number of records in the genres of Hawaiian, Country, and Jazz music....
. Dacascos attended Portland State University
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...
in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, where he majored in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
. Mark Dacascos is proficient in Wun Hop Kuen Do, Capoeira
Capoeira
Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music. It was created in Brazil mainly by descendants of African slaves with Brazilian native influences, probably beginning in the 16th century...
, Wushu
Wushu (sport)
The sport of wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts...
and Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
.
Personal life
He is married to actress Julie CondraJulie Condra
Julie Michele Condra-Dacascos is an American film and television actress.She was born in Ballinger, Texas, the daughter of Priscilla Condra, and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. During her teenage years, she modeled in various catalogs and commercials.In 1982, Condra had a very small role in the...
, who starred with him in Crying Freeman
Crying Freeman (film)
Crying Freeman is a 1995 French and Canadian produced action film, directed by Christophe Gans, based on the "Portrait of a Killer" arc of the best-selling manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami....
. They have three children, two older boys and one younger girl. Their names are Makoa, Kapono and Noelani.
Career
Dacascos became an actor after being discovered walking down the street in San Francisco's ChinatownChinatown
A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of overseas Chinese people, although it is often generalized to include various Southeast Asian people. Chinatowns exist throughout the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and Europe. Binondo's Chinatown located in Manila,...
by Chris Lee (at that time, assistant director) and Rexall Chin (hairstylist) for director Wayne Wang
Wayne Wang
Wayne Wang is a Chinese American film director.-Biography:Wang was born and raised in Hong Kong, and named after his father's favorite movie star, John Wayne...
. Though his first scenes ended up on the cutting room floor
Cutting room floor
The term cutting room floor is used in the film industry as a figure of speech referring to unused footage not included in the finished film. In fact offcuts of film are retained in a special cutting room bin and numbered during the editing process in case they are required later...
, he has gone on to establish a film and television career primarily playing martial artists. His breakout role was in the 1993 film Only the Strong, in which he played Louis, a Capoeira master who takes a high school's potential failures and turns their lives around by teaching them the venerable Brazilian martial art. In the following year, Dacascos co-starred with Party of Five
Party of Five
Party of Five is an American teen drama television series that aired on Fox for six seasons, from September 12, 1994, until May 3, 2000.Critically acclaimed, the show suffered from low ratings and after its first season was slated for cancellation...
s Scott Wolf
Scott Wolf
Scott Richard Wolf is an American actor, known for his roles on the television series Party of Five as Bailey Salinger and on Everwood as Dr. Jake Hartman. Since 2009, he has appeared in the Sci-Fi series V as the morally ambiguous journalist, Chad Decker.-Early life:Wolf was born in Boston,...
as Jimmy and Billy Lee, respectively, in the video game based movie Double Dragon
Double Dragon (film)
Double Dragon is a 1994 live-action film loosely based on the Double Dragon video game series. This film was directed by James Yukich and stars Mark Dacascos and Scott Wolf as brothers Jimmy and Billy Lee, along with Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario and Robert Patrick as antagonist Koga Shuko...
.
He plays the role of the Chairman of Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the...
and Iron Chef Australia
Iron Chef Australia
Iron Chef Australia is an Australian cooking show based on the Japanese show Iron Chef, as well as its American adaptation Iron Chef America...
. In the series' backstory he is the nephew of the original Iron Chef
Iron Chef
is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...
Chairman, Takeshi Kaga
Takeshi Kaga
is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His real name is .-Biography:...
; the actors hold no relation in real life.
He has been featured in many action films such as Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf is a 2001 French film directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan and Mark Dacascos, and written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel...
, Crying Freeman
Crying Freeman (film)
Crying Freeman is a 1995 French and Canadian produced action film, directed by Christophe Gans, based on the "Portrait of a Killer" arc of the best-selling manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami....
and Cradle 2 the Grave
Cradle 2 the Grave
Cradle 2 the Grave is a 2003 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak featuring martial artist Jet Li and rapper DMX.-Plot:...
, in which he squared off against Jet Li
Jet Li
The fame gained by his sports winnings led to a career as a martial arts film star, beginning in mainland China and then continuing into Hong Kong. Li acquired his screen name in 1982 in the Philippines when a publicity company thought his real name was too hard to pronounce...
. He also performed in three video games: voice acting in Stranglehold
Stranglehold (video game)
Stranglehold, or John Woo Presents Stranglehold, is a third-person shooter developed by Midway Games' Chicago studio, released in late for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3...
, live acting in Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom is the fourth main game in Chris Roberts' Wing Commander science fiction space combat simulator video game series, produced by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts for the PC in 1995 and the Sony PlayStation in 1997...
and digitally recreating The Chairman in the new Iron Chef video game for Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
.
Dacascos was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002 for his role in Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf is a 2001 French film directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan and Mark Dacascos, and written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel...
, which was a box office success in the United States. He also appeared in the short-lived but critically acclaimed television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel based on The Crow comic by James O'Barr starring Mark Dacascos in the lead role as Eric Draven, reprising the role originally played by Brandon Lee in the 1994 film The Crow...
, which was a follow-up to the 1994 film The Crow
The Crow (film)
The Crow is a 1994 American action film based on the 1989 comic book of the same name by James O'Barr. The film was written by David J. Schow and John Shirley, and directed by Alex Proyas...
. One of his more recent roles is in the children's television show, Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight is the Daytime Emmy Award-winning American adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki, the twelfth installment of the Kamen Rider Series. It was brought to television by Steve and Michael Wang and produced by Jimmy Sprague through Adness Entertainment...
, where he portrays Advent Master Eubulon, mentor of the Kamen Riders and creator of the Advent Decks.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other Notes |
| 1985 | Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart is a 1985 film directed by Wayne Wang.It is an American comedy film starring Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Cora Miao, and Joan Chen.-Plot:... |
n/a | Film (scenes deleted) |
| 1990 | Angel Town Angel Town (film) -Plot:A graduate student and martial-arts expert rents a room in a house owned by a single mother who lives there with her son. A local street gang is trying to recruit the son, but the new tenant tries to help the boy's mother keep him out of the gang... |
Stoner Driver | Film |
| 1991 | Dead On The Money | Martial arts master | TV movie |
| 1992 | American Samurai American Samurai (film) American Samurai is a martial-arts action film, starring David Bradley and Mark Dacascos and produced by Cannon Films. The movie was filmed in Israel and released in the U.S. in 1992. This movie represents the first major role for actor Mark Alan Dacascos.... |
Kenjiro Sanga | Film |
| 1993 | Only The Strong | Louis Stevens | Film |
| 1993 | Roosters | Filipino's Son | Film (Cameo) |
| 1994 | Dragstrip Girl | Johnny Ramirez | TV movie |
| 1994 | Double Dragon Double Dragon (film) Double Dragon is a 1994 live-action film loosely based on the Double Dragon video game series. This film was directed by James Yukich and stars Mark Dacascos and Scott Wolf as brothers Jimmy and Billy Lee, along with Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario and Robert Patrick as antagonist Koga Shuko... |
Jimmy Lee | Film |
| 1995 | Deadly Past | Leo | Film |
| 1995 | Kickboxer 5 Kickboxer 5 -Plot:The film starts with Negaal, a former kickboxer who founded an organization that promotes other kickboxers who pay with their lives if they refuse to join, ordering his men to kill David Sloan for refusing to accept an invitation from them.... : The Redemption |
Matt Reeves | Film |
| 1995 | Crying Freeman Crying Freeman (film) Crying Freeman is a 1995 French and Canadian produced action film, directed by Christophe Gans, based on the "Portrait of a Killer" arc of the best-selling manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami.... |
Yo Hinomura/Freeman | Film |
| 1996 | The Island of Dr. Moreau The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film) The Island of Dr. Moreau is a 1996 science fiction horror film, the third major movie version of the H. G. Wells novel The Island of Doctor Moreau about a scientist who attempts to convert animals into people... |
Lo-Mai | Film |
| 1996 | Sabotage | Michael Bishop | Film |
| 1997 | Sanctuary | Luke Kovak | Film |
| 1997 | DNA DNA (film) DNA is a 1997 American science fiction action film starring Mark Dacascos and Jürgen Prochnow, and directed by William Mesa. Filming took place in the Philippines... |
Dr. Ash Mattley | Film |
| 1997 | Deathline Deathline Deathline is a 1997 science fiction, action film starring Rutger Hauer and Yvonne Sciò. It was also released under the titles Redline and Armageddon. It is the first film between Rutger Hauer and Mark Dacascos. A Canadian - Dutch co-production it was filmed mainly in Hungary... (a.k.a. Redline) |
Merrick | Film |
| 1998 | Drive | Toby Wong | Film |
| 1998 | Boogie Boy Boogie Boy Boogie Boy is a 1998 film featuring Traci Lords as Shonda. It was written and directed by Craig Hamann and produced by Braddon Mendelson. It also stars Mark Dacascos, Emily Lloyd, Jaimz Woolvett, Frederic Forrest, Joan Jett and Linnea Quigley .... |
Jesse Page | Film |
| 1998 | No Code of Conduct No Code of Conduct No Code of Conduct is a 1998 action film directed by Bret Michaels. The film stars Charlie Sheen, and Martin Sheen as father-and-son vice unit detectives, along with Mark Dacascos who portrays Charlie Sheen's partner... |
Paul DeLucca | Film |
| 1999 | The Base The Base (film) The Base is a 1999 action/thriller film written by Jeff Albert and Hesh Rephun, produced by Dana Dubosky and Mark L. Lester, directed by Mark L. Lester and stars Mark Dacascos, Tim Abell and Paula Trickey.Tagline: One Man... |
Maj. John Murphy/Cpl. John Dalton | Film |
| 2000 | China Strike Force China Strike Force China Strike Force is a 2000 Hong Kong action film starring Aaron Kwok, Norika Fujiwara, Leehom Wang and Ruby Lin. It was directed by Stanley Tong and written by Steven Whitney and Stanley Tong.-Synopsis:... (Lei ting zhan jing) |
Tony Lau | Film |
| 2001 | Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf Brotherhood of the Wolf Brotherhood of the Wolf is a 2001 French film directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan and Mark Dacascos, and written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel... ) |
Mani | Film |
| 2001 | Instinct To Kill (AKA The Perfect Husband) | J.T. Dillon | Film |
| 2002 | Scorcher Scorcher (film) Scorcher is a 2002 science fiction disaster film directed by James Seale and starring Mark Dacascos, John Rhys-Davies, Jeffrey Johnson, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston and Rutger Hauer. It was first released in the USA in 2002... |
Ryan Beckett | Film |
| 2003 | Cradle 2 the Grave Cradle 2 the Grave Cradle 2 the Grave is a 2003 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak featuring martial artist Jet Li and rapper DMX.-Plot:... |
Yao Ling | Film |
| 2005 | Solar Strike (AKA Solar Attack Solar Attack Solar Attack is a 2005 direct-to-video film by Lions Gate Entertainment.It concerns large coronal mass ejections that cause the Earth's atmosphere to burn, potentially suffocating all life on Earth. All of this happens during a time of political tension between the United States and Russia... ) (USA) |
Lucas Foster | TV movie |
| 2005 | Junior Pilot (aka Final Approach) | Kato | Film |
| 2006 | Only the Brave Only the Brave Only the Brave is a 2006 independent film about the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated World War II fighting unit completely made up of Japanese Americans, which for its size and length service became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history... |
Steve "Zaki" Senzaki | Film |
| 2006 | The Hunt for Eagle One The Hunt for Eagle One The Hunt for Eagle One is a 2006 film. The story takes place during Operation Enduring Freedom in The Philippines. A group of U.S. Marines are sent to rescue a captured U.S. Marine Captain and a Filipino Major while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons.... |
Lt. Matt Daniels | Video |
| 2006 | The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point | Lt. Matt Daniels | Video |
| 2006 | Nomad | Sharish | Film |
| 2007 | Code Name: The Cleaner Code Name: The Cleaner Code Name: The Cleaner is an action/comedy starring Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Callum Keith Rennie and Nicollette Sheridan. The film was released by New Line Cinema on January 5, 2007.-Synopsis:... |
Eric Hauck | Film |
| 2007 | Alien Agent Alien Agent Alien Agent is a 2007 Canadian science fiction/action film. It was directed by Jesse Johnson and starred Mark Dacascos, Emma Lahana with Billy Zane and Amelia Cooke.-Plot:... |
Rykker | Film |
| 2007 | I Am Omega I Am Omega I Am Ωmega is a 2007 direct-to-DVD American doomsday film produced by The Asylum and starring Mark Dacascos of Iron Chef America.The film is an unofficial adaptation of the novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, the title being a portmanteau of The Omega Man and 2007's I Am Legend with Will Smith,... |
Renchard | Film |
| 2008 | Gideon Falls | Set | Film |
| 2009 | Serbian Scars | Peter Olsen Obilich | Film |
| 2010 | Shadows in Paradise | Lt. Max Forrester | Film |
| 2010 | Action Hero | Writer | Film |
| 2010 | Secret of the Sultan Secret of the Sultan Secret of the Sultan is a 2010 Turkish action film, directed by Hakan Şahin and written and produced by historian and journalist Ömer Erbil, starring Emanuel Bettencourt as an American professor in Istanbul to search for the sultan's mysterious chest in the hidden underground cloisters of ... |
Film | |
| 2011 | The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone | Cobra | Film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Episode/Notes |
| 1987 | General Hospital General Hospital General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns.... |
Police cadet | TV series |
| 1990 | New Dragnet Dragnet (series) Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners... |
Kevin Chow | TV series |
| 1990 | Doogie Howser, MD | Julian | Episode: "The Grass Ain't Always Greener" |
| 1991 | The Flash | Osaku | Episode: "Child's Play" |
| 1994 | Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt (TV series) Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO... |
Felix Johnson | Episode: "The Pit" |
| 1995 | One West Waikiki One West Waikiki One West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It starred Cheryl Ladd, Richard Burgi and Kayla Blake and was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy in 1995.-Plot summary:... |
Moku | Episode: "Rest in Peace" |
| 1998-99 | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven The Crow: Stairway to Heaven The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel based on The Crow comic by James O'Barr starring Mark Dacascos in the lead role as Eric Draven, reprising the role originally played by Brandon Lee in the 1994 film The Crow... |
Eric Draven | TV series |
| 1999 | Martial Law Martial Law (TV series) Martial Law was a TV crime drama that ran on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US.The show was a... |
Steven Garth | Episode: "Ninety Million Reasons to Die" |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Ananda the Monk Monk A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose... |
Episode: "Felonious Monk" |
| 2005 - Present | Iron Chef America Iron Chef America Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the... : The Series |
The Chairman | TV series |
| 2007 | Stargate Atlantis Stargate Atlantis Stargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself... |
Tyre | Episode: "Reunion" |
| 2008 | The Legend of Bruce Lee The Legend of Bruce Lee The Legend of Bruce Lee is a Chinese biographic television series based on the life story of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. The 50 episodes long series was produced and broadcast by CCTV and had been aired since 12 October 2008. It starred Hong Kong actor Danny Chan as Bruce Lee and American... |
Muay Thai boxer King Charles | TV series |
| 2008 | The Middleman The Middleman (TV series) The Middleman is an American television series. The series, which was developed for television by Javier Grillo-Marxuach for ABC Family, is based on the Viper Comics series, The Middleman, created by Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine... |
Sensei Ping | Episode: "The Sino-Mexican Revelation" |
| 2008 | Stargate Atlantis Stargate Atlantis Stargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself... |
Tyre | Episode: "Broken Ties" |
| 2009 | Kamen Rider Dragon Knight | Eubulon | Episodes: 32–40 |
| 2009 | Dancing with the Stars | Himself/guest dancer | Episodes" 1-7 |
| 2009 | Wolvesbayne Wolvesbayne Wolvesbayne is a horror film directed by Griff Furst and starring Jeremy London as a newly transformed werewolf working with vampire hunters to stop a vampire cult with plans to resurrect Lilith, the mother of all vampires. Also starring Yancy Butler , Christy Carlson Romano , and Marc Dacascos... |
Von Griem | TV movie |
| 2008-10 | The Next Iron Chef The Next Iron Chef The Next Iron Chef, is a limited-run series on the Food Network now in its fourth season. Each season is a stand-alone competition to select a chef to be designated an Iron Chef, who will appear on the Food Network program Iron Chef America.... |
The Chairman | TV series |
| 2010 | Samurai Samurai (2010 film) Samurai is a TV documentary first aired on the History Channel on March 16, 2010.The documentary follows Mark Dacascos as he travels throughout Japan, exploring the history or story of the famous Japanese samurai Miyamoto Musashi.... |
Himself | TV documentary |
| 2010 - Present | Hawaii Five-0 | Wo Fat Wo Fat Wo Fat is the name of a fictional villain in the long-running CBS series Hawaii Five-O. On the show, Wo Fat is the arch-nemesis of Steve McGarrett , the head of Hawaii's state police force. The character appeared in eleven episodes of Hawaii Five-O including the TV-movie pilot and the final... |
TV series |
| 2010 | Iron Chef Australia Iron Chef Australia Iron Chef Australia is an Australian cooking show based on the Japanese show Iron Chef, as well as its American adaptation Iron Chef America... |
The Chairman | TV series |
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Nominated | Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actor for: Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) |