Trevor Goddard
Encyclopedia
Trevor Goddard was an English
actor
. He played Kano in the first Mortal Kombat
movie
and Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby on JAG
.
, Surrey
, England
, in 1962. For much of his career, he claimed to be of Australian
descent and often played Australian characters.
He appeared in cameo roles
in many television shows prior to 1995. That same year, Goddard played Kano in the film adaptation of Mortal Kombat
. His performance as Kano became the source of the character's evolution in the video games.
He would go on to act in other movies such as Gone in Sixty Seconds, Men Of War
(with Dolph Lundgren
and future JAG
co-star Catherine Bell
) and Hollywood Vampyr. Goddard played in the television drama
series JAG as Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby and was featured in TV commercials for the Hoover FloorMate.
He made his last on-screen appearance in the 2003 movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
.
, temazepam
and vicodin
. His death was ruled accidental.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He played Kano in the first Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (film)
Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American action and adventure film directed by Paul Anderson. Based on the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the film was the first part of the Mortal Kombat film series...
movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby on JAG
JAG (TV series)
JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...
.
Career
Goddard was born in CroydonCroydon
Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, in 1962. For much of his career, he claimed to be of Australian
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
descent and often played Australian characters.
He appeared in cameo roles
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
in many television shows prior to 1995. That same year, Goddard played Kano in the film adaptation of Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (film)
Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American action and adventure film directed by Paul Anderson. Based on the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the film was the first part of the Mortal Kombat film series...
. His performance as Kano became the source of the character's evolution in the video games.
He would go on to act in other movies such as Gone in Sixty Seconds, Men Of War
Men of War (film)
Men of War is a 1994 American action drama directed by Perry Lang and starring Dolph Lundgren as a former Special Ops soldier who leads a group of mercenaries to a treasure island in the South China Sea.-Plot:...
(with Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, and martial artist. He belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomise the movie action hero stereotype including Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.A graduate in chemical...
and future JAG
JAG (TV series)
JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...
co-star Catherine Bell
Catherine Bell
Catherine Lisa Bell is an American actress known for her role of Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the television show JAG from 1997 to 2005...
) and Hollywood Vampyr. Goddard played in the television drama
Dramatic programming
Dramatic programming in the UK, or television drama and television drama series in the US, is television program content that is scripted and fictional along the lines of √a traditional drama. This excludes, for example, sports television, television news, reality show and game shows, stand-up...
series JAG as Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby and was featured in TV commercials for the Hoover FloorMate.
He made his last on-screen appearance in the 2003 movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure fantasy film based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks. It was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
.
Death
On 7 June 2003, Goddard was found dead in his home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. He was 40 years old. Initial reports indicated that Goddard was in the process of getting a divorce and that suicide was suspected. An autopsy later showed that Goddard died from a drug overdose of heroin, cocaineCocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
, temazepam
Temazepam
Temazepam is an intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine. It is mostly prescribed for the short-term treatment of sleeplessness in patients who have difficulty maintaining sleep...
and vicodin
Vicodin
Hydrocodone/paracetamol is a combination of two analgesic products hydrocodone and paracetamol used to relieve moderate to severe pain...
. His death was ruled accidental.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Inside Out | The Other Criminal | Segment: "The Leda" Direct-to-video release Direct-to-video Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television... |
| 1994 | Men of War Men of War (film) Men of War is a 1994 American action drama directed by Perry Lang and starring Dolph Lundgren as a former Special Ops soldier who leads a group of mercenaries to a treasure island in the South China Sea.-Plot:... |
Keefer | |
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (film) Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American action and adventure film directed by Paul Anderson. Based on the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the film was the first part of the Mortal Kombat film series... |
Kano | |
| Illegal in Blue | Mickey Fuller | Direct-to-video release | |
| The Break | Nails | ||
| 1996 | Fast Money | Regy | |
| Prey of the Jaguar | Damian Bandera | Direct-to-video release | |
| 1997 | First Encounter | ||
| Dead Tides | Scott | ||
| 1998 | Deep Rising Deep Rising Deep Rising is a 1998 action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. It was distributed by Hollywood Pictures and Cinergi Pictures, and was released in the United States on January 30, 1998.-Plot:... |
T. Ray | |
| She's Too Tall | Warner | ||
| Some Girl | Ravi | Alternative titles: Men Girl Talk |
|
| 1999 | Gut Feeling | ||
| 2000 | Gone in 60 Seconds | Don | Uncredited |
| 2001 | Dead Man's Run | Jason | |
| 2002 | Torture TV | Trevor "Dogger" McDougan | |
| Hollywood Vampyr | Blood | ||
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure fantasy film based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks. It was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Grapple | |
| 2008 | Flexing with Monty Flexing with Monty Flexing with Monty is a 2010 comedy-drama film and stars Trevor Goddard and Sally Kirkland. Shooting started in 1994 and was finally completed in 2008 during which both the film's male lead , and the original producer died.- Plot :... |
Monty | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Tour of Duty Tour of Duty (TV series) Tour of Duty is an American drama television series on CBS. It ran for three seasons from September 1987 to April 1990 as 58 one–hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark, and produced by Zev Braun.... |
Williams | 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Commish The Commish The Commish is a television series that aired on ABC in the United States from 1991 to 1996. The series focused on the work and home life of a suburban police commissioner in upstate New York.... |
Ozzy Van Spyk | 2 episodes |
| Dark Justice Dark Justice The series began airing in 1991 and ran for three seasons finishing in 1993.Tagline: "Justice may be blind... but it can see in the dark."- Production and filming :... |
Travis | 1 episode | |
| 1992–1994 | Silk Stalkings Silk Stalkings Silk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package, and rebroadcast on the USA Network. After CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in 1993, the series ran exclusively on USA until its finale in the... |
Steiner Oscar LeMay |
2 episodes |
| 1992–1995 | Renegade Renegade (TV series) Renegade is an American television series that ran for 110 episodes spanning 5 seasons between September 19, 1992 and April 4, 1997.The series stars Lorenzo Lamas as Reno Raines, a police officer who is framed for a murder he didn't commit. Raines goes on the run and joins forces with Native... |
Digger Macy Ty Waitly |
2 episodes |
| 1993 | Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television... |
Colin | 1 episode |
| Down the Shore Down the Shore Down the Shore is an American situation comedy that ran on Fox from June 21, 1992 to May 27, 1993.-Synopsis:The series revolves around three childhood friends, Aldo, Zack, and Eddie. In hopes of meeting women at the Jersey Shore over the summer, they decided to get a beach house in Belmar, New Jersey... |
Stench | 1 episode | |
| Baywatch Baywatch Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production... |
Wiley Brown | 1 episode | |
| Empty Nest | Joe | 1 episode | |
| 1996 | Yesterday's Target | Agent Riggs | Television movie |
| Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,... |
Boyd Hendrix | 1 episode | |
| Nowhere Man Nowhere Man (TV series) Nowhere Man is an American television series that aired from 1995 to 1996 starring Bruce Greenwood. Created by Lawrence Hertzog, the series aired Monday nights on UPN. Despite critical acclaim, including TV Guides label of "The season's coolest hit," the show was cancelled after only one... |
Mackie | 1 episode | |
| 1997 | Assault on Devil's Island | Fraker | Television movie Alternative title: Shadow Warriors |
| 1998 | Babylon 5 Babylon 5 Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262... |
Trace | 1 episode |
| Legion Legion (1998 film) Legion is a 1998 made for TV film directed by John Hess with screenplay by Patrick Highsmith and Evan Spiliotopoulos. It was produced by Avi Nesher for Mahagonny Pictures and Conquistador Entertainment Inc... |
Cutter | Television movie | |
| The X-Files The X-Files The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s... |
The 1st British Crewman | 1 episode | |
| 1998–2001 | JAG JAG (TV series) JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions... |
Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby | 42 episodes |
| 2000 | 18 Wheels of Justice | Paul Stocker | 1 episode |
| 2001 | When Billie Beat Bobby When Billie Beat Bobby When Billie Beat Bobby is a 2001 ABC docudrama detailing the historic 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs and what lead up to it. The match was filmed at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California.... |
Barry Court | Television movie |
| 2002 | Rendez-View | 1 episode | |