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Pak Ho-Sung

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Known For

57 Years Old

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Ho Sung Pak (born November 8, 1967) is an American film actor, martial artist, action choreographer, writer, and producer. Pak, a Korean American, was born in Seoul, South Korea. Not only did he play as the main villain of the first Mortal Kombat game, Shang Tsung, but he also played the Mortal Kombat champion Liu Kang for the first game and Mortal Kombat II. He was a stunt coordinator for the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze as well as a stunt double for Raphael; he later reprised his role of stunt double in the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. In 1995, he and fellow MK actors Daniel Pesina, Katalin Zamiar, and Dr. Phillip Ahn, M.D. all appeared in a fighting game produced exclusively for the Atari Jaguar titled Thea Realm Fighters, but it was never released after Atari ceased production on the failed system later that year. In 2003, he played the leading role in the martial arts movie The Book of Swords. In it he portrayed Lang, an Asian cop who after witnessing the death of his brother during a drugbust gone wrong, leaves town only to come back three years later for revenge. The movie also starred MK actors Daniel Pesina, Katalin Zamiar and Richard Divizio. In a nod to his Mortal Kombat alter ego Liu Kang, Pak is shown wearing a red headband during the final part of the movie, while the other three actors are also seen in similar MK clothing/roles throughout the movie. In 2004 Pak starred in the martial film Lesser of Three Evils, directed by Wayne A. Kennedy, also starring Roger Guenveur Smith, Peter Greene, Rosa Blasi and Sherilyn Fenn. The film was produced by Ho-Sung Pak, Wayne A. Kennedy and Matthew Chausse who created together the film company GenOne. It was released in 2009 under the title Fist of the Warrior. During the 1995-1997 show WMAC Masters, his ki-symbol was "Superstar", which is a translation of his given Korean name. His older brother, Ho Young Pak ("Star Warrior"), as well as fellow Mortal Kombat actors Chris Casamassa ("Red Dragon"), Hakim Alston (Machine) and Richard Branden (Yin Yang Man) also appeared on the show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ho-Sung Pak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA on 8th November 1967

All Credits

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Femme Fatales
Superstar Assassin, aka The Ghost
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Femme Fatales
Fight Trainer
Olympus Has Fallen Image
Olympus Has Fallen
Korean Commando (uncredited)
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Red Dawn
Chinese Soldier (uncredited)
WMAC Masters Image
WMAC Masters
Superstar
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The Legend of Drunken Master
Henry
The Prince Image
The Prince
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Secret in Their Eyes Image
Secret in Their Eyes
Peanut Vendor
BloodRayne Image
BloodRayne
Kagan Vampire Guard #4
Alone in the Dark Image
Alone in the Dark
Agent Marko
Game of Death Image
Game of Death
Agent
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Henry (Legend of Drunken Master) (archive footage)
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Fist of the Warrior
Lee Choe
18 Fingers of Death! Image
18 Fingers of Death!
Young Buford
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance Image
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Pong
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Book of Swords
Lang
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Epoch of Lotus
Mortis