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Pak Ho-sung
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Pak Ho-sung
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1967-11-08,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Pak Ho-sung (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.

Filmography

The Legend of Drunken Master

7.471

The Legend of Drunken Master
1994-02-03

5

Book of Swords
1996-04-06

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

5

Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002-04-16

Fist of the Warrior

4.2

Fist of the Warrior
2007-06-04

9

Epoch of Lotus
2000-10-10

4.9

Game of Death
2010-11-27

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

4.7

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008-05-14

Alone in the Dark

3.382

Alone in the Dark
2005-01-28

5.8

Red Dawn
2012-03-15

Secret in Their Eyes

6.369

Secret in Their Eyes
2015-10-14

4.1

BloodRayne
2006-01-06

4.924

The Prince
2014-08-22

18 Fingers of Death!

3.5

18 Fingers of Death!
2006-04-11

Olympus Has Fallen

6.42

Olympus Has Fallen
2013-03-20

6.462

The Citizen
2012-09-19

6.2

WMAC Masters
1995-01-01

6.1

Femme Fatales
2011-05-13

6.1

Femme Fatales
2011-05-13