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Pak Ho-Sung

1967 (58) • Acting

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.

Known For

Nightcrawler

77%

Stunts

2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction

60%

Stunts

2014

Bullet Train

74%

Stunts

2022

Westworld

80%

Stunts

2016

The Last Airbender

46%

Stunts

2010

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

62%

Martial Arts Choreographer

1991

The Legend of Drunken Master

75%

Henry

1994

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

55%

Stunts

1993

Protector

84%

Producer

2026

Protector

84%

Stunt Coordinator

2026

Bullet Train

74%

Stunts

2022

Westworld

80%

Stunts

2016

Secret in Their Eyes

64%

Peanut Vendor

2015

Nightcrawler

77%

Stunts

2014

The Prince

49%

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

2014

The Prince

49%

Producer

2014

The Prince

49%

Stunt Coordinator

2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction

60%

Stunts

2014

Legend of the Red Reaper

32%

Co-Producer

2013

Olympus Has Fallen

64%

Korean Commando (uncredited)

2013

The Citizen

64%
2012

Vamps

53%

Stunts

2012

Red Dawn

57%

Chinese Soldier (uncredited)

2012

Femme Fatales

61%

Superstar Assassin, aka The Ghost / Fight Trainer

2011

Game of Death

49%

Agent

2011

The Last Airbender

46%

Stunts

2010

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

47%

Pong

2008

Fist of the Warrior

42%

Lee Choe

2007

Fist of the Warrior

42%

Producer

2007

Fist of the Warrior

42%

Writer

2007

18 Fingers of Death!

35%

Young Buford

2006

BloodRayne

41%

Kagan Vampire Guard #4

2006

Alone in the Dark

33%

Agent Marko

2005

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

50%

Henry (Legend of Drunken Master) (archive footage)

2002

Epoch of Lotus

90%

Mortis

2000

Book of Swords

50%

Lang

1996

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