Mark Dacascos
Date of Birth: 26 Feb 1964
Country: USA
Biography: 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...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 54 (Actor), 1 (Director), 1 (Writer)
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Inspired by actual events taking place during the reign of King Louis XV, Brotherhood of the Wolf revisits one of the rare French myths, that of the "Beast of Gevaudan" which killed a number of persons before being vanquished under mysterious circumstances. (Universal Focus)
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America's gritty hip-hop ethos collides with the poetic intensity of Hong Kong cinema in the action thriller Cradle 2 the Grave, an explosive fusion of Eastern martial arts and Western street culture. (Warner Bros.)
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After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that it's inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor. (imdb)
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A lethal Samurai assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills... (imdb)
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Ex-Special Forces soldier Louis Stevens returns to Miami to find his former high school overrun by drugs and violence.
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Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power. (imdb)
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In this fast-paced action comedy, Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he finds himself unexpectedly entangled in a high-level government conspiracy, Jake and his pursuers begin to believe that he is an undercover agent who subconsciously holds a key piece of information that could expose an arms deal involving the CIA and the FBI. (New Line Cinema)
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Nomad (The Warrior) is set is 18th-century Kazakhstan, a vast, pitiless region of austere and terrible beauty, and tells the story of a boy who is destined to one day unite the three warring tribes of the country who have survived and fought for centuries -- against invaders, against formidable enemies and amongst themselves. (The Weinstein Company)
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A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption. (imdb)
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I Am Omega (2007) - Direct-to-Video
The lone survivor of a deadly plague is doomed to an eternal battle with the mutant creatures that now control the Earth... (theasylum.cc)
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A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time. (imdb)
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An ecologic disaster is about to happen as a giant earthquake will wipe out the human specie, and the only way to cure this is put in the hands of an expert comando team - to detonate an atomic bomb underground Los Angeles.
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The Base (1999) - Direct-to-Video
After a US militar mission to capture Mexico's strongest drug-lord is sabotaged, Major John Murphy (Mark Dacascos) is sent to uncover a net of drug dealing inside the army.
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A cop (Charlie Sheen), his partner (Dacascos), and his father (Martin Sheen) uncover a plot by city elders to smuggle drugs from Mexico into Pheonix, Arizona. (imdb)
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The Hunt for Eagle One (2006) - Direct-to-Video
A group of US Marines are sent to rescue captured a US Marine and a Filipino Captain while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons. (imdb)
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A smuggler of fantasy-inducing drugs is betrayed and killed by his partner, but revived by the Russian government. Escaping captivity, he heads out for vengeance, both for himself and his late wife.
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An American reporter teams up with a martial arts expert, whose half-brother is a "yakuza"--Japaneser mafia--drug dealer to battle swordsmen from around the world n a Turkish arena. (imdb)
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Solar Attack (2006) - TV Movie
Solar Flares attack the Earth, turning the sky on fire. A team of scientists try and stop it, but Cold War tensions may get in the way... (slidercc)
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DNA (1997) - Direct-to-Video
Dr. Wesinger (Jürgen Prochnow) leads a team of scientists into the jungle, where they find the skeleton of a strange creature. Hoping to re-create the creature by extracting DNA from the bones, Wesinger enlists the help of Ash Mattley (Mark Dacacos). The experiment is successful, but a few years later the CIA asks Mattley to help track down Wesinger because he's turned the creature into a fierce killer and plans to sell it to the highest bidder.
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Final Approach (2005) - Direct-to-Video
While enjoying a cross-country flight for a field trip, 10-year-old Ricky (Jordan Garrett) senses that something's about to go down -- and it could just be the plane! With the help of his pint-sized cohorts, Ricky foils a group of would-be hijackers, only to discover that the jet's only pilot has collapsed. But thanks to Ricky's high scores on his at-home computer flight simulator, landing from 30,000 feet should be a snap!
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Wolvesbayne (2009) - TV Movie
Russel Bayne (Jeremy London) was bitten by a werewolf. He is scared because of strange transformation of his body. Furthermore, he appears in heart of the war between werewolves, vampires and humans. The leader of a vampire clan - Von Griem - tries to use the extraordinary power of the ancient goddess - Lilith to destroy the human world. Rusell will make an effort to bedevil these plans together with his ally -- vampire hunter - Jacob Van Helsing (Rhett Giles).
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Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (1995) - Direct-to-Video
In this fifth and final installment of the action film franchise, retired kickboxer Matt Reeves (Mark Dacascos) vows to avenge the death of his protégé, a promising young fighter murdered by South African millionaire Negaal (James Ryan) for refusing to join his underworld kickboxing federation. Negaal sends his enforcer Paul Croft (Geoff Meed) to take out Reeves. But instead, the two adversaries team up, each with a thirst for revenge.
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An ex-Navy commando (Mark Dacscos) is framed for a bungled mission to save hostages from terrorists in which he survived being shot 7 times by an assassin (Tony Todd). Years later, he is hired to protect a weapons distributor and his wife, only to have the same assassin kill them. This sets him on a mission with the assigned FBI agent (Carrie Anne Moss) to bring the killers and conspirators to justice. Graham Greene appears as Dacasco's former commander. (imdb)
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The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006) - Direct-to-Video
The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder, a new anti-hijack device that enables Air Traffic Control to lock out the pilot's instruments and fly a plane by remote control. When the military learns of the terrorists plans to use it to crash a jetliner into a secret U.S. Military Intelligence airbase in southeast Asia, The Strike Force team led by Lt. Matt Daniels is sent again into rebel territory...
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Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs task force. Only one man proves able to fight back in his league: former cop J.T. Dillon, who was already training Tess in self-defense and becomes her lover. Becket decides to find hiding place by kidnapping Diffs wife, and thus enforce a final show-down. (imdb)
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Luke Kovak is part of a covert group within the CIA that works on illegal black ops involving blackmail and assassinations. When his boss orders the murder of one of the team, Luke realises how expendable they all are and gets out (taking proof of their activities with him). He now lives as a priest until the group start to get close to tracking him down. (imdb)
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A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears. (imdb)
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Alien Agent (2007) - Direct-to-Video
A lawman from another galaxy must stop an invading force from building a gateway to planet Earth. (imdb)
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During a military raid to rescue in Iraq, Max Forrester's teammate and girlfriend Sasha, disappears mysteriously. Two years later, Max, who has since retired from the army receives a call from his former commander Captain Dyer, who informs him that Sasha is still alive and is in a place called Paradise Island, and also inform him that the army is ready to take action to recover it and accuse it of treason and desertion. (imdb)
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The dramatic action film follows a soldier who ventures to America in search of his long lost brother, unaware that his brother may hold the key to a devastating weapon their father developed years ago and that a terrorist now wants to possess. (imdb)
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The film tells the story of an American professor, Ciano Depp, who learns the secrets of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II about crude oil. The professor comes to Istanbul and begins to work hard to find the sultan's mysterious chest, kept in the depot of the Topkapi Palace Museum. (imdb)
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Bartender on parole gets re-involved with his previous girlfriend, only to discover he's part of her criminal scheme. (imdb)
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What if Inspector Clouseau bulked up on steroids, then was given the job to direct a movie? Action Hero chronicles Hollywood myth and rumor, bending together an escalating series of mishaps that lead us and The Great Vardell Duselldorfer, (The Great V.D.), in the strictest dramatic terms, to climax. (imdb)
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Dragstrip Girl (1994) - TV Movie
Johnny is a bad guy whom is trying to go straight whom becomes smitten with Laura, a wealthy good girl whom is rebelling against her parents by pretending to go steady with him, all set among the backdrop of 1950s Los Angeles. (imdb)
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A man who stops into a foster home to drop off some donations soon tells the kids a story about two teenage friends who uncover a long-lost medallion that transports them back in time.
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011) - TV Series
The first season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy is a prequel to the original game, explaining the background stories of several characters from the series and demonstrating their reasons for participating in the upcoming tenth Mortal Kombat tournament on which the first game was based. The episodes are non-linear with minimal continuity and each devoted to the story of a specific character or characters. The second season covers the tournament itself. (imdb)
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The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998) - TV Series
A deceased street musician returns to life, and must restore the balance between good and evil to be reunited with his dead girlfriend. (imdb)
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Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (2008) - TV Series
On the other side of every mirror on Earth lies the parallel dimension of Ventara - a world destroyed by the evil alien, General Xaviax. The Kamen Riders were warriors from Ventara who fought Xaviax with armor and abilities powered by their Advent Decks. Unfortunately, Xaviax stole the Advent Decks and defeated all the Riders but one. Kamen Rider Wing Knight is the sole surviving Kamen Rider - the only man who can stop Xaviax from destroying Earth the same way he destroyed Ventara. (imdb)
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The film will unfold in Manila, Philippines, and in the jungles of the island of Boracay. On a tropical island in the privacy of living Russian middle-aged man (Alexander Newsky). But the quiet life interrupted by the murder of one of the locals. In order to protect the daughter of the slain Filipino bandits Russian guy have to remember the past, he tried to bury. (imdb)
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Sequels (2012) - Short Film
Based on the amazing success of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the studio behind the film has already prepared a long list of sequels coming to a theater near you. (Funny or Die)
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When a family member of one of their own is attacked, a team of former elite soldiers are called back into action and a ruthless game of kill or be killed is set in motion. (imdb)
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The agents of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the US Secret Service are forced to work together to prevent a full-scale international crisis. (imdb)
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Super-Assassin John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin's guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head - he is the target of hit men and women everywhere. (imdb)
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Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, a psychopathic contract killer who's seeking revenge for the death of his brother. (imdb)
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Wu Assassins (2019) - TV Series
A warrior chosen as the latest and last Wu Assassin must search for the powers of an ancient triad and restore balance in San Francisco's Chinatown. (imdb)
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In a zombie apocalypse, one man desperately tries to keep his family alive. (imdb)
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A hit man named Kai (Mark Dacascos) flies into Bangkok, gets a gun, and orders a cab. He offers a professional female driver big money to be his all-night driver. But when she realizes Kai is committing brutal murders at each stop, it's too late to walk away. Meanwhile, an offbeat police detective (Kane Kosugi) races to decode the string of slayings before more blood is spilled. (imdb)
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The Legend of Bruce Lee (2010) - Direct-to-Video
The story of the legendary martial arts icon Bruce Lee, following him from Hong Kong to America and back again, leading up to his tragic death at the age of 32. (imdb)
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In the 1970s, a missing teacher of martial arts is the subject of a quest by his devoted and brilliant but distant students, who include Batman.
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Decorated veteran and PTSD sufferer, Jason Hill (Flanery) meets his wife, Jennifer, for lunch at the Veteran's Affairs hospital where she works. After Jennifer is called away for an ...
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Gallo Morales returns home after being imprisoned for seven years for murdering a man over a cockfight. His family welcomes him back with mixed feelings. While his daughter Angela is eager to have him back, his son Hector feels otherwise. Hector desires to leave behind the farm and wants to use the family's prize-winning cock, which he has inherited from his grandfather, to win money in order to move his family away.
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Ancient Japanese Ronin warriors set 300 years after 47 Ronin, in a modern-day world where Samurai clans exist in complete secrecy. (imdb)
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The Perfect Bride (2017) - TV Mini-Series
Fitness trainer/former marriage counselor runs Bridal Boot Camp classes combining fitness and yoga with pre-marital counseling exercises to brides and grooms before their big day. While struggling with marital issues from her past, she meets a handsome and talented photographer who seems to be having doubts about his upcoming marriage to her client, an overbearing perfectionist. (Hallmark Channel)
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