Ho-Sung Pak

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 MD 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 clothingroles 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 HoSung 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 19951997 show WMAC Masters his kisymbol 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 HoSung Pak licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia