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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, 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.


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Born:
Nov 8, 1967 In Seoul, South Korea
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie The Legend of Drunken Master 1994-02-03
Latest Project:
Movie Secret in Their Eyes 2015-10-14
Known For
Poster of Alone in the Dark
Poster of Book of Swords
Filmography
Movie Secret in Their Eyes Peanut Vendor 2015-10-14
Movie The Prince Hotel Clerk (uncredited) 2014-08-22
Movie Olympus Has Fallen Korean Commando (uncredited) 2013-03-20
Movie Red Dawn Chinese Soldier (uncredited) 2012-03-15
Movie Game of Death Agent 2011-03-31
Movie Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance Pong 2008-05-14
Movie Fist of the Warrior Lee Choe 2007-06-04
Movie 18 Fingers of Death! Young Buford 2006-04-11
Movie BloodRayne Kagan Vampire Guard #4 2005-10-22
Movie Alone in the Dark Agent Marko 2005-01-28
Movie Ultimate Fights from the Movies Henry (Legend of Drunken Master) (archive footage) 2002-04-16
Movie Epoch of Lotus Mortis 2000-10-10
Movie Book of Swords Lang 1996-04-06
Series WMAC Masters Superstar 1995-01-01
Movie The Legend of Drunken Master Henry 1994-02-03