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Mark Alan Dacascos (born February 26, 1964) is an American actor, martial artist and television personality. A 4th-degree black belt in Wun Hop Kuen Do, he is known for his roles in Action film, including as Louis Stevens in Only the Strong (1993), the title role in Crying Freeman (1995), Mani in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, the antagonist Ling in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Sharish in Nomad (2005), and as the assassin Zero in (2019).
On television, Dacascos is known for his portrayal of Wo Fat on Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020), and for serving as "The Chairman" of Food Network's Iron Chef America series since January 2005, a role he reprised in 2022 on Netflix's . Dacascos' other roles include Kung Lao in the web series , Eric Draven on and Eubulon on . He also competed in the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars.
In 2023, he was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame.
During his upbringing he lived a time in Hamburg, Germany, where he learned to speak German language. Mark Dacascos full Interview GCC 2019 Dortmund - speaks german / spricht deutsch - John Wick 3 movie
His breakout role was in the 1993 film Only the Strong, in which he played Louis, a capoeira master who takes a high school's struggling students and turns their lives around by teaching them the Brazilian martial art based on the ritual combat technique of Angola. In the following year, Dacascos co-starred with Party of Fives Scott Wolf as Jimmy and Billy Lee, respectively, in the film Double Dragon, based on the video game with the same name.
He plays the role of the Chairman on Iron Chef America, Iron Chef Australia and . In the series' backstory, Dacascos's character is the nephew of the original Iron Chef Chairman, Takeshi Kaga.
He has been featured in many action films such as Drive, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Crying Freeman and Cradle 2 the Grave, in which he squared off against Jet Li. He also performed in three video games: voice acting in Stranglehold, live acting in and digitally recreating The Chairman in the video game for Wii. Dacascos was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2002 for his role in Brotherhood of the Wolf. He also appeared in the television series , which was a follow-up to the 1994 film The Crow. He also appears in the children's television show , where he portrays Eubulon, also known as the Advent Master, mentor of the Kamen Riders and creator of the Advent Decks.
Dacascos played the recurring role of Wo Fat on the CBS series Hawaii Five-0. He portrayed Kung Lao in the second season of the YouTube series . He had a recurring role in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Mr. Giyera, an Inhuman servant of Hydra who can manipulate inanimate objects.
In May 2019, Dacascos played Zero, a lead antagonist in the action thriller film . He starred in a recurring role on the Netflix series Wu Assassins. He has reprised his role as The Chairman of the Iron Chef series in , which was released on Netflix in June 2022.
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| 1996 | Troy 'Catscratch' Carter |
| 2013 | Kung Lao | 4 episodes |
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