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  Official Code Name: The Cleaner Action Movie Pictures of Martial Artist Mark Dacascos as a CIA/FBI Arms Ring Broker
Dacascos and Lee, both Hawaiian boys, worked together again on Only the Brave, directed by Lane Nishikawa, which recounts the heroic story of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, comprised of Nisei (Hawaiaan-Japanese-Americans) who sacrificed their lives to rescue the Texas 141st Regiment known as the 'Lost Battalion during World War II.
Dacascos' film career began when he was spotted in San Francisco, and promptly cast as the romantic lead opposite Chinese star Joan Chen in Wayne Wang's Dim Sum.
In 2003, Dacascos starred in the Cradle to the Grave, and in 2000 he commuted between France and China to star in the international French hit, Brotherhood of the Wolf for auteur Christof Gans, and China Strike Force, shot on location in Shanghai.
www.thecleanermovie.com /mark-dacascos.html   (460 words)

  
  Mark Dacascos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark Dacascos (born February 26, 1964, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an actor and martial arts expert, winning numerous karate and kung fu championships between the age of 9 and 18 [1].
His father, Al Dacascos, is a Filipino martial arts instructor of Malay, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry.
Dacascos became an actor after being discovered walking down the street in San Francisco's Chinatown by two men working for director Wayne Wang.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Dacascos   (277 words)

  
 Al Dacascos Page
August1998 saw Al Dacascos on National TV (TNT) Turner Network Television being honored as one of the Masters to Wesley Snipes, "1st Tribute to the Martial Arts Masters of the 20th Century" from New York City.
Dacascos was the first practitioner of Kung fu to compete in the American martial arts tournament circuit.
Eventually, Dacascos was recruited into the Tracy system, a strategic alliance that helped to form the cornerstone of his business organizational skills.
www.completemartialarts.com /whoswho/halloffame/aldacascos.htm   (927 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos
Mark has a supporting role as a competitor in a martial arts tournament in which participants fight to the death.
Mark finds that he can't escape his past as a member of an elite group of operatives used for jobs which are not publicly sanctioned.
Mark and his boys must explode some thermonuclear devices to stop the Pacific tectonic plate from causing widescale destruction.
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 Mark Dacascos - Links
The webmasters also host a Mark Dacascos fanfic website.
Mark Dacascos E-Wave - another Japanese Dacascos fansite.
The webmasters of the german Mark Dacascos fansite are also hosting a Mark Dacascos fanfic archive.
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 Mark Dacascos Photos - Mark Dacascos News - Mark Dacascos Information
Mark Alan Dacascos was born on February 26, 1964 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mark’s father, Al Dacascos, is a martial arts instructor which afforded Mark an exposure to martial arts at an early age.
Mark won several Kung Fu and Karate championships between the ages of 9 and 18.
www.tv.com /mark-dacascos/person/50028/summary.html   (295 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Boogie Boy (Spanish) (1998) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mark Dascascos takes a step away from his usual straight-to-video martial arts B-titles with this dark and disturbing drama involving a recently-paroled drummer trying to get his life together.
Mark's character, Jesse, is hoping to earn a gig as a drummer for a band in Detriot but is unaware that he and his buudy are being tracked by the vengeful siblings of the slain drug dealers they left dead.
Mark Dacascos is finally able to display his excellent acting skills in the role of Jessie Page.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305134898?v=glance   (1242 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos: Only the Strong - Movie
Dacascos was doing meia lua's (a spinning kick in which both hands are on the ground as you strike) that were knocking out three people at once.
In one ridiculous scene, Saverio (the drug lord) pointed to where he wanted Dacascos to stand so that he could miraculously appear behind him and perform and unchallenged jumping kick to the back of his head.
There are several reason why it works so well: 1: Dacascos, is not only a bonda fide martial artists, learning the martial arts as a child from his famous martial artist father Al Dacascos, but he is also a very good actor.
www.superiorpics.com /mark_dacascos/movie/1993_only_the_strong.html   (785 words)

  
 ActionKings-MarkDacascos
Hawaiian-born actor Mark Dacascos is known primarily for his work on the television series
Born on February 26th, 1964, Dacascos has been a student of kung-fu and won hop kuen (his parents are both martial arts masters) for most of his life, and at age nine he won an international tournament.
His family moved frequently while he was young, and as a result, he became fluent in Mandarin, Chinese and German.
www.geocities.com /theactionkingsg/ActionKings-MarkDacascos.html   (343 words)

  
 A fan's Mark Dacascos website - Pictures of Mark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mark's body was filmed in extreme close-up, without any make-up but with lots of small white reference tracking marks, used to adjust the digital tattoo.
For an un-tattooed guy, Mark has played A LOT of tattooed characters.
I'm not sure if the tattoo on Mark's chest in the second picture was not added to the picture since it is different from the one seen in the movie.
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 ## BadAzz MoFo ##   (Site not responding. Last check: )
One of the things that makes Mark Dacascos better than in the other movie he did, is because he never fights with hate.
Dacascos has been getting great reviews for his performance, and BROTHERHOOD could be the film that catapults him to superstar status.
MARK DACASCOS: The interesting thing is that movie is actually based on historical fact.
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 Mark Dacascos Bio, News, Awards and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
With well-received roles in both television and film, Mark Dacascos is well on his way to becoming a sought-after leading man. Dacascos was most recently seen in the French box-office hit and critically acclaimed Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pact Des Loups) opposite Monica Belluci, Samuel Le Bihan and Vincent Cassell.
Dacascos was seen in Stanley Tong’s China Strike Force starring opposite rapper Coolio, and in Gustavo Graef Marino’s The Perfect Husband based on the best-selling novel.
Dacascos starred in the hugely successful syndicated television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, which was inspired by the feature film, and in many cult favorite action films including Crying Freeman, Drive and Only the Strong.
www.ropeofsilicon.com /profile.php?id=1070   (298 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos FanFic Page - Kenjiro
Mark Julie's up there staying with a friend while she finishes a movie.
Mark If he doesn't recognize you then we know that you'll be safe.
Mark follows her gaze then looks at her.) Final exam.
www.markdacascosfanfic.mokos.de /kenjiro/KenjiroPart4.htm   (2629 words)

  
 Reel.com: Mark Dacascos
Like Lana Turner, who, legend has it, was discovered sipping a soda at Schwab's Drugstore, Mark Dacascos enjoys one of those only-in-movieland stories.
Already a champion martial artist (and the son of Black Belt Hall of Fame member Al Dacascos), the 20-year-old Dacascos was discovered walking down a street in San Francisco in 1984 and cast in Wayne Wang's Dim Sum.
By the 1990s, Dacascos was combining acting with his martial-arts talents in films such as American Samurai, Double Dragon, Sanctuary, Boogie Boy, and on TV as the star of the series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.
www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=features/interviews/dacascos   (2098 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos at Hollywood Cult Movies
Mark also starred in the short-lived TV series “Crow: Stairway To Heaven” (1998) and in a rare appearance as a villain Mark battled Jet Li in the box office blockbuster “Cradle 2 The Grave” (2003).
Trivia: Mark was considered for the role of Bruce Lee in the critically acclaimed biopic “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story” (1993).
Enter a naturalist-philosopher (Samuel Le Bihan) and his Iroquois Indian companion (Mark Dacascos), who are dispatched by officials to hunt down the supposed demon.
www.hollywoodcultmovies.com /html/mark_dacascos.html   (935 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos Page
Mark 's martial arts training started on: I was born into it
Mark was literally born into martial arts, specifically the discipline of Wun Hop Kuen Do Kung Fu.
However, while winning his first international tournament at the age of only nine, even genetics could not yet determine just how much he would eventually excel.
www.completemartialarts.com /whoswho/actionstars/markdacascos.htm   (158 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Shangri-La: Music: Mark Knopfler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I believe that Mark is the best guitarist in the world today, and possibly the best of all time.
As Mark Knopfler and I have aged over the years, we've both mellowed, changed moods and tastes and it's as if he knows where I am in my own aging process.
Mark Knopfler is at the top of his gig here.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002VKZL6?v=glance   (1744 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos | Actors | Movie Forum
Mark's next movie to be shown at theatres contained one of his few supporting roles, and it was perhaps fortunate that he appeared unrecognisable, playing Lo-Mai, one of Marlon Brando's creations on The Island Of Dr. Moreau.
Mark can also be seen in the TV thriller Instinct To Kill and, on DVD, alongside Aaron Kwok and Kadeem Hardison in the unofficial Drive sequel China Strike Force.
This year's Dacascos movie hoping for a theatrical release is the disaster film Scorcher, which also stars Lord Of The Rings' John Rhys-Davies and Mark's Redline co-star Rutger Hauer.
www.movieforum.com /people/actors/markdacascos/index.shtml   (944 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos has 1 in-development credit available on IMDbPro.com.
Steele Justice (1987) (stunts) (as Mark Alan Dacasos)
Discuss this name with other users on IMDb message board for Mark Dacascos
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 TV : Hosts / Celebrity Chefs : Mark Dacascos : Food Network
Mark has appeared in a wide variety of feature films during the course of his career.
Mark also stars in the period piece Nomad, which was filmed in Kazakhstan over a two-year period.
Mark’s passion for the Martial Arts began at an early age under the tutelage of his parents.
www.cyberslice.com /food/hosts_celebrity_chefs/article/0,1974,FOOD_9889_2774882,00.html   (171 words)

  
 SPLICEDwire | Mark Dacascos interview for "Brotherhood of the Wolf" (2002)
By the time Mark Dacascos was 4 years old, he'd started to get the hang of kung fu from spending his days at his parents' martial arts studio.
Not to be taken entirely seriously, it's a glossy B-movie horror-fantasy about a remote village besieged by a beast that may not be as wild and untamed as it seems.
Dacascos plays Mani, a silent, deadly, noble Iroquois who has accompanied a Louisiana Purchase adventurer, naturalist and handsome libertine (Samuel Le Bihan) back from the New World to help find and destroy the beast.
www.splicedonline.com /02features/mdacascos.html   (1233 words)

  
 MARK DACASCOS VIDEOS & DVD'S AT HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES
Savage martial arts marathon involving a retired kickboxing champ out to avenge the death of a student who was murdered after he refused to join a renegade kickboxing federation.
When soldiers at Camp Tillman are led into dealing drugs by a scheming officer, the Pentagon decides to send Special Forces agent John Murphy (Mark Dacascos) to go undercover and investigate.
Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Harrison star in this explosive action thriller as two unlikely friends who team up to put an end to the murders being committed by a high-tech killer.
www.hollywoodteenmovies.com /ForSaleMarkDacascos.html   (1172 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos
Mark doesn't not drink anything but water and tea.
Marks dad remembers: I remember one time when he came to Portland, I was waiting at the gate for him at the plane, and didn't see him because he had passed me, Wearing a wig and a china mans hat and dark glasses
Mark is more of a rhythm person..he has 2 drum sets and plays them all the time, even more than guitar.
www.fortunecity.co.uk /cinerama/film/223/Dacascos.html   (170 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times: Five Questions with...Mark Dacascos
He soon will be a household name, after his turn as the long-haired hunk in "Brotherhood of the Wolf," opening today in Chicago at Pipers Alley.
It doesn't hurt his female fan following that Dacascos spends half of the period film in a loincloth.
Dacascos is Mani, the one who helps a young detective investigate.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20020111/ai_n9612216   (777 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos @ Filmbug
Mark Dacascos was born in Hawaii to parents who were both martial arts champions.
Mark's looks and athletic prowess make him a natural for the role of Mani.
His first role was in Wayne Wang's DIM SUM in 1985, followed by a number of parts showcasing his spectacular martial arts skills.
www.filmbug.com /db/4200   (177 words)

  
 Literaturverzeichnis
Mark Dacascos: Flying High in the New TV Series "the Crow", Martial Arts Illustrated, Septembre 1998, pp.
Mark Dacascos is dying to soar into action as the Crow; Highlights, pages 56 et suiv.
Mark Dacascos über Der Pakt der Wölfe, Moviestar 02/2002, p.
www.markdacascos.de /interviews/Literatur-fr.html   (1008 words)

  
 fangopasa
This site is dedicated to the gorgeous Mark Dacascos who plays Eric Draven on the syndicated TV series, The Crow Stairway to Heaven.
We met Mark that day and it will be a day we will never forget.
We told Mark we had petitions to save The Crow: STH for a second season, he loved it.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Mansion/8667/fangopasa.html   (292 words)

  
 Mark Dacascos - The Actor - Ask Mark
In the movie, they were always on the left hand of Mark's breast...
The reason some of the pictures have my tattoos on the opposite side is that sometimes the newspapers or magazines flip the "slides" or "negatives" to the other side for a better composition.
I swear in "Drive," Mark's wearing BLACK Nike trainers when he's fighting in the dusty quarry site...
www.dacascos.com /actorask.html   (1097 words)

  
 Starpages: Mark Dacascos News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mark Dacascos will guest star on CSI March 7th in the episode called "Felonious Monk".
American fans of Mark Dacascos want to see his recent movie "Brotherhood of the Wolf"
Fans of the actor Mark Dacascos put up a petition for a better release of his recent movie "Brotherhood of the Wolf" which is projected to be released only in a few cities.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Drive [1996]: DVD: Mark Dacascos,Kadeem Hardison,John Pyper-Ferguson,Brittany Murphy,Tracey Walter,James ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mark Dacascos is quite possibly the most underated martial arts actor on the planet - he is amazing, pulling of moves only rivalled by the likes of Donnie Yen.
Mark Dacascos (Toby Wong) and Kadeem Hardison (Malik) are very likeable in the main roles.
Dacascos might not be a great thespian (but were you expecting him to be) but he has alot more charm than Seagull or Van Dumb and the main thing is that he is damn good at doing the marshall arts he has mainly been employed for in this role.
www.amazon.co.uk /Drive-Mark-Dacascos/dp/B00004SPGP   (1979 words)

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