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Forbidden Warrior
''Forbidden Warrior'' is a 2005 martial arts fantasy action film starring Marie Matiko, Sung Kang and Karl Yune. It was directed by Jimmy Nickerson, and produced by Glen Hartford and Daniel Toll. The film is notable in resembling a low-budget Hong Kong action film, despite its American production and cast. A review in Variety noted that characters from a Chinese myth are given Japanese names and played by caucasians. In a 2006 interview, the writer/producer Glen Hartford claims he based the story on "a piece of mythological history, from over 4000 years ago", and calls the movie an "Asian film". Cast * Marie Matiko - Seki * Sung Kang - Doran * Karl Yune - Locust * Tony Amendola - Ajis-Aka * James Hong - Muraji, The Warlord * Andrew Divoff - Ujis-Aka * Musetta Vander - Reza * Chris Coppola - Jibberish * Bruce Locke - Miyamoto * Kay E. Kuter - Yawn * Ron Yuan - Lank * Kristina Wayborn - Sorceress * Vladimir Cuk Vladimir Cuk (born September 1, 1975) is a Croatian actor and forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Matiko
Marie Matiko (born September 12, 1970) is an American actress. Early life Marie Matiko is of Chinese, Japanese and Filipino descent, born in Los Angeles County and grew up in Huntington Beach. She grew up wanting to become a concert pianist. In high school, she auditioned for The Young Americans, where she was taught singing, dancing and performing in a conservatory setting. She was an environmental engineering major at UCLA. While still in college, she auditioned for the first national tour of ''Miss Saigon''. She traded an ROTC scholarship for the role of "Gigi/Mimi" when she was picked by producer Cameron Mackintosh for the first national tour of ''Miss Saigon''. While on the road, she continued taking academic classes at community colleges. She was inspired by The Joy Luck Club to pursue film acting and after leaving ''Miss Saigon'', Matiko returned to Los Angeles to pursue it. In 2008, Matiko finished her degree from UCLA during the Hollywood Writer's Strike. Film and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay E
The name Kay is found both as a surname (see Kay (surname)) and as a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and also as a masculine name (for example in India, the Netherlands, and Sweden). The alternative spelling of Kaye is encountered as a surname, but also occasionally as a given name: for instance, actress Kaye Ballard. Name Female * Kay Armen (1915–2011), stage name of Armenuhi Manoogian, American Armenian singer * Kay Bailey Hutchison (born 1943), American lawyer, politician, and diplomat * Kay (singer) (born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriter * Kay Burley (born 1960), Sky News founder and presenter * Kay Copland, Scottish sport shooter * Kay Elson (born 1947), Australian politician * Kay Francis (1905–1968), American actress * Kay Hagan (1953–2019), American politician * Kay Hull (born 1954), Australian politician * Kay Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Martial Arts Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five Digit (anatomy), digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, (3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first Repunit#Decimal repunit primes, prime repunit, 11 (number), 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Martial Arts Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Action Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Action Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Cuk
Vladimir Cuk (born September 1, 1975) is a Croatian actor and former basketball player. Cuk, notable for his tall stature at nicknamed "The tallest actor in Hollywood" has appeared in several movies, television shows, commercials and video games in the 1990s and 2000s. Cuk was born on September 1, 1975, in Zagreb, Croatia. He made his way to acting after a 22-game college basketball career at James Madison University between 1991 and 1994 averaging 0.3 points per game. Cuk got his first acting role as Lurch in the 1996 basketball film ''Celtic Pride'' starring Damon Wayans and Daniel Stern. Cuk then received more acting roles after that appearing in the 1997 movie ''The 6th Man'' starring Damon's brother Marlon Wayans. Cuk has also appeared on an episode of The Parkers in 2002. Cuk has been featured in several commercials for companies such as Nissan, Coinstar and General Electric. Filmography * ''Celtic Pride'' (1996) – Lurch * ''The 6th Man'' (1997) – Zigi Hrbacek * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Wayborn
Britt-Inger Johansson (born 24 September 1950), known professionally as Kristina Wayborn, is a Swedish actress who worked mostly in the United Kingdom and in the United States. Biography Wayborn was born Britt-Inger Johansson in Nybro, Småland, Sweden. She was Miss Sweden in 1970, and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant that same year. She was also selected as Miss Scandinavia 1971. Wayborn portrayed screen legend Greta Garbo in the television movie ''The Silent Lovers'' (1980), an episode of the miniseries Moviola, which brought her to the attention of the producers of the James Bond films. She was then cast in probably her best known role as Magda in ''Octopussy'' (1983) which features a memorable scene in which Magda beats up several of villain Kamal Khan's guards, showing a surprising agility and acumen for martial arts. During filming of this scene, an accident occurred and Wayborn suffered several broken toes. Wayborn's performance in the film came in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Yuan
Ronald Winston Yuan is an American actor, martial artist, director, and stunt choreographer. He is best known for his roles on '' Sons of Anarchy'', '' Prison Break'', '' Golden Boy'', and '' CSI: NY''. He has acted in numerous films, including an ensemble lead as Sgt. Qiang in Disney's live-action adaptation ''Mulan''. He also supplied the voice of Sgt. Fideltin Rusk in the video game series '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'', and Scorpion in ''Mortal Kombat 11'' (replacing Patrick Seitz) . Early life Yuan was born in New York City, New York, the son of Theresa and Joseph Yuan, and the brother of actor Roger Yuan. Career Acting Film Yuan appeared in Roland Emmerich's ''Independence Day'' sequel, '' Independence Day: Resurgence'', playing Yeong, the main weapons engineer. Before that, Yuan appeared in the film '' The Accountant'' (directed by Gavin O'Connor), with Ben Affleck, J. K. Simmons and Anna Kendrick, playing a reluctant Silat master. Yuan had a cameo in Martin Scorses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Coppola
Christopher Coppola (born November 26, 1968) is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian. Career Chris is best known for his roles in such movies as ''Friday the 13th'', ''Far Cry'', '' Postal'', ''Loveless in Los Angeles'', ''The Polar Express'', ''Beowulf'', and '' Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul''. He also voiced Dancer in ''Santa Buddies'', and appeared in the episode " Tailgate" on the sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother ''How I Met Your Mother'' (often abbreviated as ''HIMYM'') is an American sitcom, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series, which aired from September 19, 2005 to March 31, 2014, follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his ...''. Filmography Film Television References External links * * American male voice actors American male comedians 21st-century American comedians Living people American male film actors American male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) 1968 births {{US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sung Kang
Sung-Ho Kang (born April 8, 1972) is an American actor. His first major role was as Han Lue in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise, a character he first portrayed in '' Better Luck Tomorrow'' (2002). Kang also played John Mak in the television series ''Power''. Early life Kang was born in Clarkston, Georgia, to South Korean immigrant parents before moving to Gainesville, Georgia. He was raised by his Korean mother and African American stepfather. He moved to Barstow, California while in high school. Kang attended the University of California, Riverside. While in college he chose acting over law school, a decision which was met with disappointment from his parents due to their concerns over the lack of Asian Americans on American television and lack of job prospects. Career Kang's first major role was in '' Better Luck Tomorrow'' (2002), in which he played Han Lue, an aloof gang member, directed by Justin Lin. He was one of the stars in '' The Motel'', in which he played Sam Kim. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
