Adoni Maropis (born July 20, 1963) is a Greek-American

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. Maropis was born in

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...

, the middle of three sons. He is best known for playing

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in '' Mortal Kombat: Conquest''. He also played General Hassan in '' Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun'' as well as Sakr in ''

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''. He appeared in a recurring role as terrorist leader Abu Fayed in season six of '' 24'' and as an assassin in the season three premiere of the television series ''

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''. Maropis is also a

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player, preferring the "orthodox styles" of

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and sandpaper table tennis. he holds titles as world and US champion for sandpaper table tennis and also won the

class of the US championship in 2011. Maropis is currently working on a feature film project entitled "The Last Palikari" written by himself and his father, Petro Maropis. A short version of the project was completed in 2012 with Vertex Media in Los Angeles, CA.

Filmography

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External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maropi, Adoni 1963 births Male actors from Pittsburgh American male film actors American male television actors American male table tennis players Living people American people of Greek descent