Matt Mullins (racing Driver)

Matt Mullins is an American actor and martial artist. At the age of 16, in 2000, he won his first World Kickboxing Association title in Dublin, Ireland. This would be his first of five championships in the next three years.

Martial arts career

Mullins was featured in the Discovery Channel mini-series ''Extreme Martial Arts'' alongside Mike Chat. As of 2006, he held a 4th degree Black belt in the style Shōrei-ryū and studied under martial arts instructor John Sharkey at Sharkey's Karate Studio in Naperville, Illinois.

While an underbelt, he met Mike Chaturantabut and together they created a martial arts style which later became known as Extreme Martial Arts (XMA). Their style's growing popularity prompted the Discovery Channel to produce a documentary called ''XMA: Extreme Martial Arts''. In this documentary, the producers covered the XMA style with modern technology such as motion-capture and 3D imaging to show how a martial artist can use their body. As a side story, they focused on Matt Mullins' attempt to return to the competition world of sport karate.

Matt Mullins is the founder and creator of the Sideswipe Performance Team. He created this extreme martial arts group in 2002 after appearing on the show 30 seconds to Fame. From there he grew Sideswipe and began traveling around the world with everyone a part of the team to do these performances.

Mullins holds seminars and martial arts camps. He has appeared on shows such as ''The Jerry Lewis Telethon'', '' The Wayne Brady Show'', America's Got Talent (Season 2) and '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', as well as at sporting events, live action shows and karate tournaments.

Acting career

Mullins has appeared in national commercials for Motorola, America Online, Applebee's, Nike, Hanes and Pepsi as well as a lead actor in several films including ''Kung Fu Love Triangle'', ''Bloodfist 2050'', and '' Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon''. He had a lead role portraying the character Len/Kamen Rider Wing Knight on the in-production TV show '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''. He also helped Mike Moh get the role of Hunt/Danny Cho/Kamen Rider Axe in the same show through their shared martial arts training.

Mullins was a reporter for LX TV 1st Look television program introducing DJ Hapa, as well as Shinkendo. He starred as Johnny Cage in the Kevin Tancharoen directed short film '' Mortal Kombat: Rebirth''.

Filmography

Films

* ''Wentworth'' (2005) – Waiter
* '' Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon'' (2007) – Eddie
* '' Blood and Bone'' (2009) – Pretty Boy Price
* ''Freshmyn'' (2010) – Zach Markey
* '' Mortal Kombat: Rebirth'' (2010) – Johnny Cage
* ''Alpha Must Die'' (2012) – Blue
* ''The Wrath of Vajra'' (2013) – K-23/Bill
* ''Resident Evil: Vengeance'' (2013) – Chris Redfield
* '' Divergent'' (2014) – Fighter on Ring
* ''White Tiger'' (2015) – Michael Turner

Stunt work

* '' Ted Bundy'' (2002) – as Michael Reilly Burke's stunt double
* '' No Rules'' (2005) – as brotherhood fighter
* ''Severed'' (2009) – as fight choreographer
* '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2014) – as fight coordinator
* ''Masterless'' (2015) – as stunt coordinator
* '' Defenders'' (2017) – as stunt coordinator
* ''Luke Cage'' season 2 (2018) – as fight coordinator

Video games

* '' Area 51'' (1995) – Voice
* '' Resident Evil (2002)'' – Face model for Chris Redfield
* '' Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus'' (2003) – Voice
* '' The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth'' (2004) – Voice
* '' Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles'' – Face model for Chris Redfield
* '' Uncharted: Drake's Fortune'' (2007) – Motion capture for Nathan Drake
* '' Resident Evil 5'' (2009) – Face model for Chris Redfield
* '' Resident Evil 6'' (2012) – Face model for Chris Redfield

Television

* ''America's Got Talent'' (2007) – Himself – Performer
* '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight'' (2008–2009) – Len / Kamen Rider Wing Knight (Main Role)
* ''Misadventures in Matchmaking'' (2009) – Cobin in ''The Love Portal''
* '' Mortal Kombat: Legacy'' (2011) – Johnny Cage
* ''Team Unicorn'' (2011) – Beach Stud in ''Alien Beach Crashers''
* ''Kickin' It'' (2012) – Trent Darby in ''It Takes Two To Tangle''
* ''Métal Hurlant Chronicles'' (2012) – Julian in ''King's Crown''
* '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2014) – Centipede Soldier in ''The Magical Place''

Director

*''The Johnnies'' – 5 episodes

Producer

*''Resident Evil: Vengeance'' (2013)
*''The Johnnies'' – 5 episodes

References

External links

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Sideswipe Performance Team Official Website

NERDSociety – Interview with Matt Mullins

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Living people
American male karateka
American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Sportspeople from Euclid, Ohio
America's Got Talent contestants
American stunt performers
Year of birth missing (living people)