Mark Dacascos

Mark Dacascos is a gift to action cinema. A genuine martial artist who moves with a precision no amount of editing can fake, he carried films like Crying Freeman and earned a Saturn nomination for Brotherhood of the Wolf through sheer physical conviction. What I appreciate is that his charisma never relies on stunt doubles or CGI trickery; the menace and grace are real. He has also reinvented himself across television and even screenwriting, which speaks to a restless creativity. As he ages, that weathered intensity only deepens, and I will keep watching whatever he chooses to throw himself into next.

Name (English)

Mark Dacascos

Name (Japanese)

マーク・ダカスコス

Reading

まーく・だかすこす

Born

February 26, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

Origin

Honolulu, United States

Occupation

film actor / actor / television actor / Thai boxer / screenwriter

University

Portland State University

• Official sitehttp://www.dacascos.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Dacascos
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314200

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.