Carlos Pesina

Carlos Pesina (born 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is a skilled martial artist and employee of Midway. He is most recognized as the actor who played Raiden in "Mortal Kombat", "Mortal Kombat II", and "Mortal Kombat Trilogy". Since 1995, he has worked for Midway as a motion capture artist and animator.

His older brother Daniel also played various "Mortal Kombat" characters, until he was fired by Midway in 1994 for dressing like Johnny Cage in a print ad for the short-lived fighting game "BloodStorm". That same year, after his firing, he and Carlos secretly aided Data East on its failed attempt at a Mortal Kombat clone titled "Tattoo Assassins". After Midway learned of this, possibly as a punishment, Raiden (the character Carlos had played in the first two MKs) was not included in "Mortal Kombat 3" and "Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3". Despite the bad history, however, Carlos is still employed by Midway.

The hidden playable character in "", Mokap, was created in tribute to Carlos' motion capture work at Midway.

In the Konquest Mode of "," the main protagonist, Shujinko, has to do a quest for the ruler of Orderrealm. The ruler states that Shujinko needs to find an agent named "Parlos Casina," a spoonerism on Pesina's name, most likely celebrating his importance to the series.

Currently, Carlos and his brother Daniel have appeared in a videogame-based comedy film entitled "Press Start". His character is named Lei Gong, the Chinese equivalent of the Japanese Thunder God Raiden (his character in the "Mortal Kombat" series).

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