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Chris Casamassa Born January 17, 1965 Nationality Italian American Occupation Martial artist, actor, stuntman Chris Casamassa (born January 17, 1965) is an American martial artist of Italian origin , actor and stuntman who is best known for his role as Scorpion in the movie Mortal Kombat, which was based on the popular fighting-game series. He was unavailable for the second movie, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, due to scheduling conflicts with Batman & Robin (where he doubled for George Clooney), but he was able to return as Scorpion in the TV show, Mortal Kombat: Konquest. He is the son of martial arts guru and Red Dragon Karate founder Louis D. Casamassa. They appeared together in the film 'Sword of Heaven' in 1985.
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Karate
Casamassa is also the President of the successful Red Dragon Karate Schools, which were founded by his father. As a national competitor on the North American Karate Association circuit (N.A.S.K.A) Casamassa was the #1 forms competitor in the country for four consecutive years.
Biography
Casamassa and his wife Michelle have two children Emily, age 7, and Adam, age 4. “I am excited about training my kids in the Martial arts,” says Casamassa. They were already following me with their kicks and punches at home. Now that they are in class at the studio its even more fun to watch them grow and learn in the Martial Arts. Casamassa trains at least 3 days a week for 3 to 4 hours.
One of Casamassa’s biggest thrills came when he actually got to do a fight scene with World Black Belt’s First Founding Member Chuck Norris.
Casamassa is one of the few original actors to be in Mortal Kombat: Devastation, he announced that he will reprise his role as Scorpion. However, the film still has yet to officially go into production, and no information about the project exists on the official MK website produced by Threshold Entertainment, which has not been updated since 2004.[1] Bloody Disgusting reported in January 2010 that Warner Bros. had hired Oren Uziel to write a new script of the reboot.[2] Paul W.S. Anderson, who had directed the original, expressed interest in returning to the franchise in a May 4 interview with G4, though he is not currently under consideration to do so.[3]
Chris Casamassa had many movies that got cancelled or the footage got destroyed. Some of those were 'Killers in the Dark' as 'Tony'. 'Vendetta Brothers' as 'Bryce', 'Kleidoscop' aka 'Diablo Cartel' with Hakim Alston, 'Across the Borderline' as 'Vinnie' with Daniel Bernhardt, Seance as a priest and a futuristic series (like Mad Max) as 'leader of the Wind family'. [4]
Filmography
Year Film/television Role Notes 1984 The Karate Kid Tournament guest 1985 Sword of Heaven Martial Arts trainee 1988 Black Eagle Car stuntman (scenes deleted) 1988 A Mission to Kill Young Hank 1991 China O'Brien 2 Picnic punk #2 / Stunt fighter 1992 Shootfighter: Fight to the Death Ring lord #1 / Creon (Shootfighter) A Mission to Kill Young Hank 1995 Mortal Kombat Scorpion Mortal Kombat: Behind the Scenes Himself / Scorpion archive footage 1995–96 WMAC Masters Himself (his ki-symbol was "Red Dragon") 1997 Batman & Robin Batman stunt double 1998 Mortal Kombat: Conquest Takeda / Scorpion Blade Stunt vampire VIP Stuntman (1 episode) 1999 Martial Law Stunt henchman (episode 2.6) 2000 Mortal Kombat: Federation of Martial Arts Scorpion / Black Dragon Ninja online Walker: Texas Ranger Vendetta Brothers Bryce cancelled 2001 Seance Priest Not released A Real Job Bill The Hunted Zack (1 episode) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Templar knight Killers in the Dark Tony cancelled 2003 How to be an Action Star Himself / Host Across the Borderline Vinnie Cancelled, lack of funding 2004 Sci-Fi Fighter The Karate Master 2008 The Red Canvas Ring announcer 2010 Foodfight! motion capture for 'Dex Dogtective' not released References
- ^ Threshold Entertainment. mortalkombat.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
- ^ "Finish Them! A New Mortal Kombat on the Way!". DreadCentral. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35528/finish-them-a-new-mortal-kombat-way.
- ^ "Paul W.S. Anderson Interested In Shooting Another Mortal Kombat Movie". G4tv. http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/704421/Paul-WS-Anderson-Interested-In-Shooting-Another-Mortal-Kombat-Movie.html.
- ^ Karate instructor to reprise 'Scorpion' role. SGVTribune.com (2008-11-21). Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
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Categories:- American stunt performers
- American film actors
- American television actors
- 1965 births
- Living people
- American karateka
- American people of Italian descent
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