Ernie Reyes, Jr.

Ernie Reyes, Jr.

Infobox actor


imagesize = 150px
name = Ernie Reyes, Jr.
birthdate = Birth date and age|1972|1|15|mf=y
location = San Jose, California, U.S.
notable roles = "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze" "Surf Ninjas"

Ernest E. Reyes, Jr. (born January 15, 1972) is an American actor and martial arts performer.

Biography

Early life

Reyes was born in San Jose, California, the grandson of Filipino immigrants. He has two brothers and two sisters, one of whom, Lee, is an actor.

By 1983, Reyes had joined his father's group, the "West Coast Demo Team". Through his father's connections, Reyes met such martial arts and movie stars as Tony Thompson and Cynthia Rothrock. When he was twelve, he turned his attention to acting. Having met with Berry Gordy, he was given a part in the feature film "The Last Dragon".

Career

Reyes, Jr. played a prince in the 1985 production, "Red Sonja". In that movie, he shared the screen with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brigitte Nielsen. During this time he also had his own television series "Sidekicks", which is a spin-off of the original Walt Disney one-time special, "The Last Electric Knight", alongside Gil Gerard (formerly television's Buck Rogers). Reyes had starring roles in "Surf Ninjas" and in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film '. He also served as the martial arts stunt double for Donatello in the first Ninja Turtles film. His latest movie roles were in "Rush Hour 2" playing Zing and in "The Rundown" alongside former WWE wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He is also the host of MTV's "Final Fu" Reyes guest starred in the TV series ' alongside David Carradine. He stars in the movie "The Process" (2006). He continues to participate in movies and he has also begun to train in the Muay Thai discipline. He was seen in TMZ on 9-17-08 on fox and also appeared in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) as Cemetery Warrior #2. He also has a new movie coming out called The Red Canvas

In "The Last Electric Knight" and "Sidekicks" Ernie's character was from the fictional nation, Patusan. Patusan is also his homeland in the movie "Surf Ninjas".

elected filmography

*"The Red Canvas" (2008) as Johnny Sanchez
*"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008) as Cemetery Warrior #2
*"The Rundown" (2003) as Manito
*"Rush Hour 2" (2001) as Zing
*"Poolhall Junkies" (2002) as Tang
*"Secret of the Horse" (2001) (TV) as Victor Tran
*"The Process" (1998) as Jesse
*"" (1995) as Steve
*"P.C.H." (1995) (TV) as Koji
*"Surf Ninjas" (1993) as Johnny
*"" (1991) as Keno
*"Taekwon sonyeon Erniewa Master Kim" (1989) as Ernie
*"Red Sonja" (1985) as Prince Tarn
*"The Last Dragon" (1985) as Tai (Karate Student)

References

External links

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