The iron bodied chairman of Iron Chef America, Mark Dacascos was a kung fu and karate champion as a teenager who transitioned to both martial arts movies and regular flicks. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, for a long time Mark claimed he grew up wanting to be a monk, but in reality he had studied drama as a teenager while racking up the martial arts awards. After being discovered during a walk through San Francisco’s Chinatown, Mark made his acting debut with an uncredited role in Ninja...
The iron bodied chairman of Iron Chef America, Mark Dacascos was a kung fu and karate champion as a teenager who transitioned to both martial arts movies and regular flicks. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, for a long time Mark claimed he grew up wanting to be a monk, but in reality he had studied drama as a teenager while racking up the martial arts awards. After being discovered during a walk through San Francisco’s Chinatown, Mark made his acting debut with an uncredited role in Ninja Academy (1989) before moving on to do occasional episodes of shows like The Flash from 1990, Dragnet and Doogie Howser M.D. But Mark's rise to prominence really began when he went on to play Louis Stevens, an unrelated to Shia LaBeouf former Green Beret turned Capoeira teacher to at-risk youth in Only The Strong (1993). We appreciated his work in Double Dragon (1994) and as Felix Johnson on an episode of Tales From the Crypt called "The Pit," but it was Mark’s role as the tattooed assassin, Yo Hinamura in the yakuza thriller Crying Freeman (1995) that really caught our attention. Mark took his career to nude levels when he bared his muscular bum both in bed with a woman and getting some acupuncture. Our pricks liked waatching him get pricked. After playing the leopard hybrid Lo-Mai in the legendarily disastrous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), in the sci-fi action flick Deathline (1997) we get another look at that ass in a sauna scene, while in the French horror film Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) Mr. Dacascos’ dongcasco is conveniently obscured by a loincloth. But we still get to see his built thighs, strong ass, and skintacular upper body. He puts the ass in Dacascos! Mark got the Iron Chef job in 2004, then danced with the stars for DWTS season nine in 2009. But Mark's still probably best known as an actor. You could catch him playing telekinetic Hydra operative Giyera in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, the assassin Zero in John Wick 3-Parabellum (2019), or the crime boss Wo Fat on Hawaii Five-0. Hot as tabasco, we would love to get a taste of Mark Dacascos.
