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{{Short description|American convicted felon (born 1970)}}
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'''Joseph Hyungmin Son''' ({{Korean|손형민}}; born November 20, 1970)<ref name="dob"/> is an American convicted felon, former actor, and former [[mixed martial arts|mixed martial artist]], [[kickboxer]], and [[professional wrestler]]. He competed for the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] and [[K-1 Kickboxing]] during his [[combat sports]] career. As an actor, he was best known for his appearance in the spy comedy film ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'' (1997) and his appearance at [[UFC 4]], where he lost a match after repeatedly being punched in the groin, a move which was legal at the time.

In 2008, he was arrested in connection to a 1990 [[sexual assault]] after [[DNA profiling|DNA evidence]] linked him to the crime. In 2011, he was found guilty and sentenced to seven years to life in prison in California. While incarcerated, he was convicted of beating his [[cell mate]] to death and was sentenced to an additional 27 years for [[voluntary manslaughter]].

== Early life ==
Son was born in [[Gwangju]], South Korea. He moved to the US at an early age.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Son|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/239188/Joe-Son/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104085511/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/239188/Joe-Son/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2011|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Cammila|last=Albertson|date=2011|access-date=December 21, 2009}}</ref>

==Mixed martial arts career==
Son was a mixed martial arts fighter and retired with a record of 0–4.<ref name=sher/> Though he had appeared before in [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]'s [[UFC 3]] in 1994 as [[Kimo Leopoldo]]'s [[cornerman]], Son had his proper debut at the [[UFC 4]] event, entering the tournament billed as a [[Taekwondo]] 3rd Dan Black Belt and founder of a style called "Jo Son Do".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the-oratory.com/mma-review-53-ufc-4-revenge-of-the-warriors/|title=MMA Review: #53: UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors|work=The Oratory|last=Newman|first=Scott|date=August 16, 2006|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919002021/http://the-oratory.com/mma-review-53-ufc-4-revenge-of-the-warriors/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> He was pitted against [[Kenpo Karate]] fighter [[Keith Hackney]], whom Son outweighed by 30 pounds, but was seven inches shorter. Son was able to perform a takedown and a front headlock attempt, but Hackney countered by punching Son's groin repeatedly, which was legal under the rules of the event.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhHoeSc9CrE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/EhHoeSc9CrE |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |url-status=live|title=UFC 4: Keith Hackney vs Joe Son – BRUTAL Groin Shots!|via=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=[[WP:UGC]]|date=August 2023}} Hackney then squeezed Son's throat with his pronated left hand. Son tapped out, which led to him being eliminated from the tournament.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

After his fight in UFC, Son competed in a match for the [[K-1]] [[Kickboxing]] federation, facing established star [[Nobuaki Kakuda]]. The much heavier Son initially led the pace with body shots and knees, scoring a mild knockdown by right hook, but he was eventually knocked out by Kakuda via high kick and punches.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In 2002, Son debuted for Japanese promotion [[PRIDE Fighting Championships]], fighting [[Takada Dojo]] exponent Yusuke Imamura at the PRIDE The Best Vol.2. He infamously wore a leopard [[thong]] with the PRIDE logo and sported [[eye makeup]], as well as a [[bowler hat]] at his entrance, and hugged Imamura during the staredown. The bout was short, and Son quit after he was taken down and almost slid out of the ring, claiming an elbow injury.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

On April 12, 2002, Son also took part in Xtreme Pankration 2, wherein he faced [[Joe Moreira]]. After a brief exchange of strikes, Moreira landed a hit which drew blood, and Son then refused to continue fighting, and the fight was called. The result was officially listed as "submission (terror)".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sherdog.com/events/XP-2-Xtreme-Pankration-2-823|title=XP 2 – Xtreme Pankration 2|access-date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423091223/https://www.sherdog.com/events/XP-2-Xtreme-Pankration-2-823|url-status=live}}</ref> Son would return to PRIDE in July, facing Jukei Nakajima, and he once again gave up after being injured by being thrown on his head by the Japanese fighter.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Son was also a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] in Japan for a short time, wrestling [[Shinya Hashimoto]] at [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]]'s second Wrestle-1 event<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=16564|title=AJPW 2ND WRESTLE-1 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|website=www.cagematch.net|access-date=November 28, 2017|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911034005/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=16564|url-status=live}}</ref> and working as singer and dancer for [[Hustle (professional wrestling)|HUSTLE]]'s third event.<ref name="ColinTimberlake">{{cite web |url=http://www.colintimberlake.com/mma-mental-hall-of-fame-joe-son-random-task-ufc-keith-hackney/ |title=The MMA Mental Hall of Fame: Joe Son a.k.a. Random Task |work=ColinTimberlake.com |date=January 17, 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119155932/http://www.colintimberlake.com/mma-mental-hall-of-fame-joe-son-random-task-ufc-keith-hackney/ |archive-date=January 19, 2010 |access-date=September 12, 2015 }}</ref>

==Acting career==
Apart from his criminal convictions, Son is known for his role in the 1997 movie ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'' as [[Random Task]], a parody of the [[James Bond]] character [[Oddjob]].<ref name=nyp>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2008/10/10/austin-actor-in-rape-bust/|work=[[New York Post]]|access-date=December 21, 2009|title='Austin' Actor in Rape Bust|first=Tom|last=Liddy|date=October 10, 2008|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413173713/http://nypost.com/2008/10/10/austin-actor-in-rape-bust/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was also his final film role. Previously, Son had appeared in several low-budget action films, including ''[[Joshua Tree (1993 film)|Joshua Tree]]'' (1993) and ''[[Bloodfist V: Human Target]]'' (1994).  He played the main villain in the [[Lorenzo Lamas]] action film ''Bad Blood'' in 1994. He plays a supporting role in ''Shootfighter: Fight to the Death'' (1993) and a leading role as the main villain in its sequel ''Shootfighter II'' (1996).<ref name="ColinTimberlake"/><ref>[https://www.bulletproofaction.com/2016/04/05/bullet-points-shootfighter-2/ Bullet Points: Shootfighter 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715162952/https://www.bulletproofaction.com/2016/04/05/bullet-points-shootfighter-2/ |date=July 15, 2020 }}, bulletproofaction.com, April 5, 2016</ref>

==Torture and manslaughter convictions==
Joe Son was first arrested for kicking in the door of a roommate's car. He pleaded guilty to [[felony vandalism]] on May 16, 2008, whereupon he was sentenced to [[probation]] and 60 days in jail. As a condition of his plea agreement, Son was required to provide a [[DNA]] sample. On August 18, 2008, he was taken into custody and given an additional 90 days in jail for failing to report to the Department of Probation and keep them informed of his current residence. In early October 2008, his DNA sample was matched to a sexual assault cold case that occurred on Christmas Eve, 1990. Already in custody for a probation violation, Son was arrested at the Theo Lacy facility on October 7, 2008.<ref name="orangecountyda.com">{{Cite web |url=http://orangecountyda.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=2&Entry=2524 |title=Orange County District Attorney Press Release |access-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820075421/http://orangecountyda.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=2&Entry=2524 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

On December 24, 1990, the anonymous victim was walking back to her apartment alone with her dog. Son distracted her by asking for directions and pretending he was lost. Son, and accomplice Santiago Gaitan, a friend from high school,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016-01-23 |title="48 Hours" Live to Tell: My Name is Victoria - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-live-to-tell-my-name-is-victoria/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918023259/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-live-to-tell-my-name-is-victoria/ |url-status=live }}</ref> then forcibly dragged her to their car, and threatened to kill her. Son and Gaitan repeatedly raped, sodomized, tortured, and pistol whipped the woman. Eventually, after pushing her out of the car naked and carrying out a mock execution, Son released her.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Press Release |url=http://orangecountyda.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=2&Entry=2524 |access-date=2024-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820075421/http://orangecountyda.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=2&Entry=2524 |archive-date=August 20, 2018 }}</ref> Investigators collected DNA from the woman and created composite sketches, but there was not a large enough DNA databank in 1990 to make a connection, and the sketches went unrecognized.<ref name=":0" />

After Son's 2008 arrest, the search began for his accomplice. Gaitan was identified when a photograph of Joe Son was paired with the sketches, and detectives matched his DNA to the crime scene.<ref name=":0" />

Son was initially charged in [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], California, with five counts of sexual assault, two felony counts of forcible sodomy, two felony counts of sodomy in concert by force, seven felony counts of forcible oral copulation, and one felony count of sexual penetration by foreign object by force. He faced a maximum sentence of 275 years to life.<ref name="sher">{{cite news|first=Ben |last=Child |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/oct/10/joe-son-rape |title=Austin Powers Henchman faces life in prison |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 10, 2008 |access-date=March 18, 2009 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/austin-powers-actor-charged-in-unsolved-gang-rape |title='Austin Powers' Actor Charged in Unsolved Gang Rape |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=October 10, 2008 |access-date=March 18, 2009 |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806020536/https://www.foxnews.com/story/austin-powers-actor-charged-in-unsolved-gang-rape |url-status=live }}</ref> However, before [[jury selection]] could begin for his trial in August 2011, the charges against Son were dropped having expired due to the [[statute of limitations]] on sexual assault and kidnapping.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glynn |first=Casey |date=2011-08-26 |title="Austin Powers" actor Joe Son convicted of torture in rape case - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/austin-powers-actor-joe-son-convicted-of-torture-in-rape-case/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Son was instead charged with [[conspiracy to commit murder]] and torture, crimes with no statute of limitations.<ref name="OCreg">{{cite web |last=Welborn |first=Larry |date=August 16, 2011 |title='Austin Powers' actor on trial in rape case |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2011/08/16/austin-powers-actor-on-trial-in-rape-case/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028191855/https://www.ocregister.com/2011/08/16/austin-powers-actor-on-trial-in-rape-case/ |archive-date=October 28, 2019 |access-date=August 16, 2011 |work=[[The Orange County Register]]}}</ref>

Gaitan, 40, confessed and pled guilty to one felony count each of kidnapping, "sodomy by force in concert", "rape in concert", "forcible oral copulation", and "forcible rape with a sentencing enhancement for committing rape while armed with a firearm". He was sentenced January 28, 2011, to 17 years and four months in state prison, with parole possible in 2018.<ref name=":0" />

In an interrogation video filmed by the Huntington Beach Police Department,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4vu4zl1G5Q |title=Joe Son to police: "You can find me on Wikipedia" |date=2016-01-23 |last=48 Hours |access-date=2024-07-26 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Son touts his acting career, but denied the crime or any contact with the victim, which he maintained to his trial. During the trial, the Orange County District Attorney's Office maintained that Son and his co-defendant [[pistol-whip]]ped, tortured and repeatedly sexually assaulted their female victim before releasing her with her pants tied around her eyes. During the trial, the woman said that Son told her: "It's Christmas. This is your lucky day."

On September 19, 2011, Son was found guilty of one felony count of [[torture]], and sentenced to 7 years to life.<ref name="orangecountyda.com" /> Less than a month later, Son was accused of killing his cellmate Michael Graham, who was beaten to death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-12 |title=Cellmate of 'Austin Powers' Actor Was Beaten to Death, Say Coronor's Officials |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/austin-powers-joseph-son-prison-death-247626/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007235739/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/austin-powers-joseph-son-prison-death-247626/ |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=BREAKING |date=2011-10-12 |title=Coroner releases name of man killed at Wasco prison |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/news/coroner-releases-name-of-man-killed-at-wasco-prison/article_82b4aa02-c146-5c7d-b7f9-e0c39d29e181.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614180048/https://www.bakersfield.com/news/coroner-releases-name-of-man-killed-at-wasco-prison/article_82b4aa02-c146-5c7d-b7f9-e0c39d29e181.html |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Bakersfield Californian |language=en}}</ref> The beating happened on October 10, 2011, at 5:25 pm, on "B" Yard Reception, building 5 at [[Wasco State Prison]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=BakersfieldNow.com |first=Carol Ferguson, KBAK-KBFX- Eyewitness News- |date=2011-10-11 |title=Prison homicide bring new attention to 21-year-old rape |url=https://kval.com/news/nation-world/prison-homicide-bring-new-attention-to-21-year-old-rape |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=KVAL |language=en |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008024731/https://kval.com/news/nation-world/prison-homicide-bring-new-attention-to-21-year-old-rape |url-status=live }}</ref> The man died 25 minutes later from multiple [[Blunt trauma|blunt force trauma]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/mostpopular/story/Former-movie-actor-charged-with-murder/d/story/YZ1s4zh1_kuDhK5WVZSpEw |title=Former movie actor charged with murder |publisher=[[KGET-TV]] |date=September 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220002058/http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/mostpopular/story/Former-movie-actor-charged-with-murder/d/story/YZ1s4zh1_kuDhK5WVZSpEw |archive-date=December 20, 2014 |access-date=October 11, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 13, 2013 |title=Former actor could face death penalty in prison killing |work=[[The Bakersfield Californian]] |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/news/former-actor-could-face-death-penalty-in-prison-killing/article_2f0335b9-d724-5054-a5d7-e1fa773da046.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806020536/https://www.foxnews.com/story/austin-powers-actor-charged-in-unsolved-gang-rape |archive-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref> The victim was someone who had lived as a [[Homelessness|transient]], and was serving two years for failure to register as a [[sex offender]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Nick |date=October 14, 2011 |title=Inmate beaten to death had ties to San Luis Obispo |url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article39167277.html |work=[[The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)]]}}</ref> After the killing, Son was moved to [[solitary confinement]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph-hyungmin-son-austi_n_1005902 | work=[[The Huffington Post]] | title='Austin Powers' Actor Suspected Of Prison Killing | date=October 11, 2011 | access-date=August 6, 2023 | archive-date=June 14, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614083940/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph-hyungmin-son-austi_n_1005902 | url-status=live }}</ref> On September 13, 2013, Son was charged with Graham's murder. At his trial in 2017, he was found guilty of [[voluntary manslaughter]], and received an additional 27-year sentence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/news/austin-powers-actor-found-guilty-of-lesser-charge-of-manslaughter/article_ac9d8112-70c8-11e7-b210-2bb72d68fb78.html |title='Austin Powers' actor found guilty of lesser charge of manslaughter |last=Kotowski |first=Jason |work=[[The Bakersfield Californian]] |date=July 24, 2017 |access-date=August 6, 2017 |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807121414/http://www.bakersfield.com/news/austin-powers-actor-found-guilty-of-lesser-charge-of-manslaughter/article_ac9d8112-70c8-11e7-b210-2bb72d68fb78.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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|Yusuke Imamura
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<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherdog.com |title=Joe Son MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography - Sherdog.com |url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Joe-Son-50 |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Sherdog |language=en}}</ref>

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|align='left'|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://k-1sport.de/en/database/show_fighter.php?id=503|title=fighter's profile – Joe Son – K-1sport.de|first=Jens|last=Habermann|website=k-1sport.de|access-date=October 6, 2010|archive-date=March 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318065330/http://k-1sport.de/en/database/show_fighter.php?id=503|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== See also ==
{{Portal bar|South Korea|Martial arts|Biography}}
* [[List of male mixed martial artists]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Sherdog|50}}
* {{UFC|joe-son}}
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