Ray Park

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Raymond Park (born 23 August 1974) is a British actor, martial artist and stuntman. He is best known for physically portraying Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Solo: A Star Wars Story, along with a motion capture performance in the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars,[1] Toad in X-Men, Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra[2][3] and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Edgar in Heroes.[4]

Early life

Park was born on 23 August 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland. At the age of seven, he moved with his family to London, England.[5]

Park was introduced to martial arts by his father, who was a fan of Bruce Lee, and began training martial arts at the age of 7, starting with one year of Hapkido, then traditional Shaolin Kung Fu such as Nam Pai Chuan at UK Chin Woo Northern Shaolin, as well as modern wushu. When he was 15, Park went to Malaysia to improve his skills. From 1991 to 1996, he was a member of the British national wushu team. Park went on to compete in martial arts tournaments around the world including the World Wushu Championships before turning his attention to acting in the late 1990s.[6]

Career

Park began working in films as a stunt double for the film Mortal Kombat Annihilation, doing the stunts for both Robin Shou and James Remar. Park also did some cameos as monsters, including Baraka. All of these were non-speaking roles.[7]

In 1999, Park appeared in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, as the Sith Lord Darth Maul.[8] While the character only had three lines, Park's voice was dubbed over with that of actor Peter Serafinowicz.[9] From his work on Star Wars, Park was cast in a cameo role in Fanboys as a Skywalker Ranch security guard who says, "Time for you to get mauled, boy," as he pulls out two nightsticks.[10]

In addition to this acting work, he has also been Christopher Walken's fight stunt double for the film Sleepy Hollow. Park appeared in the scene where Walken's character, the Headless Horseman, murders the Killian family and Brom Van Brunt, among others.[11]

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Park with Vincent Pastore at the 2013 Wizard World New York Experience

Park had his first real speaking part in X-Men as Toad.[12]

In December 2007, Park was confirmed for the role of Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and G.I. Joe: Retaliation involving a variation of the international G.I. Joe force who fought the minions of Cobra in the comics.[13][14]

He worked with comic book creator-turned-filmmaker Kevin VanHook in the film Slayer, starring in the dual roles of acrobatic twin vampires.[15] This film also saw him appearing again with Sleepy Hollow co-star Casper Van Dien.

ComiCon 2007 saw the premiere of the teaser trailer for The Descendants, another comic book adaptation based on an independent comic by writer Joey Andrade.[16]

Park appeared as Edgar in the fourth season of the television series Heroes.[17]

Park was also included in the motion capture team of the 2008 James Bond video game adaptation of Quantum of Solace.[18]

In the comic book-styled film Hellbinders, he plays a soulless mercenary who, along with an elite assassin (Johnny Yong Bosch) and the last remaining member of the long dead Knights Templar, Esteban Cueto, must overcome their innate mistrust of each other and join forces to defeat Legion before it opens the gates of hell itself and overruns the entire world. Park narrated on 26 February 2010 the introduction of The FireBreather, a car from Classic Design Concepts in Detroit Autorama 2010, which appears in Park's supernatural thriller Jinn.[19]

In 2011, Park guest starred in the TV series Nikita as the London Guardian, Brendan. He reprised his role as Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), with Sam Witwer providing the voice.[20]

In 2019 during Star Wars Celebration, Dave Filoni revealed that Park reprised his role as Maul for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "The Phantom Apprentice" through a motion capture performance, with Witwer again providing the voice.[21]

In 2022, Park was reportedly set to originally reprise his role as Maul again in the Disney+ streaming series Obi-Wan Kenobi, but his character's inclusion was dropped late into development; sources claim that Park went as far to perform some stunt training and shoot some footage, though other sources claim that Park's scenes consisted solely on test footage before the character was written out.[22]

Filmography

Film

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1997 Mortal Kombat Annihilation Raptor #3 / Tarkatan (Baraka) #2 Also stunt double for Robin Shou and James Remar Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Darth Maul/Naboo Royal Guard Voiced by Peter Serafinowicz;
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor)
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Villain		 Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Sleepy Hollow Headless Horseman Apart from Christopher Walken scenes [11]
2000 X-Men Mortimer Toynbee / Toad Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2002 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever DIA Agent A.J. Ross Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2005 Potheads: The Movie Mr. D. Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2006 Slayer Acrobatic Vampire Twins
2007 What We Do Is Secret Brendan Mullen Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2009 Fanboys Carl the Security Guard Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Snake Eyes Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Hellbinders Max Lindermann Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2010 The King of Fighters Rugal Bernstein Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation Snake Eyes Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2014 Jinn Gabriel [19]
2018 Accident Man Mac
Solo: A Star Wars Story Darth Maul Cameo; Voiced by Sam Witwer Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2021 City Limits Brian Hull

Television

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2008 The Legend of Bruce Lee Chuck Norris 4 episodes Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2009-2010 Heroes Edgar 8 episodes Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2009 Spartacus: Motion Comic Arkadios / Narrator Voice Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2011 Nikita London Guardian, Brendan Episode: "Into the Dark" Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Supah Ninjas Harry Episode: "Kickbutt" Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2012 Breaking In Todd Episode: "Episode XIII"
2020 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Maul Episode: "The Phantom Apprentice"; motion capture; Voiced by Sam Witwer [21]
2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode: "Part I" (archival material)

References

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