Keith Cooke

Keith Hirabayashi Cooke (born September 17, 1959 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American actor and stunt performer .

Life

Cooke began practicing the martial arts Wushu in 1973 . After two trips to China in the early 1980s, he turned to karate in 1983 , where he successfully competed in competitions and tournaments in the United States in the years that followed. In 1988 he got his first feature film role in the action film Die Hawaii Connection by B-movie specialist Andy Sidaris with ex- playmate Dona Speir in the lead role. Two years later, he appeared on the side of Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton in the action films China O'Brien directed by Robert Clouse and the sequel China O'Brien 2 as Dakota . Also in 1990 he could be seen alongside Richard Jaeckel and Don Stroud in Karate Tiger 5 - King of Kickboxers as Master Prang . He had Self in the 1990s, among other things on the side of John Stamos and Teri Polo in Born to Ride , as Reptile in Mortal Kombat as well as in Chris Farley - comedy Beverly Hills Ninja - The fight sausage . He played his only leading role in 1985 in Heatseeker by director Albert Pyun . In 1997 and 2000 he also worked as a stuntman in the films Mortal Kombat 2 - Annihilation and Big Mama's House . From the end of the 1990s he was rarely seen on screen.

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personal data
SURNAME	Cooke, Keith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cooke, Keith Hirabayashi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American actor and stunt performer
DATE OF BIRTH	17th September 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seattle , Washington