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Mark Dacascos
Born	Mark Alan Dacascos 26 February,1964 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Other name(s)	Marc Dacascos Mark Dacuscos
Occupation	Actor, martial artist
Years active	1987-present
Spouse(s)	Julie Condra (1998-present)
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Mark Dacascos (born February 26, 1964, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an actor and martial arts expert, winning numerous karate and kung fu championships between the ages of 9 and 18. He has been featured in many action films such as Only The Strong, Double Dragon, Crying Freeman and Cradle 2 the Grave.

He has also appeared in the short-lived television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven which was a follow-up to the 1994 film The Crow.

His father, Al Dacascos, is a Filipino martial arts instructor of Malay, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry. His mother, Moriko McVey, is of Irish and Japanese ancestry. Dacascos refers to McVey as his "natural mother" and his stepmother, martial artist Malia Bernal, as his "second mother."

Beginning in January 2005, Dacascos has portrayed "the Chairman" on Food Network's television series Iron Chef America. This role was previously played by Takeshi Kaga in the original Japanese Iron Chef, and Dacascos claims an in-character relationship to Kaga, being the latter's nephew.

Dacascos became an actor after being discovered walking down the street in San Francisco's Chinatown by two men working for director Wayne Wang. Though Dacascos' first scenes ended up on the cutting room floor, he has gone on to establish a film and television career mostly playing martial artists. He also performed in two video games: voice acting in Stranglehold, and live acting in Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. He was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2001 for his role in Le Pacte des loups.

He is married to actress Julie Condra.