Thursday, July 27, 2023

Danny Trejo

Danny Trejo (born 16 May 1944 in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor. He has over 400 acting credits on IMDb. Trejo's film career began in 1985, with the Cannon production Runaway Train. He went on to appear in a multitude of other films, including The Hidden (1987), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989), Lock Up (1989), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), Marked for Death (1990), Desperado (1995), Heat (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Anaconda (1997), Con Air (1997), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), Reindeer Games (2000), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Halloween (2007), Predators (2010)

With frequent collaborator and second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed the character of Isador "Machete" Cortez, which was originally developed for the Spy Kids series (2001-11) and also appeared in Planet Terror (2007). It was later expanded into its own franchise (Machete (2010) and Manchete Kills (2013))

I met Mr Trejo at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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Friday, July 14, 2023

Matthias Hues

Matthias Hues (born 14 February 1959 in Waltrop, Germany) is a German-born, naturalised American actor and martial artist. He played roles in films such as No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1988), Cage (1989), Dark Angel (1990), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

I received Matthias's autograph as a reward for backing the Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming martial arts film The Last Kumite, which is scheduled for release in 2024.

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

Scott Adkins

Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is an English actor, film producer and martial artist. He played Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) and its two sequels, Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Boyka: Undisputed (2017); Casey Bowman in Ninja (2009) and its sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013); French in the The Debt Collector (2018) and its sequel Debt Collector 2 (2020).

He worked in four films with Jean-Claude Van Damme: The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008), Assassination Games (2011), Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) and The Expendables 2 (2012). He also had starring roles in The Legend of Hercules (2014), Wolf Warrior (2015) and Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019) playing the main antagonist in all three films, and also appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Doctor Strange. In 2022, he starred in Day Shift with Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco, and in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves in 2023.

I met Scott at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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