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| '''Ray Park''' (b. Raymond Park, ], ]) was born in the Southern General Hospital in ], ]. He lived in ], Glasgow until the age of seven when he moved to ]. | |||
| At the age of seven he started training in ] also known as ]. Seven years later he would also start training in ], ] and also ] and ]. He has since earned his 2nd degree ] in Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. He has competed many times in martial arts competitions and brought home many awards for them including, at the age of 16, Great Britain's Martial Arts National Championship for his group. | |||
| He began working in movies as a ] for the movie '']'', doing the stunts for both ] (who acted as ]) and ] (who acted as ]). Park also did some cameos as monsters, including ] the ]. These where clearly non-speaking parts. | |||
| Although his character ] briefly spoke in ''Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'', his voice was dubbed over with that of actor ]. | |||
| In addition to this acting work, he has also been ]'s stunt double for the movies '']''. Walken's role was the Headless Horseman, and Park did the mimics in the scenes where the Horseman appears without his head. | |||
| His first real speaking part came in '']'' in the part of ]. Park's Toad was not very similar to the Toad in the ], but nevertheless he caught the public's eye. | |||
| He has appeared since in another movie, ] (]), being another villain for ]' ] and with some fighting scenes. | |||
| He has been asked to become a ] himself, instead of a villain, in a movie about ] character ], but the movie has been in pre-production for some years now. Iron Fist deals with an American millonaire who becomes a ] with the power of focusing his "life force" or ] into his fist, making it glow with energy and become "like unto a thing of iron" and able to impact with superhuman force. | |||
| He currently resides near London with his wife, Lisa, and their daughter, Sienna. | |||
| He is left handed - and the characters he has played have shared this trait. | |||
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