Early life

Ray Park was born in Glasgow, Scotland. At the age of seven, he moved with his family to London, England.

Park was introduced to martial arts by his father, who was a fan of Bruce Lee, and began training in the traditional Chinese Northern Shaolin Kung Fu when he was seven years old. He added kickboxing and wushu to his hobbies by age 14. When he was 16, Park won Great Britain's Martial Arts National Championship for his class and then went to Malaysia to try to improve his skills. He went on to compete in martial arts tournaments around the world and won awards before turning his attention to acting in the late 1990s.

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.

In 1999, Park appeared in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, as the Sith Lord Darth Maul. While the character had few lines, Park's voice was dubbed over with that of actor Peter Serafinowicz. 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.

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 Bones, among others.

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

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.

He worked with comic book creator-turned-filmmaker Kevin VanHook in the film Slayer, starring in the dual roles of acrobatic twin vampires. 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 Descendants, another comic book adaptation based on an independent comic by writer Joey Andrade.

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

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

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.

In 2011 Park guest starred in the TV series Nikita as the London Guardian, Brendan.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Raptor #3/Tarkatan (Baraka) #2	Also stunt double for Robin Shou and James Remar
1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Darth Maul	Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Villain>
	Sleepy Hollow	Headless Horseman (with Christopher Walken appearing in the final scene)
2000	X-Men	Toad / Mortimer Toynbee
2002	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	A.J. Ross
2005	Potheads: The Movie	Mr. D
2006	Slayer	Acrobatic Vampire Twins
2007	What We Do Is Secret	Brendan Mullen
	The Legend of Bruce Lee	Chuck Norris
2009	Fanboys	THX Security Guard #2
	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Snake-Eyes
	Heroes	Edgar	Season four, recurring role
	Hellbinders	Max Lindermann
2009	Spartacus: Motion Comic	Arkadios	Narrator
2010	The King of Fighters	Rugal Bernstein
2011	Nikita	London Guardian, Brendan
2011	Supah Ninjas	Harry	Episode: Kickbutt
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Snake-Eyes
2014	Jinn	Gabriel

[ Source: Wikipedia ]