Mark Dacascos Biography

Fast Facts

• Is of Filipino, Spanish, Chinese, Irish and Japanese ancestry
• Won an international martial-arts competition at age 9
• Is fluent in German, Chinese and Mandarin
• Parents are both martial-arts masters
• Enjoys snowboarding, surfing and playing the drums
• Was spotted on the streets of San Francisco by representatives of director Wayne Wang and given a part in his Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1984), but his role was ultimately cut from the film
• Early in his career, he portrayed a young Conan the Barbarian in a Universal Studio tour
• Once considered becoming a Shaolin monk
• Met his wife, actress Julie Condra, on a plane to Vancouver, where both were flying to perform in the film Crying Freeman
• Favorite dish to cook is banana pancakes