Raymond Park was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He moved with his parents, younger brother and sister to London, England. He was raised in London from the age of seven. His father introduced him into Martial Arts from a young age. Ray always wanted to be in the movies, or be like the heroes in movies but he was most inspired by martial arts. He began ...
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, X-Men, Jinn, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, The King of Fighters, Fanboys, Hellbinders, Slayer, Avarice, No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure, The Legend Of Bruce ...
I've said that I would play anything to do with 'Star Wars.' But really, deep down, I would love to come back as Darth Maul - that's what I want to do. I would go crazy, go mental, lock myself in a cabin, you know. Do the whole 'method' for two or three months, spear-fishing and stuff, just to play the character again.
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My gun trainer on the first 'G.I. Joe' gave me about a week of commando training, so I got to shoot every single machine gun and hand gun there was.
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The martial arts that I got into was because of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, because of all of the animal styles at the time. It was around about the time when Jackie was doing 'Drunken Master,' and, like, Snake versus this and that.
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Growing up as a kid, I wanted to be a ninja. In martial arts, even though I did Chinese kung fu, I always wanted to be this secret samurai or a ninja. There's something about ninjas that was very appealing to me as a kid. So of course, I was climbing a lot of trees and other things and getting up to mischief - good mischief.
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There's something mysterious about ninjas because they're deadly and they're scary.
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When I played Darth Maul, it sort of came from inside. I'm not saying it was natural, but I really enjoyed it, and I think I was tapping into my childhood, growing up with 'Star Wars.' And I grew up with G.I. Joe as well. Same as 'Thundercats' and 'Transformers' and 'He-Man.' And so I think it was the inner kid in me just came out.
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I'm a big Batman fan; to be honest, to be a part of any superhero movie would really fulfill all of my childhood fantasies. If I could get beaten up by Batman, and just be part of the franchise, even getting kicked through a window would be great!
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[on having to shave his head for the role of Darth Maul] "At first, I lost my confidence a little. I'm used to having my hair, but now you have this bald thing on top. Then I got into it. It was easy and free; I didn't have to wash my hair. I just took a hot towel and buffed it to make it nice and shiny."
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Bears a strong physical resemblance to actor Tim Roth.
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Attending Collectormania 7 at Milton Keynes [May 2005]
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Attending Revelations 2005. A Star Wars convention in Mérida, Yucatán, México. [June 2005]
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Signing autographs at Collectormania 11 in Milton Keynes, UK. [May 2007]
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Star Wars Weekends: Lake Buena Vista, Florida (Walt Disney World; Disney-MGM Studios) [June 2007]
He was en route to a martial arts exhibition when he got the cell phone call from producer Rick McCallum that he gotten the part of Darth Maul. He was so shocked and excited that had to pull over.
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Has a younger brother.
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Holds a second degree black belt in Wushu and came in second place at the 1995 world championships.
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