Mark Musashi

Masaru Edward Fulenwider-Musashi (born April 26, 1977 in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan), better known by the stage name Mark Musashi (マーク武蔵, Māku Musashi), is a Wushu martial artist and a stuntman/actor or Gaijin tarento.

Raised in Buckfield, Maine, he attended Dartmouth College (Class of 1999), majoring in East Asian Languages and Literatures and minoring in Drama.

He took the fall term of his senior year there to go to China to study Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. After college, he moved to Japan, where, after getting his start doing a women's underwear commercial, he was soon recruited by AAC Stunts.

Since then, he has worked on various tokusatsu series as a stunt/suit actor and even as a regular. Best known for his role as the mysterious murderer named Piece in the live-action drama Sh15uya, Musashi was also seen in Cutie Honey: The Live as Duke Seiya Anthony Watari IV, a bilingual gentleman in the service of the organization Panther Claw. He has participated in several Wushu competition championships and he has done motion capture for several video games. In 2008, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue American acting and stunt opportunities.[1]

Since then, he's largely worked as a stunt performer in films, television shows and video games, with scattered speaking parts. In 2022, he was cast as Hansel, a High Table assassin, in The Continental: From the World of John Wick, a miniseries set to premiere on Peacock in 2023.[2][3]

Video game credits

Movies

  • Feral (Action Horror 2018)(American)
  • Welcome Back Satan (Comedy 2010) (American)
  • Motion actor in Avatar (3-D science fiction film 2009) (American)
  • Motion actor in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (live-action film 2009) (American)
  • Stunt coordinator in Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (American)
  • Wu in Yo-Yo Girl Cop (live-action film 2006) (Japanese)
  • Kamen Rider 2 (suit actor) in Kamen Rider the First (live-action film 2005) (Japanese)
  • LAPD in Devilman (live-action film 2004) (Japanese)
  • MP in Shibuya Monogartari (live-action film 2004) (Japanese)
  • Panter Claw in Cutie Honey (live-action film 2004) (Japanese)
  • Stunt work in Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (live-action film 2001) (Japanese)

Television

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