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Revision as of 21:25, 25 March 2007 by Freemee (talk | contribs) (→Career)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Taimak (born Taimak Guarriello on June 24, 1964) is an American actor and martial artist. Taimak has acted in more than 10 films, his first and most prominent being 1985's The Last Dragon.
Early life
Born to an Italian father and African American mother, Taimak has studied Chinese goju, goju-ryu, taekwondo and jujitsu.
Career
Cast in The Last Dragon because of his martial arts skills, Taimak had no prior acting training or experience, and was taught on set(Pretty Obvious). He later appeared as the lead male in Janet Jackson's "Let's Wait Awhile" music video, Debbie Allen's "Special Look" Video(Not a hit) and also played the role of a would-be rapist on an episode of the TV show A Different World. Taimak has also worked as a personal trainer of martial arts to celebrities such as Madonna and one of the Spice Girls.
As years past, he pretty much did nothing worth mentioning.
He also starred in a play that toured the States called "Cheaters" opposite a large cast of African American stars. He played a soldier that steals the girl away from R & B singer Brian Mcknight.
Taimak(Use to) co-own a gym on the east side of Manhattan in new york city called "Fitness Concepts".
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