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Revision as of 14:46, 2 April 2007 by 71.255.53.21 (talk) (→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. He later appeared as the lead male in Janet Jackson's "Let's Wait Awhile" music video, Debbie Allen's "Special Look" Video and also played the role of a would-be rapist on an episode of the TV show A Different World Funny quote from that episode "Freddie scratches like an alley cat". Taimak has also worked as a personal trainer of martial arts to celebrities such as Madonnaand one of the Spice Girls.
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 once co-owned a gym on the east side of Manhattan in new york city called "Fitness Concepts".
He answers fans questions such as "What's your favorite scene from "The Last Dragon?" He co-starred in the BET movie "Masquerade".
He is extremely busy, but always has the time for his fans to log onto his website and myspace account eveyday.
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