Code Name: The Cleaner starring Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan, and Cedric the Entertainer as FBI/CIA Secret Agent
Official Code Name: The Cleaner Action Movie Pictures of Martial Artist Mark Dacascos as a CIA/FBI Arms Ring Broker
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MARK DACASCOS
plays ERIC HAUCK, the corrupt CEO of the high-tech company DART working with
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) and
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) operatives and a covert international arms ring.
A world-renowned martial artist, Dacascos, whose film roles have taken him around the world, has two major projects set for release in 2006: Nomad and Only the Brave. In Nomad, Dacacsos stars opposite Jason Scott Lee as the leader of a warrior tribe in the period epic, filmed on location in Kazaksthan, and produced by the legendary Milos Forman. Being released by The Weinstein Company, the six-month shoot was directed in tandem by Ivan Passer and completed by Russian auteur, Sergei Bodrov. Dacascos and Lee, both Hawaiian boys, worked together again on Only the Brave, directed by Lane Nishikawa, which recounts the heroic story of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, comprised of Nisei (Hawaiaan-Japanese-Americans) who sacrificed their lives to rescue the Texas 141st Regiment known as the 'Lost Battalion during World War II. Also upcoming in 2006 are another 20 episodes of the Food Network cooking show, Iron Chef America, in which Dacascos serves as 'Chairman.'
Dacascos' film career began when he was spotted in San Francisco, and promptly cast as the romantic lead opposite Chinese star Joan Chen in Wayne Wang's Dim Sum. This experience led him to pursue a film career full time, and he next starred in American Samurai, filmed in Israel. Since then he has consistently impressed critics and audiences alike in a wide variety of roles from the romantic Japanese anti-hero in the classic Crying Freeman to the ex-con looking for a new start in the award-winning Boogie Boy; from the mysterious stranger in Junior Pilot, to the seasoned hero in Crash Point and The Hunt for Eagle One, both filmed back-to-back on location in the Phillipines in 2005. In 2003, Dacascos starred in the Cradle to the Grave, and in 2000 he commuted between France and China to star in the international French hit, Brotherhood of the Wolf for auteur Christof Gans, and China Strike Force, shot on location in Shanghai. The cult favorite Drive continues to garner awards at sci-fi convention and festivals to this day, Only the Strong remains a family favorite and he is widely recognized from his recurring role in the syndicated series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven.
Born in Hawaii, Dacascos was raised in Colorado and Germany (where his parents owned multiple schools and taught Kung Fu). A student of varying styles of martial arts for more than 30 years, Dacascos studies classical acting with Shakespeare expert Patsy Rodenburg, speaks German, a smattering of Mandarin and French, in addition to playing the guitar and drums in his spare time.
Cast: starring Lucy Liu, Cedric the Entertainer, Mark Dacascos and Yvonne Scio
distributed by New Line Cinema
