Central Canada Comic Con 2010

Guests

Celebrities

RAY PARK

Raymond Park was born August 23, 1974, in Southern General hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. He has a sister and a brother. Park always wanted to be in the movies, but he was most inspired by martial arts. He began to nurture a love for martial arts from the age of seven, when his father's love of Bruce Lee films sparked a fire in the youngster's mind that would never extinguish. Specializing in the traditional Chinese Northern Shaolin Kung-fu (in the Chin Woo style Park moved on to master various other styles, most notably Wushu. Soon becoming a regular fixture at martial arts exhibitions and tournaments, the now defined athlete topped Great Britain's martial arts championships before later travelling to Malaysia to refine his skills.

Conquering numerous championships worldwide and winning multiple medals, Park realized a personal dream when he competed in the Martial Arts World Championships in 1995. It was during one of his frequent visits to Malaysia that he was approached to audition as a stunt man for 1997's Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). Conjuring memories of his youthful cinematic martial arts passion, Park attempted to learn as much as possible about the process of filmmaking. Soon gaining more scenes and becoming more natural on the set, he was later contacted by stunt coordinator Nick Gillard to audition for George Lucas' upcoming Star Wars prequel. Offered the job by producer Rick McCallum, Park was given the creative freedom to develop his choreography by an impressed Lucas, and was soon gaining the confidence to develop his role to the best of his abilities. Later essaying the aforementioned headless horseman in Sleepy Hollow (1999), Park finally saw his face and voice joined on the silver screen (regardless of his moves, his voice was dubbed in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace) with his role as Toad in Bryan Singer's X-Men (2000). Park took the lead as the title character in Iron Fist later the same year. Though curious Star Wars fanatics clamoured to rumours that Park would return as Darth Maul in the eagerly anticipated Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), their many speculations were shot down by George Lucas himself with the announcement that although that specific character would not return for the sequel, Park would indeed play a role in Episode II.

Though you may recognize his moves, his face has been curiously obscured in nearly every film in which he's appeared. As part of one of the biggest franchises in movie history, martial artist Ray Park was the man behind the ominous, almost demonic red and black makeup of the nefarious Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), and for his role in director Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999), fighting Johnny Depp and Casper Van Dien, he wasn't even given the luxury of a head!

ORLI SHOSHAN

Orli Shoshan played Shaak Ti (59 BBY – 19 BBY, pronounced /ʃɑːk tiː/) was a Togruta Jedi Master hailing from the planet Shili. Shaak Ti replaced Yaddle as a member of the Jedi Council in the years leading up to and during the Clone Wars, in which she served as a General.

JACK O'HALLORAN

"Irish" Jack O'Halloran was a rated heavyweight boxing contender in the early 1970s. The 6' 6" native of Runnemede, New Jersey, was considered one of boxing's most promising heavyweight hopefuls after he remained undefeated in his first 16 professional matches. O'Halloran went on to defeat former title contenders Cleveland Williams, Terry Daniels, Manuel Ramos and Danny McAlinden. In 1972 he won the California state heavyweight championship with a victory over Henry Clark. Scoring an upset victory over eighth-ranked Al "Blue" Lewis in 1973, O'Halloran was on the verge of a bout with Muhammad Ali when he was shockingly knocked out by Jimmy Summerville in Miami Beach, Florida. Even though he knocked out Summerville in the rematch, O'Halloran was never in contention again. He retired in 1974 with a record of 34-21-2 with 17 knockout victories. He lost to future heavyweight champions George Foreman and Ken Norton. Following his retirement he launched a successful career as a character actor in such films as Farewell, My Lovely (1975), King Kong (1976) and Superman (1978)

GARRETT WANG

Garrett Wang

Wang is best known for his role as Ensign Harry Kim on Voyager which ran from 1995 to 2001. He was keen to participate in a new role for the 2007 fan production Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, saying, "it’s always more challenging for an actor to play a bad guy."^[3]

Wang also made an appearance in the television series All American Girl episode "Submission:Impossible" #1.2 as Raymond Han. (He also dated the show's star Margaret Cho for a time.)

Wang has repeatedly stated that he intends to pursue other projects outside of acting because, as he said in a 2005 interview with Esquire, "sometimes talent does not measure up to ambition, so you have to seek alternative options."

Wang is also briefly seen in Rage Against the Machine's music video "Sleep Now in the Fire".

In 2010 Wang was named the Director of the Star Trek track for Dragon*Con

POP CULTURE GUESTS

SUPERTRAMP

Who is Super Tramp? Super Tramp lived in a small city and came from a very good home. Like other kids, he grew up watching professional wrestling on television. He has a younger brother, younger sister, and an older sister. His dad was a working man, while his mother stayed at home.

Super Tramp grew up watching wrestling from California on his television. He watched such wrestlers as The Destroyer, Bo-Bo Brazil, El Mongol, Ray Stevens, and the Baby Destroyer. However, his favorite wrestler was The “Masked” Destroyer.

When he turned 19, Super Tramp attended his first professional wrestling event at the Portland Sports Arena, located in Northeast Portland. He began visiting, and making friends with various wrestlers. As a result, he learned about the different aspects of the profession. Wrestling at that time was under the promotion of Don Owen, and his brother Elton.

Super tramp has many close friends in the wrestling industry. Some of these friends include Lonnie Mayne, Mickey Doyle, Prince Tapu, Dutch Savage (The Flying Dutchman), Tricky Ricky Renaldo, Apache-Gringo, Lord Johnathon Boyd (of the Royal Kangaroos), Big Bill Francis, Blackjack Randy Morse, The Haiti Kid, and Cowboy Bob Lang. Additionally, Apache Bull Ramos was also his second cousin on his mother’s side.

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