Raymond "Ray" Park (born 23 August 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, martial artist and stuntman.
He is trained in Northern Shaolin kung fu, Kickboxing, Taekwondo and wushu, and he is best known for playing Darth Maul in Star Wars, Toad in X-Men, Snake-Eyes in the G.I. Joe movies and Edgar on Heroes.
Filmography:
- Mortal Kombat:
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) as Baraka and Raptor #3, plus stunt work for Robin Shou and James Remar
- Mortal Kombat X: Generations (2015) as Erron Black
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2016) as Erron Black
- Star Wars as Darth Maul
- Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2020, motion capture for the seventh season)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) as the Headless Horseman (stunt work for Christopher Walken)
- X-Men (2000) as Mortimer Toynbee/Toad
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) as A.J. Ross
- Potheads: The Movie (2005) as Mr. D
- Slayer (2006) as Acrobatic Vampire Twins
- What We Do Is Secret (2007) as Brendan Muller
- The Legend of Bruce Lee (2007) as Chuck Norris
- Fanboys (2009) as THX Security Guard #2
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) as Snake-Eyes.
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
- Heroes (2009) as Edgar
- The King of Fighters (2010) as Rugal Bernstein.
- Nikita (2010) as Brendan and London Guardian
- Supah Ninjas (2011) as Harry
- Jinn (2014) as Gabriel
- Accident Man (2018) as Mac
Tropes in his works:
- Cast the Expert: He is a martial artist and often gets full acting credits for playing characters that are always proficient with martial arts.
- Martial Arts Movie: He's a prominent actor and stuntman in Western-made martial art movies.
- The Mentor: Owing to his most famous role as Darth Maul in the Star Wars franchise, every time May 4th (known as Star Wars day amongst the fans) commences. Ray Park (dressed in full Jedi garb, no less) hosts his own Jedi school in New York City for lucky young kids to train them up in the art of lightsaber combat, which he does every year in Times Square to train up newer generation of fans.
