Mark Kosakura

Mark Takeo Kosakura is an actor and model who appeared as an Enterprise-D ensign in several episodes of . He received no credit for his appearances. Kosakura was scheduled to appear in the episode as the engineer named but on the revised call sheet he was replaced by fellow background actor Rachen Assapiomonwait. He was also scheduled to appear in the episode in scenes on the bridge but was replaced by actor Kraig Kishi and in the episode where he was replaced by Max Cervantes. In addition to his on screen Star Trek contribution, Kosakura worked as stand-in for Garrett Wang on the fourth season episode and the fifth season episode .
Kosakura was born in Orange County, California and attended the Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California. He studied acting and acting techniques under coaches such as Sal Romeo, R.J. Adams, and Cary-Hiroyuki and started to work in the entertainment industry in 1985.
Among his television work were featured parts in General Hospital, (1990, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Edward Penn, Paul Willson, Rebecca Soladay, Lee Allen, Don Bennett, Nyra Crenshaw, Linda Harcharic, and Peter Eastman), Erase the Hate, Planet X, Buzz L.A., , and Carol & Company (1990).
His film work include (1989, with Stephen Root, Richard Riehle, Tim Kelleher, Keone Young, and Chris Nelson Norris), the horror film Terrorgram (1990, cinematography by Gregory Irwin), (1992, with Bill Cobbs, Mike Starr, Bert Remsen, Donald Hotton, Douglas Price, Dan Koko, Michelle Rudy, John Tesh, George Sasaki, Bruce Dobos, Kevin Grevioux, Jim Portnoy, Curt Truman, Rudy Morrison, Juan De Villa, Fran Severini, and Robert Buckingham), the comedy Dave (1993, with Frank Langella, Parley Baer, Stefan Gierasch, Stephen Root, Dendrie Taylor, Paul Collins, Peter White, Robin Gammell, and Dan Butler), (1994, with Raye Birk, Matt Roe, Earl Boen, Rosalind Ingledew, Alex Zimmerman, Marc Alaimo, Rick Scarry, Bob Scribner, Marcy Goldman, Bill Erwin, Bill Zuckert, Lena Banks, Symba Smith, David Keith Anderson, Kevin G. Tracey, Warren Tabata, Cooper, Al Ahlf, Gene Poe, John Staible, Sam Alejan, Kevin Grevioux, George Sasaki, Dan Magee, Jim Portnoy, Lou DeGrado, Robert Coffee, Theresa St. Clair, Andray Johnson, Star Halm, Robert Buckingham, Rob Plaza, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Jessie Biscardi, Buzz Barbee, Kelly Burris, Jasmine Gagnier, Joycelyn Robinson, Mike Paciorek, Kimberly Auslander, Dale Kasman, and Martin Valinsky), the comedy Good Advice (2001, with Estelle Harris, John de Lancie, David Doty, Jonathan Breck, and Gary Combs), and the short film A.W.O.L. (2006, with stunts by Mark Chadwick and Scott Workman).
Beside his work in front of the camera, Kosakura is also a trained voice actor and model for television commercials and print campaigns. More recently, he worked as talent assistant on the television special The 20th Annual Movieguide Awards (2012, with Jimmy Bennett and Corbin Bernsen), as executive producer on the television series Seers of the Ninth Island (2014, written, directed, produced, and co-starring Sidney Liufau and featuring Garret Sato), and as actor on the short drama Song on Canvas (2015).
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