birth_place birth_date yearsactive imdb_id article_title name occupation
zadar , croatia , yugoslavia 21 november 1973 2001 & ndash ; present -lrb- acting -rrb- 0799272 silvio simac
 silvio simac actor martial artist
silvio simac

silvio simac -lrb- born 21 november 1973 -rrb- is a croatian martial artist who has appeared in many mainstream american action films .
he has trained in martial arts since he emigrated to britain in 1986 and is a 14 times british taekwondo champion -lrb- 1991 -- 2000 -rrb- .
he holds 4th dan black belt in itf taekwondo , 5th dan in choi kwang-do , 3rd dan in kickboxing , 1st dan in brithai karate and 1st dan black belt in combat self-defence and has also trained jeet kune do , wushu and gymnastics .
he has a degree in economics from thames valley university in london .
his role in films is often that of a no-nonsense character .
silvio simac 's first major appearance in a hollywood film was in `` danny the dog '' , where he played an underground fighter .
silvio simac 's role in the film is recorded as being one of jet li 's longest film fight scenes involving a character other than the second leading actor .
simac also played the character leon in the film '' '' which is based on the very popular console game .
doa received mostly bad reviews and was described by many fans of the console game as a failure to achieve the expectations that the console game created ; however , simac 's performance was praised by hardcore gamers who stated that he portrayed the character leon exactly as they wanted .
