Taimak
Real Name: Taimak Guarriello, (born:
June 27, 1964
)
He is best known for his portrayal of "Bruce" Leroy Green in Berry Gordy's 1985 martial arts film The Last Dragon. Taimak (pronounced "Tie-Mok") studied Chinese goju, goju-ryu, taekwondo, and jujutsu before being discovered by a casting director at age 19.
Where are they now?
His latest film, an action movie entitled Repeat Offenders, is scheduled for a 2009 release.
Taimak has also appeared in over a dozen stage plays, including a comedic version of Roadhouse in 2004 at the Barrow Street Theater in New York City, and Cheaters in 2006.
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Birth name: Taimak Guarriello
Born: June 27, 1964
Height: 5ft 11in
Stage Name(s):
Taimak
Origin: New York
Career years: 1985 - present
Biography
Born in New York and raised in LA to a black soul food chef and mother and a white Italian singer/salesman father.
Taimak's first film role was that of "Bruce" Leroy Green in the hit 1985 film The Last Dragon. A financial success, the film catapulted the previously-unknown Taimak to fame. In 1986, he starred as Janet Jackson's boyfriend in the hit video for her song Let's Wait Awhile, although his next film appearance wasn't until 1990's The White Girl. He subsequently made an appearance on the late 1980s and early 1990s college-based sitcom A Different World.
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