Silvio Simac
Silvio Simac (born 21 November 1973) is a Croatian martial artist who has appeared in many mainstream American action movies. He has trained in martial arts since he immigrated to England in 1986 and is a 14 times British Taekwondo Champion (1991–2000). 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 movies is often that of a no-nonsense character.Silvio Simac's first major appearance in a Hollywood movie 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 movie fight scenes involving a character other than the second leading actor.Simac also played the character Leon in the film DOA: Dead or Alive which is based on the very popular console game. DOA received very 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.