Silvio Simac

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Silvio Simac (b November 21, 1973) is a Croatian/Italian martial artist who has appeared in many mainstream American action movies. He is a former Taekwondo world champion and also briefly trained for MMA combat, he also gained 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.

[edit] External links

• Silvio Simac at the Internet Movie Database