Mark Dacascos Shirtless, Young, Ethnicity. Anyone of you who just discovered Iron Chef thanks the Netflix revival of the show? We gotta admit we are enjoying it — we are on the third episode so far — and that’s thanks in large part to the antics of The Chairman who is portrayed by Mark Dacascos. Thanks to this show, we learned about Mr. Dacascos and, boy, we should give him props for being a Hollywood trailblazer. Specifically, he was headlining movies and TV shows back at a time when not a lot of substantial roles are being given to part-Asian actors like him.
Per IMDB, the multi-racial actor (he has Filipino, Japanese, and European background) played lead roles in 1990 movies like Only the Strong, Crying Freeman, Brotherhood of the Wolf, and Sabotage. More recently, he made guest appearances in Chicago Fire, Agents of SHIELD, Wu Assasins, and was the antagonist in the box office hit movie John Wick 3. Oh, he also produced and directed a movie called Showdown in Manila which was released in 2015. And as mentioned, he is one of the main characters on the reality-TV show Iron Chef.
