Ernest E. Reyes, Jr. (born
January 15,
1972) is an
American actor and
martial arts performer.
Biography
Early life
Reyes was born in
San Jose,
California, the grandson of
Filipino immigrants. He has two brothers and two sisters, one of whom, Lee, is an actor.
By 1983, Reyes had joined his father's group, the "West Coast Demo Team". Through his father's connections, Reyes met such martial arts and movie stars as Tony Thompson and Cynthia Rothrock. When he was twelve, he turned his attention to acting. Having met with Berry Gordy, he was given a part in the feature film The Last Dragon.
Career
Reyes, Jr. played a prince in the
1985 production,
Red Sonja. In that movie, he shared the screen with
Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Brigitte Nielsen. During this time he also had his own television series
Sidekicks, which is a
spin-off of the original Walt Disney one-time special,
The Last Electric Knight, alongside
Gil Gerard (formerly television's
Buck Rogers). Reyes had starring roles in
Surf Ninjas and in the second
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film
The Secret of the Ooze. He also served as the martial arts stunt double for Donatello in the first Ninja Turtles film. His latest movie roles were in
Rush Hour 2 playing Zing and in
The Rundown alongside former
WWE wrestler
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He is also the host of
MTV's
Final Fu Reyes guest starred in the TV series
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues alongside
David Carradine. He stars in the movie
The Process (2006). He continues to participate in movies and he has also begun to train in the
Muay Thai discipline. He was seen in
TMZ on 9-17-08 on fox and also appeared in
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) as Cemetery Warrior #2. He also has a new movie coming out called The Red Canvas
In The Last Electric Knight and Sidekicks Ernie's character was from the fictional nation, Patusan. Patusan is also his homeland in the movie Surf Ninjas.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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