Mark Alan Dacascos was born on February 26, 1964 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is an accomplished martial artist as well as an actor. Mark’s father, Al Dacascos, is a martial arts instructor which afforded Mark an exposure to martial arts at an early age. Mark won several Kung Fu and Karate championships between the ages of 9 and 18. His step mother, Malia Bernal, is also a martial artist. Mark’s ancestry is diverse. His father is of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese decent and his mother, Moriko McVey, is of Irish and Japanese decent.

Mark was discovered while walking down the street in San Francisco’s Chinatown area.
He has had roles in a number of films and made numerous television appearances. He played the lead role of Eric Draven in the short lived television series entitled The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, which is based on the James O’Barr’s comic book entitled The Crow. His most current television appearance is as The Chairman on the Food Network’s Iron Chef America series.

Mark married Julie Condra on January 5, 1998. They have on son named Makoalani Charles who was born on December 31, 2000 in Oahu,