A lifelong friend of designer John Tobias, Pesina was brought by him to work in a fighting game featuring digitized characters, 1992's Mortal Kombat, where he played Johnny Cage and ninja characters Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Reptile, and served as a martial arts coordinator for the game.[2] Then in Mortal Kombat II he reprised his roles from the previous game, also playing the roles of Smoke, and Noob Saibot.[3]
After his participation in MKII, Pesina parted from Midway,[4] and sued them for unpaid royalties from his likeness being used in the console versions of the first two MK games.[5] For this reason, from MK3 on his characters were played by different actors: John Turk would take over Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat 3 and the rest of the ninjas in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, while Johnny Cage would be played by Chris Alexander in Mortal Kombat Trilogy. During this time, Pesina promoted BloodStorm (a fighting game designed by former Midway employee who assisted in the making of Mortal Kombat series) in an advert, dressed up as Johnny Cage, which led to a long-standing rumor that Pesina had been fired from Midway over his participation in promoting BloodStorm.[6] He and his younger brother Carlos also secretly worked on Tattoo Assassins, another competing game to Mortal Kombat. Carlos Pesina remained with Midway until the company's closure, and as of 2019, still works at NetherRealm Studios.
He played a hitman in the 1996 martial arts movie Book of Swords,[7] which also starred fellow MK actors Katalin Zamiar, Ho-Sung Pak and Richard Divizio. Daniel and Carlos also appeared in a videogame-based comedy film entitled Press Start, which was released to DVD on September 25, 2007. In it, Daniel's character is called Sasori, which is Japanese for "Scorpion". As of 2004, Daniel is a teacher at the Chicago Wushuguan School.
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^"An Oral History of 'Mortal Kombat'". MEL Magazine. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
^Mortal Kombat II Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today, GameSpot, Retrieved, 22 Feb 2008
^Leone, Matt (2012-07-12). . Theverge.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
^"PESINA v. MIDWAY MFG. CO. - Leagle.com". Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^Jensen, K. Thor (2011-01-11). . UGO.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
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daniel, pesina, born, december, 1959, american, martial, arts, expert, former, freelance, employee, midway, 2017born, 1959, december, 1959, chicago, illinois, occupation, martial, artistactoryears, active1990, presentpesina, born, chicago, illinois, mexican, b. Daniel Pesina born December 1 1959 is an American martial arts expert and a former freelance employee of Midway Daniel PesinaDaniel Pesina in 2017Born 1959 12 01 December 1 1959 age 63 Chicago Illinois U S Occupation s Martial artistActorYears active1990 presentPesina was born in Chicago Illinois to Mexican born parents and have study martial arts since the age of 10 1 Pesina started his work as an extra in martial arts films appearing as one of Shredder s foot soldiers in the 1991 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze A lifelong friend of designer John Tobias Pesina was brought by him to work in a fighting game featuring digitized characters 1992 s Mortal Kombat where he played Johnny Cage and ninja characters Scorpion Sub Zero and Reptile and served as a martial arts coordinator for the game 2 Then in Mortal Kombat II he reprised his roles from the previous game also playing the roles of Smoke and Noob Saibot 3 After his participation in MKII Pesina parted from Midway 4 and sued them for unpaid royalties from his likeness being used in the console versions of the first two MK games 5 For this reason from MK3 on his characters were played by different actors John Turk would take over Sub Zero in Mortal Kombat 3 and the rest of the ninjas in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 while Johnny Cage would be played by Chris Alexander in Mortal Kombat Trilogy During this time Pesina promoted BloodStorm a fighting game designed by former Midway employee who assisted in the making of Mortal Kombat series in an advert dressed up as Johnny Cage which led to a long standing rumor that Pesina had been fired from Midway over his participation in promoting BloodStorm 6 He and his younger brother Carlos also secretly worked on Tattoo Assassins another competing game to Mortal Kombat Carlos Pesina remained with Midway until the company s closure and as of 2019 still works at NetherRealm Studios He played a hitman in the 1996 martial arts movie Book of Swords 7 which also starred fellow MK actors Katalin Zamiar Ho Sung Pak and Richard Divizio Daniel and Carlos also appeared in a videogame based comedy film entitled Press Start which was released to DVD on September 25 2007 In it Daniel s character is called Sasori which is Japanese for Scorpion As of 2004 Daniel is a teacher at the Chicago Wushuguan School References Edit Entrevista Conoce a Johnny Cage Daniel Pesina de Mortal Kombat COMPLETAMENTE EN ESPANOL NaoEdwinTv Mar 20 2021 Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 An Oral History of Mortal Kombat MEL Magazine 2018 11 26 Retrieved 2018 12 25 Mortal Kombat II Archived 2012 07 17 at archive today GameSpot Retrieved 22 Feb 2008 Leone Matt 2012 07 12 Mortal Kombat s Johnny Cage 20 years later Polygon Theverge com Archived from the original on 2012 10 05 Retrieved 2013 05 20 PESINA v MIDWAY MFG CO Leagle com Retrieved 7 October 2014 Jensen K Thor 2011 01 11 Bloodstorm The Scrubbiest Video Game Ads Ever UGO com Archived from the original on 2013 06 30 Retrieved 2013 05 20 IMDb Book of Swords 1996 IMDb com 22 January 2022 Retrieved 22 January 2022 External links EditDaniel Pesina on Twitter Daniel Pesina at IMDb Chicago Wushu Master Daniel Pesina Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daniel Pesina amp oldid 1129542021, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
