Michael Dudikoff / Michael Dudikoff
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Michael Joseph Stephen Dudikoff born October 8, 1954 in Redondo beach, California, USA). American actor and martial artist, who starred in the role of hero in action films. American actor Michael Dudikoff is often called cold-blooded warrior with baby face. Owns techniques of karate, Boxing, martial arts, JIU-jitsu including technique of working with weapons and without it.
His mother was by origin French and father Russian, who taught Michael to speak a little Russian (both died). Married. Michael has two children. Lyzel daughter and son Andrei. Dudikoff have three sisters Linda, Michelle and Barbara (the last) died in early 1990.
Michael lives in rolling hills, California. Loves to play tennis. He spends a lot of time at home. Sick with dyslexia. Loves the ocean and his favorite time of day - sunrise. Loves to get up early and loves to read. He's a big fan of Shakespeare. He has a dog named Shooter. He eats healthy food, like fish and chicken. Prior to his career in film he worked as a welder and a waiter. According to some reports, in his youth, he studied in Minsk. From childhood he loved sports and spent hours engaged in bodybuilding, but the profession chose purely intellectual and became study hard to be a child psychologist. To study often do not have enough money, and Michael worked as a waiter, a teacher in the orphanage. He graduated from high school in Redondo beach. His victory in several competitions in bodybuilding drew Michael's attention to advertising agents, the companies men's clothing. He was twice awarded the title of Iron man at the event. Dudikoff became a model, starred in commercials and played a few small roles in television shows and episodes of various TV series. Since 1980, he began his career in cinema. However, the role was initially too small. He was invited to play along with the celebrities.
Flash in the TV series Dallas and Happy days, already in 1979, Dudikoff debuted on the big screen - the film with the catchy name Black balloon, but this love-police story have left an appreciable trace in the history of modern American cinema. As well as filmed in the same year, another picture, again the secondary role of Michael - the dark and mysterious Thriller Bloody birthday. It is considered that the rank of the iconic actors of Dudikoff was released thanks solely to the film American ninja (Michael played in three strips of five), but will not exaggerate the popularity of Joe Armstrong's (the name of the protagonist of the film) among filmmakers and video enthusiasts around the world. Two years before the first series of American ninja Michael Dudikoff looked fantastic on the silver screen in a futuristic punk-action Radioactive dreams, which won the Grand Prix of the International festival fantastic film Avoriaz. And later, until the recent work of the actor, as a rule, makes an impression more powerful than the movie in which he played.
In the absence of a variety of offers from film producers, Michael Dudikoff enjoyed playing and played in the TV series, while agreeing as to the main and secondary role: The best girl in the world, Star family-scale, North and South, Cobra. With a sad, tired kind of deals hero Cobra with all their sworn enemies - against the backdrop of the stunning beauty of the landscapes of Northern Canada.
Hour Dudikoff struck in 1985, when he played the main role (say, it was abandoned Chuck Norris) in the Thriller American ninja. Thrash Thriller with many devastating battles became a real hit of the year, a popular hit of the time, grossed more than $ 10 million (and that's with a budget of only 1 million). American ninja - as it is known, has become a cult (including - thanks to live in the Soviet Union) and 31-year-old Michael Dudikoff finally woke up famous.
Here, where he used his bodybuilding, playing various sports.
The second favorite thing of the actor is the creation of bronze sculptures.
In his spare time, Michael likes to Tinker in the garage, repairing their own cars and motorbikes and dreams of one day to play a complex dramatic role.
In 2013, 59-year-old Dudikoff returns to the screen taking part in documentary filming, interviews, short project, and then Dudikoff starred in the horror Navy seals vs zombies (2015). Work in pattern Left turn, Four towers where Michael is rumored to have come face-to-face in a movie with Rutger Hauer. Also are filming pollution Zone (2017) or transfer on Russian Dump.
From his Russian ancestors of Dudikoff inherited not only the name but also the unique human qualities inherent solely to the representatives of our nationality. Simplicity and naivete, charm and kindness, spontaneity and openness - these traits are characteristic of Michael as a person.
For the younger Soviet viewer - attractive American pretending to be Japanese and still winning all became a matter of serious video cassette cult.
Michael Dudikoff in his youth on the way from centerfolds and commercials in cinema. Prior to his career in cinema was in demand as a fashion model
