Biography
Now the American Fighter and Cinematographer Don Dragon Wilson is among the legends of kickboxing, which for merits in the ring hit the Hall of Martial Arts. The masters talents were in demand on the set of dozens of artistic films, which were popular with the viewer and caused a sea of emotions and feelings.Childhood and youth
Don Wilson was born in Illinois on September 10, 1954 in the family of a man-American and his wife-Japanese. In childhood, when the Father was invited to build a John Kennedy space center, the family left the middle west and moved on the coast of Florida.
Having matured, Wilson visited the school in Boca Raton, where he was fascinated by martial arts and loved basketball and football. He participated in the fighting competition in high school and began to think about career in kickboxing, as well as battles without rules.
After graduation, Don possessed good physical data and with an increase of 183 cm had a weight of 75 kg. This made it possible to become a student of the Military Academy of Coast Guard and seriously engage in training with a mentor named Chuck Marriman.
The first fight Wilson held against his own elder brother, who was not distinguished by a strong physique, but was a master of eastern martial arts. The defeat that caused the insult, forced to increase the load and devote the Kung Fu and kickboxing 2 days a week to a few hours.
In 1973, he decided to receive higher education in 1973 with a diploma of a specialist in electrical engineering and entered the technical college on the recommendation of his father. From the first courses, the study was not charged, since all the time was dedicated to the sport, and the guy threw his studies in order to make a soldier's career.
Owning martial arts under the start of Brother Jim, Wilson began to appear in the ring and after a number of victories in sparring got a nickname Don Dragon. For a fighting biography, he became the owner of 11 world titles and the author of Victory over Dewey Cooper at the MGM Hotel arena.
Personal life
About the personal life of the actor and kickboxer to the public is known quite a bit, for example, the fact that since 1996 he is married to Kathleen Carridin. A woman works in Hollywood as an associated producer and is in the family of the beauty of the Beauty of the Owned and two you grow up men.Wilson's Dragon Children, who appeared a few years after the wedding, to dissatisfaction with the beloved spouse, share the interests of the Father, the youngest wander the lessons and copies the behavior of Don in the youth, dreaming to become a new legend kung fu, karate and kickboxing.
Films
In the late 1980s, Wilson made his debut in cinema, starring in the episode of the Romantic Comedy of Camiron Crow "Tell me something." And then, starting with the film "Bloody Fist" Terens Winkeles, Don began to receive the main roles and joined a professional acting path.
Appearing in eight parts of the story, the kickboxer played different characters - the former champion, failed to kill, confiscate and the FBI agent. All these heroes fought for justice with the help of professional fighting skills, showing the will and unshakable steel.
In 1994, a little walking away from the Master's role, Wilson received an invitation to the American fantastic fighter. In this tape, shown under the name "Cyborg-Iznachka", or "cyborg-hunter", he played a bodyguard who took the gun and shotgun.
Considering the cinema as a way to make money, the actor received suggestions, sometimes not reading the script. Therefore, in his filmography, the GRID Runners project appeared, which did not have cash success and did not rejoice either a plot or a game.
Unlike him, the paintings "Night Hunter" and "Inferno" deserve the approval of critics, barely reaching American rental. There, the champion of Ring embodied the images of the vampire fighter, as well as an interpol agent who broke into the one who is friend, and who is the enemy.
In a number of these works, DON was producer and screenwriter, but he could not stay behind the scenes in most cases, so in parallel with the performances in title fights and the fight appeared on the screen in the film "Running target" and "Prophet".
In 2014, after the completion of the career in sports, the kickboxer remained in Hollywood to submit to the public of dozens of memorable cinoboes. They became bright scenes from the militant "Disassembly in Manila", as well as adventures in the film "Tsar of Scorpions - 4: Lost throne."
Don Wilson now
Judging by publications and photographs, Don Dragon, Wilson became a coach and prepares a new generation to enter professional sports. In addition, in 2019, he appeared in the Devotion thriller, where the main roles were performed by the actors Michael D. Island and Jennifer Formen.Filmography
- 1989 - "Bloody Kulak"
- 1990 - "Bloody Kulak - 2"
- 1992 - "Bloody Kulak - 3: Forced Duel"
- 1993 - Ninja Dragons
- 1994 - "Cyborg-Hunter"
- 1995 - "Electronic Fighters"
- 1996 - "Night Hunter"
- 1998 - "Inferno"
- 2002 - "Retribution"
- 2007 - "Last Guard"
- 2014 - "King Scorpion - 4: Lost Throne"
- 2015 - "Disassembly in Manila"