Monsour Del Rosario

Monsour Del Rosario is a Filipino actor and martial artist who moved from competitive taekwondo into action films. Born in Manila, he grew up in Bacolod and moved to Makati in 1979. His first martial arts teacher was Joe Lopez-Vito, and he later took up taekwondo in 1977 with Hong Sung-Chon, earning a Korean 8th Dan black belt. He graduated from De La Salle University Manila. From 1982 to 1989 he was on the Philippine national taekwondo team and captained it for his final four years. He won eight national lightweight titles, gold medals at the 14th and 15th Southeast Asian Games, a bronze at the 10th Asian Games, and reached the quarterfinals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He began appearing in Filipino action films in 1986. His notable starring roles include Bangis (1995), Buhawi Jack (1998) and Pintado (2000), and his international credits include Bloodfist II (1990) and The Hunt for Eagle One (2006).