Peter Navy Tuiasosopo
Biography
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo was an American actor who had earlier played professional football. A native of San Pedro, California, he played college football at Utah State and later lined up at center for the Los Angeles Rams. After his football career he turned to acting, making his film debut as Manumana in the sports comedy Necessary Roughness (1991). He went on to co-star as detective Al Hamoki in the Fox series Danger Theatre. His best-known role was Edmond Honda in Street Fighter (1994). He also had roles in BASEketball, The Scorpion King, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Speedracer and Hawaii, as well as The Fast and the Furious (2001) and 12 Rounds (2009). On television his role was Yoshi Nakamura, a custodian, on the Disney Channel series Kickin' It. He died in 2025.
61years old at death
- Born San Pedro
- Died Phoenix
- Star sign: CapricornFirst day of the sign, on the Sagittarius cusp
- Also credited as Peter Tuiasosopo and Navy Tuiasosopo
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 18 years1991 to 2009
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First role
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo took a leave of absence from his job at McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach to make his film debut as Manumana in the 1991 sports comedy Necessary Roughness.
A change of course
Tuiasosopo played football as a center for the Los Angeles Rams, starting three games during the 1987 replacement-player season before being released when the strike ended.
First role
Tuiasosopo's first television series role was as the strong-armed detective Al Hamoki, co-starring with Adam West on the Fox series Danger Theatre.
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Worked with
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo shares two films with Andrew Bryniarski, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Andrew Bryniarski's page
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Jason Bateman's page
Jean-Claude Van Damme's page
All films by Rob Cohen
All films by David Twohy
All films by Steven E. de Souza
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