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Sidney S. Liufau

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Sidney Liufau
Born (1963-11-22) November 22, 1963 (age 60)
Kahuku, Hawaii, United States
OccupationDirector/Actor/Stuntman

Sidney S. Liufau (born 22 November 1963) is an American actor best known for the role of Lt. Manuele Atoa in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "You Are Cordially Invited". Liufau also appeared in Hawaii Five-O, Street Warrior, Blade, Faster, Planet of the Apes and You, Me and Dupree.[1][2]

Career

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Liufau made his acting debut in the 1995 film Batman Forever, which also featured co-star René Auberjonois. The same year, he appeared in the Baywatch movie Forbidden Paradise. Liufau went on to have small roles in the films A Very Brady Sequel (1996), Bloodsport III (1997, starring John Rhys-Davies), Marvel Comics' Blade (1998, with Judson Scott, Andray Johnson), Dirt Merchant (1999, with Lee Arenberg) and Code of the Dragon (2001, with Brad Dourif and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa). More recently, he had a supporting role in the 2006 comedy You, Me and Dupree, which also featured Star Trek: Enterprise guest star Todd Stashwick.

In addition to his film work, Liufau also had a role in an unsold TV pilot called Red Skies (as did Leonard Kelly-Young), TV Pilot Honolulu CRU starring Russell Wong, Michael Rooker and Lori Petty, also guest-starred on an episode of The District, starring Roger Aaron Brown and Ernest Borgnine. He most recently had a recurring role on the short-lived CBS action series Smith, working with series regular Virginia Madsen and fellow guest actors Ray Liotta and Simon Baker. He also appeared in Alex Kurtzman's and Roberto Orci's remake of Hawaii Five-O in the episode "Malama Ka Aina" as Daniel Dae Kim's character's cousin.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Sword of Heaven Martial arts fighter
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano Waponi Uncredited
1995 Batman Forever Harvey's Thug
1995 Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise Mako Direct-to-video
1996 A Very Brady Sequel Security Guard
1996 Bloodsport III Kimo Lima Lama
1997 Fire Down Below Bodyguard Uncredited
1998 Deadly Ransom Bruno
1998 Blade Japanese Doorman
1999 Dirt Merchant El Nino
2000 The Testaments: Of One Fold and One Shepherd Judge hunter 1
2001 The Ghost Wu's Thug No.1
2006 You, Me and Dupree Paco
2010 Faster Kenny
2012 The Girl from the Naked Eye Moses
2012 Lose Yourself Ray-Ray Direct-to-video
2013 The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone Short Thug / Short Tracker
2014 My Trip Back to the Dark Side Ray-Ray
2015 To Topple an Empire Jeffrey

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Baywatch Mako Episode: "Forbidden Paradise: Part 2"
1997 The New Adventures of Robin Hood Master Ika Episode: "The Prey"
1997 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Lt. Manuele Atoa Episode: "You Are Cordially Invited"
1998 Honolulu CRU Det. Kamakawewaole Episode: "Pilot"
2001 Black Scorpion Thief Episode: "Kiss of Death"
2002 Red Skies Kay Television film
2003 The District Sammy Harimoto Episode: "Last Waltz"
2003 Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding Victor Television film
2006–2007 Smith Kala Tafattafua 3 episodes
2008 Street Warrior Isaiah Griffin Television film
2010 Hawaii Five-0 Sid Episode: "Malama Ka Aina"

References

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  1. ^ "Sidney Liufau - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. 2015-12-08. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  2. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
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