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Peter Shinkoda
Peter Shinkoda (born March 25, 1971) is a Canadian film and television actor who stars as Dai on the TNT science fiction series ''Falling Skies'' from Steven Spielberg and as Sektor in the Warner Bros. webseries '' Mortal Kombat: Legacy'' directed by Kevin Tancharoen. Shinkoda also starred as recurring villain Nobu Yoshioka on Seasons 1 and 2 of Marvel's '' Daredevil''. Shinkoda has also starred as in films such as '' Midway'' (as Minoru Genda), ''Predator'' (as Dr. Yamada), ''War'' (as Harbor Yanagawa Shatei); '' I, Robot'' (as Detective Chin); ''Paycheck'' and TV shows such as '' Hawaii Five-0'' (as Alan Kim), ''Sanctuary'' (as Andy Fetz), '' Dark Angel'' (as Albino X), ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Supernatural'', ''The L Word'' (as Bryan Karikawa), '' Kingdom Hospital'', '' Andromeda'' (as Burke), '' Cold Squad'', '' Masked Rider'' and the original ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (in both series as Ferrian). Early life Peter Shinkoda was born March 25, 1971 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War (2007 Film)
''War'' is a 2007 American action film directed by Philip G. Atwell in his directorial debut and featuring stage combat choreographed by Corey Yuen. The film stars Jet Li and Jason Statham. Jason Statham plays an FBI agent determined to take down a mysterious assassin known as Rogue (played by Jet Li), after his partner is murdered. ''War'' features the second collaboration between Jet Li and Jason Statham, reuniting them for the first time since 2001 film '' The One''. ''War''s working title was ''Rogue''; it was changed to avoid conflict with another film with the same name. It was re-titled as ''Rogue Assassin'' in New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Australia, the Philippines and several European countries. The film was released in the United States on August 24, 2007. Plot During a shootout against Japanese yakuza at a San Francisco dock warehouse, FBI agents John Crawford and Tom Lone stumble across the notorious assassin Rogue, a former CIA assassin wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
''Mighty Power Rangers'' (''MMPR'') is an American superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, and became a 1990s popular culture, pop culture phenomenon along with a large line of toys, action figures, and other merchandise. The show adapted stock footage from Japanese television series ''Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger'' (1992–1993), which was the 16th installment of Toei Company, Toei's ''Super Sentai'' franchise. The second and third seasons of the show drew elements and stock footage from ''Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' and ''Ninja Sentai Kakuranger'', respectively, though the ''Zyuranger'' costumes were still used for the lead cast. The series was produced and distributed by BVS Entertainment, Saban Entertainment, while the show's toy line was produced and distributed by Bandai. It was followed in 1996 by a mini-series titled ''Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers''. While a gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masked Rider (TV Series)
''Masked Rider'' is an American live-action superhero television series produced by Saban Entertainment and Toei Company, Ltd. It is an American adaptation of the 1988 Japanese television series '' Kamen Rider Black RX'', It aired on Fox as part of the Fox Kids program block from September 16, 1995, to August 31, 1996, and then in syndication from September 9, 1996, to August 1997. Story The series began with the main character, Prince Dex, escaping the Plague Patrol with a small group of Edenoite rebels. Dex heads for Earth, the next target of his sinister uncle Count Dregon, who ruled Edenoi with an iron fist after displacing Dex's grandfather King Lexian. King Lexian had given Dex the Masked Rider powers (where the powers came from is a mystery, although they have been kept for some time by Edenoi's champions), which Dregon desires for himself. Arriving on Earth in a massive crater, Dex finds himself in the care of the Stewarts; a multi-racial family consisting of a white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Squad
''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Police Department reopen long-unsolved, or "cold" cases (the titular "Cold Squad"), using present-day forensic technology and psychological profiling to help crack them. ''Cold Squad'' premiered simultaneously in French Canada on Séries+ as ''Brigade spéciale''. The series was created by Matt MacLeod, Philip Keatley and Julia Keatley, and produced by Keatley MacLeod Productions and Alliance Atlantis in association with CTV Television Network, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund (Canada Media Fund). ''Cold Squad'' is the first prime time national series produced out of Vancouver. With seven seasons and 98 episodes it became the longest-running prime time drama series on Canadian television. The cast of ''Cold Squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andromeda (TV Series)
''Andromeda'' (formally titled ''Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda'') is a space opera science fiction on television, television series, based on unused material by Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett. The series follows Kevin Sorbo as Captain Dylan Hunt of the Systems Commonwealth, an intergalactic government that presided over an extended period of peace and prosperity until its destruction from a rebellion led by the warmongering Nietzcheans and parasitic Magog. The series premiered on October 2, 2000, and ended on May 13, 2005. ''Andromeda'' was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and produced by Andromeda Productions, Tribune Entertainment, Fireworks Entertainment and MBR Productions. In Canada, the show aired on Global Television Network (Fireworks' parent company) and ran in first-run broadcast syndication in the United States. ''Andromeda'' is one of two television series (alongside ''Earth: Final Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Hospital
''Kingdom Hospital'' (sometimes known as ''Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital'') is a thirteen-episode television series based on Lars von Trier's '' The Kingdom'', developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television. While initially conceived as a miniseries, it was later changed into a regular television series (albeit one that lasted one season). It was first aired on ABC on March 3 and concluded on July 15, 2004 after being put on hold during NBA playoffs. ''Kingdom Hospital'' has been compared to the paranormal hospital drama series '' All Souls'', another production which had been inspired by Von Trier's ''The Kingdom.'' Plot The story tells of the fictional Kingdom Hospital located in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a mill that manufactured military uniforms during the American Civil War. Previously, a hospital known as the "Old Kingdom" had been built on the site, but it burned down. The current hospital is known as the "New Kingdom". The hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The L Word
''The L Word'' is a television drama series that aired on Showtime in the United States from 2004 to 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene Chaiken, Michele Abbott and Kathy Greenberg; Chaiken is credited as the primary creator of the series and also served as its executive producer. ''The L Word'' featured television's first ensemble cast of lesbian and bisexual female characters, and its portrayal of lesbianism was groundbreaking at the time. One of the series' pioneering hallmarks was its explicit depiction of lesbian sex from the female gaze, at a time when lesbian sex was "virtually invisible elsewhere on television." It was also the first television series written and directed by predominantly queer women. ''The L Word'' franchise led to the spin-off reality show '' The Real L Word'' (2010–2012) as well as the documentary film '' L Word Mississippi: Hate the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernatural (U
Supernatural phenomena or entities are those beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin 'above, beyond, outside of' + 'nature'. Although the corollary term "nature" has had multiple meanings since the ancient world, the term "supernatural" emerged in the Middle Ages and did not exist in the ancient world. The supernatural is featured in folklore and religious contexts, but can also feature as an explanation in more secular contexts, as in the cases of superstitions or belief in the paranormal. The term is attributed to non-physical entities, such as angels, demons, gods and spirits. It also includes claimed abilities embodied in or provided by such beings, including magic, telekinesis, levitation, precognition and extrasensory perception. The supernatural is hypernymic to religion. Religions are standardized supernaturalist worldviews, or at least more complete than single supernaturalist views. Supernaturalism is the adherence t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargate SG-1
''Stargate SG-1'' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated ''SG-1'') is a military science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 science fiction film ''Stargate (film), Stargate'' by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. The television series was filmed in and around the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered on Showtime (TV network), Showtime on July 27, 1997, and moved to the Syfy, Sci Fi Channel on June 7, 2002; the series finale aired on Sky1 on March 13, 2007. The series was a ratings success for its first-run broadcasters and in syndication and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. List of awards and nominations received by Stargate SG-1, ''Stargate SG-1s awards include eight Emmy nominations. It also spawned the animated television series ''Stargate Infinity'', the live-action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Angel (2000 TV Series)
''Dark Angel'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction Action television, action Drama (film and television), drama television series that premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network on October 3, 2000. Created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, it stars Jessica Alba in her breakthrough role. Set in 2019, the series chronicles the life of Max Guevara (Alba), a runaway genetically enhanced supersoldier who escapes from a covert military facility as a child. In a dystopian near-future Seattle, she tries to lead a normal life while eluding capture by government agents and searching for her brothers and sisters scattered in the aftermath of their escape. ''Dark Angel'' was the only show produced by the company Cameron/Eglee Productions, and was filmed in Vancouver at Lions Gate Studios. The high-budget Television pilot, pilot episode marked Cameron's television debut and was heavily promoted by Fox, reaching 17.4 million viewers. The first seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctuary (Canadian TV Series)
''Sanctuary'' is a Canadian science fantasy television series, created by Damian Kindler. The show aired on Syfy between 2008 and 2011, for four seasons and a total of 59 episodes. The show is an expansion of an eight-webisode series that was released through the Internet in early 2007. Seeing the success of the web series, Syfy decided to buy the broadcast rights to the series and pay to re-stage the series in a season of thirteen episodes. The show centres on Dr. Helen Magnus, a 157-year-old teratologist, and her team of experts who run the Sanctuary, an organization that seeks out extraordinarily powerful creatures and people, known as Abnormals, and tries to help and to learn from them while also having to contain the more dangerous ones. The series premiered on October 3, 2008, in both Canada and the United States and on October 6 in the United Kingdom. The premiere drew in more than 3 million viewers, making it the highest rated original series premiere for Syfy si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
