Trevor Joseph Goddard (14 October 1962 – 7 June 2003) was an English actor. He was best known for playing Kano in the martial arts film ''

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'', a live action adaptation of the popular video game series. Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby in the television series '' JAG'' and main villain Keefer in the action film '' Men of War'' (with

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and ''JAG'' co-star Catherine Bell).

Early life

Goddard was born in

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, London, England, in 1962. Between 1974 and 1979, he attended Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane,

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, London. A punk in 1977, he helped form a band at school called The Belsen Horrors (the name of which came from a

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track). First a drummer, then the lead singer, he and his band lasted until 1978. Later, sometime between 1979 and 1980, he was the drummer in another Bromley punk band called The Vamp. This group was led by Wayne Cregan, who was one of the first members of X-Ray Spex. Bromley was closely linked with the early punk movement – first through the Bromley Contingent (the first fans of the Sex Pistols), and three famous punk singers who came from this town:

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), Siouxsie Sioux (of

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) and

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– who like Trevor, attended Ravensbourne School for Boys. For much of his career, he claimed to be of Australian descent and often played Australian characters.

Career

He appeared in cameo roles in many television shows prior to 1995. That same year, Goddard played Kano in the film adaptation of ''

''. His performance as Kano became the source of the character's evolution in the video games. However his accent in the film was mistakenly interpreted as Australian, which led to Kano being portrayed as an Australian in future installments. He would go on to act in other films such as '' Gone in Sixty Seconds'', '' Men of War'' (with

and future '' JAG'' co-star Catherine Bell) and ''Hollywood Vampyr''. He played a short-tempered mercenary in the 1998 film '' Deep Rising'' with

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and

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. Goddard played in the television drama series ''JAG'' as Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby and was featured in TV commercials for the Hoover FloorMate. He made his last on-screen appearance in the 2003 film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl''.

Death

On 8 June 2003, Goddard was found dead in his home in

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, California. He was 40 years old. Initial reports indicated that Goddard was in the process of getting a divorce and that suicide was suspected. An autopsy later showed that Goddard died from an accidental drug overdose of

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and vicodin.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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