Full name:
- Keith Cooke Hirabayashi
Sometimes credited as:
- Keith Hirabayashi
- Keith Hirabayashi Cooke
- Keith Cooke / - Keith Cook
- Keith Cookie - Keith H. Cook
Champions Brentwood
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington
A man of many qualities, accomplished in the arts of Wushu, Tae Kwon Do and Karate. Keith, born from a Japanese mother and Scottish father started his WuShu training in 1973, under Roger Tung. In 1980 he went to China and he would train 5 hours a day and enter the competion circuit in 1983. He immediately gained a second place in both Weapons and Forms Divisions (Lost to George Chung). But next year he would be #1, and in 1985 people knew him as the Martial Artist of the year.
A stats list:
1985 Black Belt's Competitor of the Year
1984 First Place in Weapons
Second Place in Forms
1983 Second Place in Forms and Weapons
1980 3 months of WuShu training in China
5 Time Grand Champion at the US World and US Open Karate Tournaments
Besides being a martial artist he's also a great acrobat and athlete. Skills which he shows in many of his cool movies. Keith now lives in Los Angeles with his wife Suzanne and their son Jake.
Dead Mule Suitcase (2007)
Lost Time: The Movie (2005)
-aka Red Trousers
National Security (2003)
Big Momma's House (2000)
Kathy Smith's Kickboxing Workout (1999)
New Adventures of Robin Hood (1997-98)
Mortal Kombat 2: Annihilation (1997)
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
Heatseeker (1995)
Mortal Kombat 1 (1995)
Born to Ride (1991)
China O'Brien 2 (1991)
King of the Kickboxers (1991)
-aka Karate Tiger 4
-aka No Retreat No Surrender 4
Best of the Martial Arts Movies (1990)
China O'Brien 1 (1990)
Picasso Trigger (1988)
Rampage (1988)
:
: Kermuran
: Ang
: Stunts
: Himself / Instructor
: Kobak / Takashi (episodes #1.1 / #3.4)
: Subzero / Reptile (archive material) //
Stunts / Fight choreographer
: Nobu
: Chance O'Brien
: Reptile
: Broadwater
: Dakota
: Prang
: (featured)
: Prang
: Clayton
: (extra)
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Promopicture of Reptile in MK1
