Born at Letterman General Hosp in San Francisco, CA to ODean and Edith Hooper. Attended 14 schools (Air Force family), but graduated from Sacramento High School, Sacramento, CA 1964. Enlisted Regular Army, Sept. 1964, Army Security Agency; Top Secret Crypto clearance; Hon Dis. Sept, 1968; First non-native teacher ever to teach at USDLI (Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA); Taught Korean language. His film debut was as an extra in Casualties of War and his breakthrough was turning to writing screenplays and putting acting on-hold. He moved to Thailand and wrote screenplays for: NetKillerz-dot-com (Animated US serial) Shangri-La (Unproduced) Hearts of Light (Unproduced) Broken Morning (Unproduced) - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
Holds a doctorate Speaks Thai, Korean and French Has autographed caricatures of the actors and actresses from Air America, Bullet in the Head, King of the Kickboxers and more... draws them on-location, and sends copies to the original faces! Drew John Woo during filming in Thailand. Only Mel Gibson was not allowed to sign his caricatures... but Gibson draws his own caricatures of others! Acting, writing and teaching in Bangkok, Thailand [May 2002]
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Kahn is a heavy weight kick-box champion, who often kills his opponents in front of the running camera, to sell it on video tape. Jake had to witness once how his brother was killed by him, and now has come for revenge. But first he has to improve his fighting skills; he asks Phang, the only person in the whole world who ever had Khan down on his back, to train him until he is a match for him.