Daniel Pesina (born December 1, 1958), is an American martial arts
expert and a former freelance employee of Midway.Pesina started his
work as an extra in martial arts films, appearing as one of Shredder's
foot soldiers in the 1991 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The
Secret of the Ooze.During the creation of the 1992 video game Mortal
Kombat, he played Johnny Cage and ninja characters Sub-Zero, Scorpion
and Reptile, and served as a martial arts coordinator for the game.
Then in Mortal Kombat II he reprised his roles from the previous game,
also playing the roles of Smoke, and Noob Saibot.After his
participation in MKII, Pesina parted from Midway, and sued them for
unpaid royalties from his likeness being used in the console versions
of the first two MK games. For this reason, from MK3 on his characters
were played by different actors: the ninja roles were taken over by
John Turk in Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, while
Johnny Cage would be played by Chris Alexander in Mortal Kombat
Trilogy. During this time, Pesina promoted BloodStorm (a fighting game
designed by former Midway employee who assisted in the making of
Mortal Kombat series) in an advert, dressed up as Johnny Cage. He and
his younger brother Carlos also secretly worked on Tattoo Assassins,
another competing game to Mortal Kombat. Carlos Pesina remained with
Midway until the company's closure, and as of 2019, still works at
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