Christian Howard (actor)
| Christian Howard | |
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| Born |
Christian Howard 4 May 1984 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Occupation | Actor, model, martial artist, filmmaker |
Christian Howard (born 4 May 1984) is a British actor, model, martial artist, and filmmaker. He is best known for his performance as Ken Masters in the short film Street Fighter: Legacy, the 2014 web series Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist and its follow-up Street Fighter: Resurrection.
Christian Howard was born in Sunderland, near Newcastle, in the United Kingdom on May 4, 1984. At the age of 13, Howard began his training in martial arts in Essex. Howard began his training in Kung Fu, but later trained in Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and Capoeira. He notes Bruce Lee and Jean-Claude Van Damme as his influences for training in the martial arts.
Howard made his film debut in 2005 with the indie film Love Struck and worked primarily in television movies and short films. In 2010, he played the role of Ken Masters in the short film Street Fighter: Legacy opposite Jon Foo as Ryu. In addition to playing Ken, Howard also co-wrote the screenplay and assisted with fight choreography with director Joey Ansah. He earned his first male lead role in a feature film with Ross Boyask's sword and sorcery homage Warrioress opposite Cecily Fay, who met Howard while he worked as a stuntman. Howard worked as a fight choreographer on films such as Dragon Crusaders and the Bollywood film Force and doubled for lead actor John Abraham. Howard had worked as assistant fight choreographer and doubled for idol Jean-Claude Van Damme on U.F.O.
In 2013, Howard co-starred as Wedge and served as assistant fight choreographer on Green Street 3: Never Back Down.
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