Sidney S. Liufau (born 22 November 1963) is an American actor best known for the role of Lt. Manuele Atoa in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "You Are Cordially Invited". Liufau also appeared in Hawaii Five-O, Street Warrior, Blade, Faster, Planet of the Apes and You, Me and Dupree.
Career Liufau made his acting debut in the 1995 film Batman Forever, which also featured co-star René Auberjonois. The same year, he appeared in the Baywatch movie Forbidden Paradise. Liufau went on to have small roles in the films A Very Brady Sequel (1996), Bloodsport III (1997, starring John Rhys-Davies), Marvel Comics' Blade (1998, with Judson Scott, Andray Johnson), Dirt Merchant (1999, with Lee Arenberg) and Code of the Dragon (2001, with Brad Dourif and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa). More recently, he had a supporting role in the 2006 comedy You, Me and Dupree, which also featured Star Trek: Enterprise guest star Todd Stashwick.
In addition to his film work, Liufau also had a role in an unsold TV pilot called Red Skies (as did Leonard Kelly-Young), TV Pilot Honolulu CRU starring Russell Wong, Michael Rooker and Lori Petty, also guest-starred on an episode of The District, starring Roger Aaron Brown and Ernest Borgnine. He most recently had a recurring role on the short-lived CBS action series Smith, working with series regular Virginia Madsen and fellow guest actors Ray Liotta and Simon Baker. He also appeared in Alex Kurtzman's and Roberto Orci's remake of Hawaii Five-O in the episode "Malama Ka Aina" as Daniel Dae Kim's character's cousin.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1985Sword of HeavenMartial arts fighter1990Joe Versus the VolcanoWaponiUncredited1995Batman ForeverHarvey's Thug1995Baywatch: Forbidden ParadiseMakoDirect-to-video1996A Very Brady SequelSecurity Guard1996Bloodsport IIIKimo Lima Lama1997Fire Down BelowBodyguardUncredited1998Deadly RansomBruno1998BladeJapanese Doorman1999Dirt MerchantEl Nino2000The Testaments: Of One Fold and One ShepherdJudge hunter 12001The GhostWu's Thug No.12006You, Me and DupreePaco2010FasterKenny2012The Girl from the Naked EyeMoses2012Lose YourselfRay-RayDirect-to-video2013The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy StoneShort Thug / Short Tracker2014My Trip Back to the Dark SideRay-Ray2015To Topple an EmpireJeffrey
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1996BaywatchMakoEpisode: "Forbidden Paradise: Part 2"1997The New Adventures of Robin HoodMaster IkaEpisode: "The Prey"1997Star Trek: Deep Space NineLt. Manuele AtoaEpisode: "You Are Cordially Invited"1998Honolulu CRUDet. KamakawewaoleEpisode: "Pilot"2001Black ScorpionThiefEpisode: "Kiss of Death"2002Red SkiesKayTelevision film2003The DistrictSammy HarimotoEpisode: "Last Waltz"2003Baywatch: Hawaiian WeddingVictorTelevision film2006–2007SmithKala Tafattafua3 episodes2008Street WarriorIsaiah GriffinTelevision film2010Hawaii Five-0SidEpisode: "Malama Ka Aina"
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