Adoni Maropis (born July 20, 1963) is an American actor.
Personal life Maropis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the middle of three sons. He is a table tennis player, preferring the "orthodox styles" of hardbat and sandpaper table tennis. he holds titles as world and US champion for sandpaper table tennis and also won the hardbat class of the US championship in 2011. Maropis is currently working on a feature film project entitled The Last Palikari written by himself and his father, Petro Maropis. A short version of the project was completed in 2012 with Vertex Media in Los Angeles, CA.
Career Maropis is best known for playing Quan Chi in Mortal Kombat: Conquest and the antagonist Abu Fayed in the sixth season of 24.
In film, he appeared as a recalcitrant general in 2002's The Scorpion King, an officer in service to Brian Cox's Agamemnon in 2004's Troy and the falconer Sakr in Hidalgo, released the same year. On television, in addition to his appearances on 24, Maropis played an assassin in the season three premiere of Chuck and had an uncredited role as Captain Maroudis on The Last Ship. In addition to his role as Quan Chi in a Mortal Kombat adaptation, his other video game performances include the doomed General Hassan in Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun and background voice work for multiple other Command and Conquer games.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes1997 I'm Watching You Warren 1997 A Doll in the Dark Salvatore 1998 Sheer Passion Paolo 1999 Mortal Kombat: Conquest Quan Chi 4 episodes1999 American Born Revolutionary 2000 Walker Texas Ranger Gazal Episode: "Vision Quest"2000 Escape Under Pressure First Mate 2000 Passion Cove Matt Episode: "The Getaway"2000 Surrender Bernie 2001 Angel Rebel Leader 2 episodes2001 The Gristle Louis 2002 The Scorpion King Doubting General 2002 Bad Company Jarma / Dragan henchman #1 2004 Hidalgo Sakr 2004 Close Call Pimp 2004 Troy Agamemnon's Officer 2004 The Deviants Amir 2005 Venus On The Halfshell Bones 2006 Francis Hamper Epic the cab driver 2007 24 Abu Fayed 15 episodes2008 Criminal Minds Ben Abner Episode: "Mayhem"2008-2009 CSI: NY Sebastian Diakos 2 episodes2010 Chuck Javier Episode: "Chuck Versus the Pink Slip"2010 Beautysleep Symphony EuroMan 2010 Pair of Kings The Oracle Episode: "Journey to the Center of Mt. Spew"2015 Lazarus Rising Mr. Gray 2016 Dream of a Shadow Yianni 2016 King Saud Prince Usef
References
External links
Official website