Carlos Pesina (born 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is a skilled martial artist and employee of Midway. He is most recognized as the actor who played Raiden in Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Since 1995, he has worked for Midway as a motion capture artist and animator.

His older brother Daniel also played various Mortal Kombat characters, until he was fired by Midway in 1994 for dressing like Johnny Cage in a print ad for the short-lived fighting game BloodStorm. That same year, after his firing, he and Carlos secretly aided Data East USA on its failed attempt at a Mortal Kombat inspiration titled Tattoo Assassins. After Midway learned of this, possibly as a punishment, Raiden (the character Carlos had played in the first two MKs) was not included in Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Despite the bad history, however, Carlos is still employed by Midway.

The hidden playable character in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Mokap, was created in tribute to Carlos' motion capture work at Midway.

In the Konquest Mode of Mortal Kombat: Deception, the main protagonist, Shujinko, has to do a quest for the ruler of Orderrealm. The ruler states that Shujinko needs to find an agent named "Parlos Casina," a spoonerism on Pesina's name, most likely celebrating his importance to the series.

Carlos and his brother Daniel have appeared in a videogame-based comedy film entitled Press Start. His character is named Lei Gong, the Chinese equivalent of the Japanese Thunder God Raiden (his character in the Mortal Kombat series).

[edit] Filmography

• Mortal Kombat - Raiden
• Mortal Kombat II - Raiden
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy - Raiden
• Mortal Kombat: Special Forces - Additional Voices
• Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - Raiden
• Mortal Kombat: Deception - Bo' Rai Cho
• Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks - Additional Voices
• Mortal Kombat: Unchained - Bo' Rai Cho
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - Bo' Rai Cho
• Press Start - Lei Gong

[edit] External links

• Carlos Pesina at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview at Street Fighter RPG Brazil