Peter "Navy" Tuiasosopo, who played the role of E. Honda in the 1994 live-action Street Fighter movie, has passed away at the age of 61. The sad news was shared by his son, Manoah Peter Tuiasosopo.
"With a heavy heart, my family and I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers," said the statement. "Our father Peter N. Tuiasosopo passed away this morning at 3:16 am. My dad lived an amazing life and in no way does his impact stop here. His strength, love, compassion, and kindness will forever be felt. We will continue to live with him in spirit, and as saddened as we are, he is without a doubt in Heaven with his brothers, sisters, parents, daughter, and Jesus, and no longer in pain."
Tuiasosopo played college and pro-American Football during his youth before moving into acting. His first film role was 1991's Necessary Roughness, and would star in movies such as Batman & Robin, BASEketball, The Fast and the Furious, The Scorpion King and 12 Rounds.
Video game fans may remember him best for his role in the aforementioned Street Fighter film, where he starred alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia and Kylie Minogue.
He also starred in the TV shows Kickin' It, Ray Donovan, New Girl, NCIS and the recent reboot of Magnum P.I.
[source independent.co.uk]
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Sad news. Thoughts go out to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
I do remember him in Street Fighter and in fact his casting was one of the many reasons I hated the movie when I was a kid. For some reason I didn't like the fact that they changed E. Honda from Japanese to Samoan. I didn't realize he was in those other movies.
I knew him best from Necessary Roughness, a film I watched many times as a kid and enjoyed. I watched it again several years back and still had a great time. I didn't know it was his first role. He definitely contributed to making it memorable. Sad news to hear.
@Tasuki
"For some reason I didn't like the fact that they changed E. Honda from Japanese to Samoan."
I had kind of strong feelings about this kind of this when I was younger, too.
These days I got bigger problems lol ✌️
RIP to this dude, he seems cool. 👍
@sdelfin
How do you feel about The Replacements (2000)?
@-wc- I've never seen it. Is that similar in some way or otherwise something you'd recommend to someone who liked Necessary Roughness?
its definitely a football comedy but of another generation. I'm not saying it's shakespeare but I like it! 👍 It's got that c. 2000, "WeLcOmE to DVD" type vibe that I love.
"Balrog : Honda, give me a hand.
E. Honda : We've only been in prison two hours. Maybe next month."
He was awesome in that role and his battle with Zangief was legendary. Rest in peace Peter. 😪
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