Lateef Crowder (Dos Santos) is a Brazilian-American actor, stunt performer and Capoeira practitioner who portrayed Eddy Gordo in the 2010 live-action Tekken film. Crowder is best known as Capoeira Fighter in The Protector (Tom Yum Goong) starring Tony Jaa. He was considered a fan favorite to play Eddy due to his Capoeira skills and similar physical appearance to the character.
He has a part in Undisputed 3 which stars Scott Adkins and was directed by Isaac Florentine. Lateef Crowder also stars in the Kevin Tancharoen directed short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth as Baraka.
Trivia[]
- Born in São Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
- He is of Afro-Brazilian descent.
- Member of the Zero Gravity Stunt Team.
Gallery[]
Actor Lateef Crowder instructing Capoeira.
Lateef Crowder as Eddy
Lateef Crowder as Eddy
Lateef Crowder as Eddy
Lateef Crowder as Eddy
Lateef Crowder as Eddy
Lateef Crowder as Eddy
External Links[]
- His page on the Mortal Kombat wiki.