JAG

Background:

British actor Trevor Goddard (born in 1962, died in 2003) is best remembered for playing Kano in the first “Mortal Kombat” movie (1995) and Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby on the television series “JAG” from 1998 to 2001. He also played supporting roles in several movies, including “Men of War” (1994), “Fast Money” (1996), “Yesterday's Target” (1996, TV), “Deep Rising” (1998), “Legion” (1998, TV), “Dead Man's Run” (2001) and “When Billie Beat Bobby” (2001), and had his first lead role in “Hollywood Vampyr” (2002). Before his death, he completed shooting the box office hit “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003). Goddard also guest starred in “Murphy Brown,” “Baywatch,” “Silk Stalkings,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The X-Files,” among other television shows.

Boxer

Childhood and Family:

Trevor Joseph Goddard was born on October 14, 1962, in Croydon, Surrey, England, to Eric and Clara. His family moved to Bromley, Kent when he was an infant. Growing up, Trevor was interested in sports but his greatest passion was boxing. He professionally fought as a light-heavyweight and lost only once in 60 fights. He was also invited to fight professionally in the U.S. When he was a teenager, Trevor played in a rock band as a drummer. He had a sister named Sarah.

Trevor married a woman named Ruthann in 1991. They had two sons together. On June 7, 2003, he was found dead in his home in Los Angeles, California. His death was first assumed to be a suicide, but later the cause of death was considered an accidental drug overdose. He was survived by his wife and children, parents and sister.

Mortal Kombat

Career:

Trevor Goddard arrived in the United States in 1986 and began his acting career in 1989 when he landed a small role in the episode “Lonely at the Top” of “Tour of Duty.” After appearing in the direct to video release “Inside Out” (1991), he made a guest appearance in a number of television series, including “The Commish” (1992, as Ozzy Van Spyk), “Dark Justice” (1992, as Travis), “Silk Stalkings” (1992, as Steiner; 1994, as Oscar LeMay), “Renegade” (1992, as Digger Macy; 1995, as Ty Waitly), “Murphy Brown” (1993, as Colin), “Down the Shore” (1993, as Stench), “Baywatch” (1993, as Wiley Brown) and “Empty Nest” (1993, as Joe). Goddard, however, did not receive his big break until he was cast in the villainous role of Keefer in “Men of War” (1994), an action film directed by Perry Lang that starred Dolph Lundgren, Charlotte Lewis and B.D. Wong.

In 1995, Goddard landed the role of Kano in the film adaptation of “Mortal Kombat,” which was helmed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Although the film earned mixed reviews, it was a box office success. With a budget of $20 million, “Mortal Kombat” grossed $70 million in the U.S. and over $122 million worldwide. Costars of the film included Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Bridgette Wilson, Christopher Lambert, Talisa Soto, Chris Casamassa and François Petit. Still in 1995, Goddard worked with Vincent Van Patten, Rae Dawn Chong and Martin Sheen in the dramatic film “The Break,” by director Lee H. Katzin, and portrayed Mickey Fuller in the direct to video “Illegal in Blue,” opposite Stacey Dash, Dan Gauthier and Louis Giambalvo.

Goddard next supported Yancy Butler, Matt McCoy and Merritt Yohnka in Alex Wright's “Fast Money” (1996), worked with Maxwell Caulfield, Stacy Keach and Linda Blair in the direct to video thriller “Prey of the Jaguar” (1996), which was directed by David DeCoteau, and made his television film debut in Showtime's “Yesterday's Target” (1996), in which he played the role of Agent Riggs. 1996 also saw him make guest appearances in “Murder, She Wrote” (as Boyd Hendrix) and “Nowhere Man” (as Mackie). Goddard then costarred with Veronica Bird and Holly Fields in “First Encounter” (1997), a science fiction movie written and directed by Redge Mahaffey, and Roddy Piper and Tawny Kitaen in Serge Rodnunsky's “Dead Tides” (1997). He also appeared with Hulk Hogan, Carl Weathers and Shannon Tweed in the TNT thriller “Assault on Devil's Island” (1997).

In 1998, Goddard portrayed a mercenary named T. Ray in the Stephen Sommers film “Deep Rising,” opposite Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Anthony Heald, Derrick O'Connor, Cliff Curtis, Djimon Hounsou and Wes Studi, had a supporting role in the comedy “Some Girl” (1998), starring Marissa Ribisi, Juliette Lewis and Michael Rapaport, and was cast in the made for TV film “Legion” (1998), with Parker Stevenson, Terry Farrell and Corey Feldman. The actor also appeared in an episode of “Babylon 5” called “Learning Curve” and in the episode “Triangle” of “The X-Files” (both 1998). In addition, he joined the cast of the CBS series “JAG” as Mic Brumby. He was on the show from November 1998 to September 2001.

In 1999, Goddard appeared with Brigitte Nielsen, Corey Feldman and George Hamilton in the comedy “She's Too Tall,” which was directed by Redge Mahaffey, and Mark Adair-Rios, Susan Blakely and Mark Daniel Cade in Ian Sears' “Gut Feeling.” He went on to portray Don in “Gone in Sixty Seconds” (2000), an action film directed by Dominic Sena that starred Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Delroy Lindo, Will Patton, Christopher Eccleston, Chi McBride and Robert Duvall. Goddard next played Jason in the thriller “Dead Man's Run” (2001), which starred John Savage, Joe Lara and Erika Rochane, and Barry Court in the Emmy nominated sport themed TV film “When Billie Beat Bobby” (ABC, 2001), starring Holly Hunter and Ron Silver. During this time he also appeared as Paul Stocker in a 2000 episode of “18 Wheels of Justice.”

After leaving “JAG,” Goddard costarred in the film “Torture TV” (2002), which was written and directed by Whitney Smith, played the lead role of Blood, a gothic vampire, in Steve Akahoshi's horror film “Hollywood Vampyr” (2002), opposite Nora Zimmett and Jeff Marchelletta, and guest starred in an episode of “Rendez-View.” Prior to his death, Goddard received the role of Grapple in the blockbuster film “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003), which was directed by Gore Verbinski, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starred Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush. The film premiered on July 9, 2003, after his death.

Goddard's film “Flexing with Monty,” in which he starred in, was released on January 5, 2010. The production of the film began in 1994 and was eventually completed in 2008. It was directed and written by John Albo.

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