T.J. Storm

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T.J. Storm (born 14 February) is an actor, dancer, and martial arts expert who played a Klingon guard in Star Trek. [1] He was born Juan Ricardo Ojeda in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to an African-American father and Puerto Rican mother, after which he was adopted and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.

[edit] Skills and achievements

Storm began break dancing in high school and has since won over 200 dance competitions. He moved to Los Angeles, California, on a dance scholarship and utilized his skills in a number of music videos, but he soon began to focus his attention on martial arts and later on acting. He trained as an actor at and is a graduate of the Joanne Baron/D. W. Brown Studio in Los Angeles.

As of 2008, Storm is an eighth degree black belt in Arashi-Ryu Karate and holds belts in five other martial arts. He has been inducted into the Martial Art Masters "Hall of Fame" three times, is an inductee of the International Martial arts Masters "Hall of Fame," and is the recipient of the 2003 HMAIS-Chinese Athletic Arts Academy Award. He is also skilled in kickboxing, stunt fight choreography, and the use of weapons.

Storm owns his own production company, called Eye of the Storm Entertainment. The company has several projects in various stages of development. Storm also contributes to numerous charities, including Big Brothers of L.A., Children Uniting Nations, and The Ronald McDonald House.

[edit] Acting career

As an actor, Storm is perhaps best known for his role as the warrior Bayu on the television series Conan the Adventurer, which ran on the USA Network during the 1997-98 season. One of his co-stars on this series was Jeremy Kemp, who previously played Robert Picard in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Family". Storm may also be remembered for his recurring role as the Doom Master on the children's action series VR Troopers.

Storm had a supporting role in the 1995 action film Dragon Fury opposite Richard Lynch and was seen as a guest fighter in the hit, video game-based action feature Mortal Kombat (in which he worked with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa). He later had a principal role opposite Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China 6. In 1999, he was seen in major roles in a trio of action films from director Albert Pyun: The Wrecking Crew, Urban Menace, and Corrupt.

In 2000, Storm worked with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country actor Neal McDonough in an episode of the CBS series Martial Law. His episode, entitled "In the Dark", also featured Jeffrey Combs and the voice of Christopher Neame. Storm has since appeared in several feature films, including the 2004 comedy Miss Cast Away, the 2005 drama Soldier of God (which co-starred William Morgan Sheppard), and the 2005 direct-to-DVD comedy Death to the Supermodels (with Matt Winston). Perhaps most notably, he had a supporting role in the action-horror film BloodRayne, opposite Kristanna Loken in the starring role. Storm will next be seen in the role of Maginty in the film Punisher: War Zone, based on the Marvel Comics character of "The Punisher."

[edit] External links

• Eye of the Storm Entertainment - official site
• T. J. Storm at Wikipedia
• T.J. Storm at the Internet Movie Database