Career Highlights: Special Forces, Global Effect, Perfect Target
First Major Screen Credit: Bloodsport 2: The Next Kumite (1996)
Biography
Swiss-born martial artist Daniel Bernhardt has followed in the violent footsteps of Belgian kickboxer Jean-Claude Van Damme as a handsome European-accented leading man in Hollywood action thrillers. After studying in the Swiss capital of Bern and modeling in Paris, Bernhardt literally took over for Van Damme in the second, third, and fourth incarnations of the Bloodsport film series. After starring in the low-budget debacle that is Future War, he kicked his way through the movies True Vengeance, Black Sea Raid, Perfect Target, and Global Effect. In 1998, he starred as Siro on the video game-inspired TV show Mortal Combat Conquest. In 2003, Bernhardt finally found a highly profitable outlet for his skills as Agent Johnson in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Daniel Bernhardt (born August 31, 1965) is a Swiss actor and martial arts expert who has appeared in a number of films and shows featuring martial arts action sequences, including little-known films like Future War (1997), series films like Bloodsport 2, 3, and 4 (in which he replaced actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme, star of the original film), and game-inspired television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest. He had a supporting role in the box office hit The Matrix Reloaded, the second of the Matrix trilogy, as Agent Johnson, one of three newly upgraded agents.