Hussain Sadiqi (Dari: حسین صادقی) is a Hazara Australian actor and martial artist.[1] He won an award for the best fight scene for the Australian made action movie Among Dead Men at International Film Festival in Pasadena, California.[2] An athlete in Afghanistan, Sadiqi left as the Taliban arrived and landed in Australia as a refugee in 1999 at Port Hedland Detention Centre.[3]
Hussain Sadiqi حسین صادقی | |
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| Born | Hussain 1981 (age 42–43) |
| Nationality | Hazara Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, martial artist |
Biography
editHe was born in 1981 in the central highlands of Afghanistan in Urozgan (Daykundi). He began his martial arts training when he was 9 years old. He attained the top-ranking Martial Arts position in Afghanistan at a young age and became the National Champion at the age of 16. At 18 he became the captain of the Afghanistan National Team. In 1999 he had to flee Afghanistan because of war; he had become a Taliban target due to his high profile. Soon after arriving in Australia, he was sent to a Detention Center for six months until he was released on a temporary protection visa. After being released he was selected to compete for the Afghan Taekwondo team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and carry his country's flag at the Opening Ceremony. A couple of days before the Games started the International Olympic Committee banned the Afghan team because the Taliban, which controlled Afghanistan at the time, would not allow women to compete.
Hussain gained many fans with his Martial arts based documentary "The Art of Fighting".[4]
In 2008 he won an award for the best fight scene in an action movie for "Among the Dead Men" at the Action on Film International Film Festival in Pasadena, California. The award was for the best action in a Feature Film.
In 2012 Hussain came back to win the Kung Fu World Championship at the age of 33.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Hollywood Immersive". Hollywood Immersive. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Jackson, Andra (13 August 2008). "Coming out kung fu fighting for Hollywood dream". Melbourne: Theage.com.au. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Hazaragi Jacki Chan Mr. Hussain Sadiqi Got Australian Best Award 2008". hazaranetwork.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "The Art of Fighting // Short Documentary".
- ^ "Art of Fighting – Documentary". wandererz.net. 18 January 2014.
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