| Matt Mullins | |
| Residence: | Toluca Lake, California, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Martial Art: | Okinawan Shōrei-ryū Karate |
| Teacher: | John Sharkey Jr. |
| Spouse: | Brittney Mullins |
| Rank: | 4th degree black belt in Shōrei-ryū Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Occupation: | Martial artist, actor |
Matt Mullins is an American actor and martial artist. At the age of 16, in 2000, he won his first World Kickboxing Association title in Dublin, Ireland. This would be his first of five championships in the next three years.[1]
Mullins was featured in the Discovery Channel mini-series Extreme Martial Arts alongside Mike Chat. As of 2006, he held a 4th degree Black belt in the style Shōrei-ryū and studied under martial arts instructor John Sharkey at Sharkey's Karate Studio in Naperville, Illinois.[2]
While an underbelt, he met Mike Chaturantabut and together they created a martial arts style which later became known as Extreme Martial Arts (XMA). Their style's growing popularity prompted the Discovery Channel to produce a documentary called XMA: Extreme Martial Arts. In this documentary, the producers covered the XMA style with modern technology such as motion-capture and 3D imaging to show how a martial artist can use their body. As a side story, they focused on Matt Mullins' attempt to return to the competition world of sport karate.[3]
Matt Mullins is the founder and creator of the Sideswipe Performance Team. He created this extreme martial arts group in 2002 after appearing on the show 30 seconds to Fame. From there he grew Sideswipe and began traveling around the world with everyone a part of the team to do these performances.[4] [5]
Mullins holds seminars and martial arts camps. He has appeared on shows such as The Jerry Lewis Telethon, The Wayne Brady Show, America's Got Talent (Season 2) and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, as well as at sporting events, live action shows and karate tournaments.
Mullins has appeared in national commercials for Motorola, America Online, Applebee's, Nike, Hanes and Pepsi as well as a lead actor in several films including Kung Fu Love Triangle, Bloodfist 2050, and . He had a lead role portraying the character Len/Kamen Rider Wing Knight on the in-production TV show . He also helped Mike Moh get the role of Hunt/Danny Cho/Kamen Rider Axe in the same show through their shared martial arts training.
Mullins was a reporter for LX TV 1st Look television program introducing DJ Hapa, as well as Shinkendo. He starred as Johnny Cage in the Kevin Tancharoen directed short film .[6]