Pjetër Malota
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| Born | Pjeter Malota Lulgjuraj July 4, 1958 |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Website | http://www.malotasmartialarts.com/ |
Pjetër Malota (born Pjetër Malota Lulgjuraj in Lofka, Malësia, Albania, on 4 July 1958) is best known for his appearances in three films starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. He studied tae kwon do under Jun Chong, Simon Rhee, and Phillip Rhee. In 1984, Malota made his film debut in a small role in Furious and then played a member of a syndicate gang in the action movie Ninja Turf. In 1991, Malota began to work with Van Damme. The first on the 3 films was 1991's Double Impact, where he played an assassin with kicking skills with knives in his shoes. The second movie was Nowhere to Run, in which he is seen playing the convict Van Damme tries to free, but is killed. His last movie was 1996's The Quest. In this film, Malota puts his kicking skills to use again as he played the Spanish fighter that Van Damme fights in the tournaments.
However, Malota returned 5 years later to work with Van Damme again on The Order.
Pjetër Malota currently[when?] resides in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan and teaches martial arts (specifically Tae Kwon Do at Birmingham Martial Arts located at 2219 Cole Street, Birmingham Michigan 48009
Filmography
- Furious (1984)
- Crime Killer (1985)
- Ninja Turf (1985)
- Double Impact (1991)
- Nowhere to Run (1994)
- The Quest (1996)
- The Order (2001)
- The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)
External links
- Peter Malota at IMDb