A Northern California native, Jeff Meek is the youngest of four children. He and his family moved from Zweibrücken, Michigan, to San Francisco when he was a child. This was possibly because of copyright issues from a shoot 'em up game Raiden, or because of the character Raiden from the Fatal Fury series. Even if his mortal form is destroy… He became well known for yelling randomly while performing his "Torpedo" move (aka "the Superman move"). In the same game, by using Raiden's finishing move on the final opponent in the third Endurance match, Goro appeared with a glitchy body that was the same shade of gray as the ashes of Raiden's defeated opponent. Jeffrey Meek as Shao Kahn After Raiden finally unlock the full patterns visions in every timelines where Kronika was the one who sets Raiden and Liu Kang into killing each other by her machinations, he and Sub-Zero forgives the younger Scorpion, but Kronika kidnaps Liu Kang. 113 notes. Sub-Zero's mission into the Netherealm was a success and Shinnok was, for a time, no longer a threat. Kung Lao is aided by ex-bodyguard Siro (Daniel Bernhardt) and ex-thief Taja (Kristanna Loken), with the God of Thunder Raiden (Jeffrey Meek) acting as their mentor. [12][13] He was unplayable in all versions of Mortal Kombat 3 and briefly appeared only as part of Nightwolf's Friendship, which saw him transform into Raiden while a Mortal Kombat II arcade cabinet appeared along with one of two quotes, "No, But I Can Do a Raiden Transformation", or "I've never seen a Kano transformation", both of which were based on false reports that Kano was secretly playable in Mortal Kombat II and Raiden likewise in Mortal Kombat 3. "[25] In 2012, Complex ranked him as the 32nd "most dominant" fighting game character. Christopher Lambert and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa didn't return as Raiden and Shang Tsung and were replaced by Jeffrey Meek and Bruce Locke. In the Japanese religion Shinto, from which the character is derived, Raijin is usually portrayed as a small, red-skinned demon that beats a drum to create thunder. Jeffrey Meek as Raiden Jeffrey William Meek (born on February 11, 1959) is an American actor who played the dual roles of Raiden and Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat: Conquest. He is referred to as "Dark" or "Evil Raiden" in his alternate costume and concept renders found in Deception, while Liu Kang's ending in Armageddon refers to him defeating a Raiden that had been "corrupted by his suicide" to become Earthrealm's protector god. Based on the Japanese thunder god, Raijin, and portrayed in the series canon as the thunder god and appointed protector of Earth, Raiden defends the planet from myriad otherworldly threats alongside his handpicked warriors. 1.4K likes. Raiden's name was spelled this way in all of the original arcade games and in every game since Mortal Kombat 4. He ultimately sacrificed himself to save the team from an ambush by Kano, Kintaro, Goro and Smoke. Reblog. Most Popular #164475. Jeffrey Meek Studio is a scene-study acting workshop dedicated to creating an environment where committed and passionate actors come together to develop and hone their craft in a focused, supportive environment. The Chinese character for thunder, 雷, is visible on most of his costumes. Raiden co-starred in his own three-issue miniseries Rayden & Kano. Being a god, he possesses many supernatural abilities and a radically different outlook on life than a mere mortal. It is unlikely that Raiden can ever be truly killed. As a child, Jeffrey moved around a lot and lived in Fairfield, CA, Zweibrücken (Germany), and Marquette, Michigan. According to the Konquest mode in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Raiden has mastered all of more than 750 documented varieties of jujutsu, which is his secondary fighting style. He also comes into contact with Batman when he rescues Liu Kang from him after Batman detains him for questioning regarding the merging of the worlds. Scorpion-Chris Cassamassa. On the ship taking all tournament contestants to Tsung's island, Raiden informed the Earth warriors that he had looked into all their souls, and one of three would decide the outcome: Liu Kang, Johnny Cage or Sonya Blade. [15] He was sixth in Game Revolution's ranking of top ten "old school" Mortal Kombat characters, noting him for his gibberish and the Fergality. The reanimated corpse of Liu Kang was now the enforcer of Raiden's will and he sent it on a mission to wreak havoc on those he believed did harm to Earthrealm. In his endings, Raiden returns to his realm to find that exposure to his world's sun has weakened him greatly. Raiden is given a choice between a life of servitude to the sorcerer, or mortality. Insanely talented actor. Taking place after decapitated Shinnok's head as a warning to the new Netherrealm rules Liu Kang Kang and Kitana form the previous game, Dark Raiden realize that Shinnok's Netherrealm army still attempt to invade Earthrealm, even after the latter fallen Elder God becoming powerless. Raiden accepted the invitation and took human form to compete. Shao Kahn emerged victorious, but Raiden was able to send a message to his past self before Kahn could finish him off. Raiden and his allies aids Kotal to defeat Shao Kahn and investigate time-merger upon returning to Earthrealm's Special Force where their fellow time-displaced allies Johnny Cage (whose with his older-self), Jax and Sonya are, with Kitana and Jade stays with the current Kahn for the former operation. He commands many supernatural abilities such as teleportation, flight, and control of the elements. Jeffrey Meek is our special guest this episode where we discuss Jeffrey Meek’s input and thoughts on his roles as Raiden and Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat Conquest as well as the series as a whole! Jeffrey Meek (MK Conquest) Richard Epcar ( Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - Mortal Kombat X ) Raiden (雷電) is one of the few original characters in the first Mortal Kombat game, and in addition, is the one of the few characters to have appeared in every generation of Mortal Kombat games as … He starred in Raven and the CBS late-night series, The Exile and played Raiden and Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat: Konquest. He was depicted in his Mortal Kombat II attire and retained the dry wit and sarcasm of his Conquest counterpart, clashing with Sonya and Jax in several episodes. Aquarius Named Jeffrey #6. Raiden is the eternal God of Thunder and former protector of Earthrealm. Christopher Lambert as Raiden in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat. Raiden could not retrieve it himself as his powers would dissipate in the Netherealm. Raiden was a regular in the 1996 animated series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and was voiced by Clancy Brown (who had risen to fame portraying Christopher Lambert's nemesis in the 1986 movie Highlander). He also played the dual roles of Raiden and Shao Kahn in the TNT series, Mortal Kombat: Conquest. The sorcerer Quan Chi offers him a large jade amulet of unknown origin that would restore his powers. Jeffrey Meek played Raiden in the live-action series Mortal Kombat: Konquest. Raiden is the eternal God of Thunder, protector of Earthrealm, and arguably one of the most powerful characters in all of Mortal Kombat. Jeffrey Meek played Raiden in the live-action series Mortal Kombat: Conquest. Jeffrey Meek Studio. SUNDAN (124), Capt. Upon returning to Special Force base despite Liu Kang and Kung Lao's failures because of Kronika's interferences, Raiden was surprised that Scorpion's future-self is now a human thanks to future Raiden, and now the new Shirai Ryu Grandmaster is currently aiding Sub-Zero avenging the latter's Lin Kuei clan and destroys a recently built Cyber Lin Kuei base led by Sektor and Sub-Zero's traitorous apprentice Frost. [8] He is mentioned during a certain clash between Joker and Black Adam in Injustice 2 and was later included as a playable DLC fighter for the game. The time-displaced Raiden, and still living Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Kitana and Jade, alongside their time-displaced enemies Kano and Erron Black, including Shao Kahn, Baraka and Skarlet whose future-selves died arrived in the future-present of Outworld's Koliseum where Kotal Kahn was in a middle of executing Shao Kahn's loyalist Kollector. Reiko-Jim Helsinger. 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