Matt Hannon

Mathew Karedas was one of Sylvester Stallone’s bodyguards during the late 1980s. This subsequently inspired him to pursue acting. "In Sly’s world, it’s a very rarefied air for the very wealthy – it’s intoxicating. At that time, he’d just finished Rambo III and Tango and Cash and spending all that time hanging out with all these celebrities, I decided I wanted to have at least 1% of what he had!" [2] [3] Karedas was unable to get any substantial roles after Samurai Cop and he disappeared from public interest for the better part of two decades. He was sent to prison in 1992 for his part in an armed robbery stealing a Rembrandt painting from televangelist Gene Scott’s University Cathedral in Los Angeles.[4] [5] He was largely unaware of the cult following that Samurai Cop had attained over the proceeding years.

Karedas has stated that he would check his IMDb page, and noticed that many people assumed that he was dead, although this may have been due to him legally changing his surname to Karedas in the early 90s. Karedas stated in an interview with RedLetterMedia that he was satisfied with the public thinking he was dead. He would regain attention when his daughter uploaded a video of him saying that he was indeed alive to YouTube. He has since returned to acting, reprising his role as Joe Marshall in the 2015 film Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance.[6][7] He currently resides in Calabasas, California with his wife and daughter.[8]

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