Trevor Goddard

Trevor Goddard
Trevor Goddard
	Goddard as CMDR Brumby from JAG
Born	Trevor Joseph Goddard; 14 October 1962; Croydon, England
Died	7 June 2003 (aged 40); North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Boxer, actor
Years active	1989–2003
Spouse	Ruthann Goddard (m. 1991; sep. 2003)
Children	2

Trevor Joseph Goddard (14 October 1962 – 7 June 2003) was an English actor. He was best known for playing Kano in the martial arts film Mortal Kombat, a live action adaptation of the popular video game series. Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby in the television series JAG and main villain Keefer in the action film Men of War (with Dolph Lundgren and JAG co-star Catherine Bell).^[1]

Early life

Goddard was born in Croydon, London, England, in 1962. Between 1974 and 1979, he attended Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Bromley, London. A punk in 1977, he helped form a band at school called The Belsen Horrors (the name of which came from a Sex Pistols track). First a drummer, then the lead singer, he and his band lasted until 1978. Later, sometime between 1979 and 1980, he was the drummer in another Bromley punk band called The Vamp. This group was led by Wayne Cregan, who was one of the first members of X-Ray Spex. Bromley was closely linked with the early punk movement – first through the Bromley Contingent (the first fans of the Sex Pistols), and three famous punk singers who came from this town: Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex), Siouxsie Sioux (of Siouxsie and the Banshees) and Billy Idol – who like Trevor, attended Ravensbourne School for Boys.

For much of his career, he claimed to be of Australian descent^[2] and often played Australian characters.

Career

He appeared in cameo roles in many television shows prior to 1995. That same year, Goddard played Kano in the film adaptation of Mortal Kombat. His performance as Kano became the source of the character's evolution in the video games. However his accent in the film was mistakenly interpreted as Australian, which led to Kano being portrayed as an Australian in future installments.

He would go on to act in other films such as Gone in Sixty Seconds, Men of War (with Dolph Lundgren and future JAG co-star Catherine Bell) and Hollywood Vampyr. He played a short-tempered mercenary in the 1998 film Deep Rising with Treat Williams and Famke Janssen. Goddard played in the television drama series JAG as Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby and was featured in TV commercials for the Hoover FloorMate.

He made his last on-screen appearance in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Death

On 8 June 2003, Goddard was found dead in his home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. He was 40 years old. Initial reports indicated that Goddard was in the process of getting a divorce and that suicide was suspected.^[2]^[3] An autopsy later showed that Goddard died from an accidental drug overdose of heroin, cocaine, temazepam and vicodin.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Inside Out	The Other Criminal	Segment: "The Leda" Direct-to-video release
1994	Men of War	Keefer
1995	Mortal Kombat	Kano
	Illegal in Blue	Mickey Fuller	Direct-to-video release
	The Break	Nails
1996	Fast Money	Regy
1996	Prey of the Jaguar	Damian Bandera	Direct-to-video release
1997	Dead Tides	Scott
1997	First Encounter
1998	Deep Rising	T. Ray
1998	Some Girl	Ravi	Alternative titles: Men Girl Talk
1999	She's Too Tall	Warner
1999	Gut Feeling
2000	Gone in 60 Seconds	Don	Uncredited
2001	Dead Man's Run	Jason
2002	Hollywood Vampyr	Blood
2002	Torture TV	Trevor "Dogger" McDougan
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Grapple
2010	Flexing with Monty	Monty	Direct-to-video release (final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Tour of Duty	Williams	1 episode
1992	Dark Justice	Travis	1 episode
1992	The Commish	Ozzy Van Spyk	2 episodes
1992–1994	Silk Stalkings	Steiner Oscar LeMay
1992–1995	Renegade	Digger Macy Ty Waitly
1993	Murphy Brown	Colin	1 episode
	Down the Shore	Stench
	Baywatch	Wiley Brown
	Empty Nest	Joe
1996	Murder, She Wrote	Boyd Hendrix
	Nowhere Man	Mackie
	Yesterday's Target	Agent Riggs	Television film
1997	Assault on Devil's Island	Fraker	Television film Alternative title: Shadow Warriors
1998	Babylon 5	Trace	1 episode
	The X-Files	The 1st British Crewman	1 episode
	Legion	Cutter	Television film
1998–2001	JAG	Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby	42 episodes
2000	18 Wheels of Justice	Paul Stocker	1 episode
2001	When Billie Beat Bobby	Barry Court	Television film
2002	Rendez-View		1 episode

References

^ "Trevor Goddard, 37, Actor; Left Boxing for TV and Films". The New York Times. Associated Press. 11 June 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b "JAG actor died of drug overdose". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. 8 August 2003. p. 25. Retrieved 3 January 2019 – via Google News.
^ Holguin, Jaime (10 June 2003). "Former 'JAG' Star Found Dead Actor Trevor Goddard Died In Apparent Suicide". CBS News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 21 October 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "JAG star died from drug overdose, coroner rules". Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. 6 August 2003. Archived from the original on 6 October 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

External links

Trevor Goddard at IMDb
Boxing record for Trevor Goddard from BoxRec (registration required)

[1] "Trevor Goddard, 37, Actor; Left Boxing for TV and Films". The New York Times. Associated Press. 11 June 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[google6695-2] "JAG actor died of drug overdose". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. 8 August 2003. p. 25. Retrieved 3 January 2019 – via Google News.

[3] Holguin, Jaime (10 June 2003). "Former 'JAG' Star Found Dead Actor Trevor Goddard Died In Apparent Suicide". CBS News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 21 October 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[4] "JAG star died from drug overdose, coroner rules". Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. 6 August 2003. Archived from the original on 6 October 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

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