Veteran TV and movie actor Peter Navy Tuiasosopo has died.
The star — identified for his work in “Street Fighter,” “NCIS,” “Fast and the Furious” and extra — died on Monday morning on the age of 61.
His son, Manoah Peter Tuiasosopo, introduced the unhappy information on social media.
“With a heavy heart, my family and I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. Our father Peter N. Tuiasosopo passed away this morning at 3:16am,” he wrote in a Fb put up on Monday, February 10.
Manoah continued by sharing that his father is “no longer” in ache.
“My dad lived an amazing life and in no way does his impact stop here,” he added. “We will continue to live with him in spirit, and as saddened as we are, he is without a doubt in Heaven with his brothers, sisters, parents, daughter, and Jesus, and no longer in pain. His strength, love, compassion, and kindness will forever be felt.”
He revealed {that a} celebration of life will likely be introduced as soon as the household has organized the small print.
“We thank you all again for your thoughts and prayers and ask for your continued support through this tough and emotional time,” Manoah concluded, including Tuiasosopo’s spouse, youngsters and grandchildren to the touching announcement.
Whereas he didn’t disclose his father’s reason behind demise within the put up, the actor’s son later advised TMZ that Tuiasosopo died from coronary heart issues in Phoenix, Arizona.
Manoah additionally famous that Tuiasosopo was “a trailblazer for Polynesian actors in Hollywood.”
Tuiasosopo began his performing profession in Hollywood over three many years in the past, starring alongside Scott Bakula, Rob Schneider, Jason Bateman and extra within the 1991 soccer movie “Necessary Roughness” as Manumana “the Slender.”
He went on to behave in over 40 extra tasks, together with “The Fast and the Furious,” “Charlie’s Angles,” “The Scorpion King,” “BASEketball” and “Austin Powers: Goldmember.”
Nevertheless, Tuiasosopo is maybe most famously identified for his position within the 1994 flick “Street Fighter,” that includes a slew of stars like Jean Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen and Raul Julia.
He performed E-Honda, a fan-favorite character within the online game sequence.
However his profession didn’t finish on the massive display.
Tuiasosopo went on to turn into one of many most recognizable Polynesian actors within the trade, showing on standard tv sequence like “NCIS,” “Ray Donovan,” “Black-ish,” the “Magnum PI” reboot, “Mayans M.C.,” “New Girl” and extra.
Earlier than going into showbiz, Tuiasosopo had a rocky profession within the NFL.
He signed onto the now-defunct St. Louis Cardinals as a free agent in 1987; nevertheless, he was waived shortly after. One month later, Tuiasosopo joined the Los Angeles Rams’ alternative crew and was launched.
Tuiasosopo was resigned by the Rams in 1988 and 1989, however he was launched each instances earlier than the beginning of the NFL season.
