Name Mark Joseph | Role Actor | |
Movies Silip: Daughters of Eve, Utol Ni Ben Tumbling, Rey Guinto, Terror Hunter, Eva, Lason Kay Adan | ||
Mark Joseph (born Ricardo Sarzuello) was a former Filipino actor.
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Early life
He was born in Bantayan Island, Cebu City, where he finished elementary. In 1974, his family went to Manila, and he studied high school in University of the East. He took Physical Therapy in University of Santo Tomas until second year college.
Career
Joseph was introduced in Bukang Liwayway Productions' Tolonges. He also appeared in bit roles in Get My Son, Dead Or Alive, which starred Rudy Fernandez, and Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala, with Dante Varona in the lead role. His first sex film was Babasagin, directed by Armando De Guzman Jr. He played the title role in the movie Bohemyo, directed by Jose "Kaka" Balagtas and starring Vida Verde, Olga Miranda, Katrina Abad and Stella Estrada. He singles out as major achievements director Elwood Perez's Silip: Daughters of Eve, produced by Solar Films, where he had scenes of frontal nudity, and the late Tata Esteban's Hubo, from FLT Films. In both movies, Joseph starred opposite Maria Isabel Lopez. Both movies had been mainstream productions, as was Maryo J. de los Reyes' Tagos Ng Dugo, where Joseph played as one of the rapists of Vilma Santos.
After a string of action movies, some of which were hits, Joseph produced his own movies, under his Rica Films. The first was Utol Ni Ben Tumbling, directed by Diego Cagahastian, and the next film Rey Guinto, Terror Hunter, released by Harvest Films.
He ended his movie career in 1992 when he went to the United States to study. He studied Reflexology and Chirotherapy. He is now a licensed Chiropractor.