Background
Avedon, Loren Rains was born on July 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Burt Simm Avedon and Beverly Jeanne Rains.
Avedon, Loren Rains was born on July 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Burt Simm Avedon and Beverly Jeanne Rains.
Bachelor of Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1984.
He has also acted in several popular American television shows, including Baywatch. He has over 28 years of martial arts experience and is a 5th Dan black belt in Tae Kwon Do and an 8th dan black belt in Hap Ki Do. His first acting roles were as a child in television commercials, mainly for Carnation Milk, The May Company, and other retailers.
He also worked as a model, and appeared in a couple of martial arts films, such as Ninja Turf (1985), which were produced by his martial arts instructor June Chong.
Avedon got his main break as a martial arts film star, when producer Roy Horan phoned the dojang where Avedon was training, and asked if they had any suitable martial arts practitioners for the lead role in the film, Number Retreat Number Surrender 2 (1987). He then signed a three film deal with Seasonal Films (the company which produced the Number Retreat Number Surrender films).
In this three film deal Avedon also played the lead role in the films, Number Retreat Number Surrender 3 and King of the Kickboxers. Since then Avedon has starred in many more martial arts and action films, all of which have been B movies.
In an interview Avedon said that he believed he would have had greater success in his film career (similar to the success of Jean-Claude Van Damme) if it had not been for poor representation and disagreements that he had with one or two other actors.(Lorenzo Lamas, Sherie Rose) He was offered a three film deal with film production company Prime Minister entertainment, but turned it down (the deal was given to Don "The Dragon" Wilson) because he was holding out for a better deal.
Avedon said that he now regrets turning down this deal.(True: Cannes 1991)
Avedon has also written and produced some of the films that he has starred in, such as Silent Force (2000) and Deadly Ransom (1997). He also appeared in the hit television show Baywatch and had a fight scene with David Hasselhoff. He is the nephew of photographer Richard Avedon.
Children's advocate California Youth Karate Club, United Peace Officers Against Crime, Los Angeles, since 2001. Reporter United Nations News, Seoul, 2004. Coach United States Eagles Black Belt Demonstration Team.
Member of Korea Tae Kwon Do Association, Pan American Tae Kwon Do Union, United States Tae Kwon Do Association, International Association Educators for World Peace.
1 child Lauren Nicole.