DOA: Dead or Alive - Cast

Cast

  • Holly Valance as Christie, a thief and assassin who plots to break into the island's vault. It is the Australian actress's first major role in a film.
  • Jaime Pressly as Tina Armstrong, a professional American wrestler, entering the tournament to prove to her critics that she is not a fake.
  • Devon Aoki as Kasumi, a princess who flees her temple in order to seek out the truth about the mysterious "death" of her brother. She will not be convinced that her brother is dead until she sees a body.
  • Sarah Carter as Helena Douglas, who welcomes all of the other fighters to the DOA island. At the age of 21, she is competing in her first tournament and hopes to win to honour the memory of her late father, Fame Douglas the founder of DOATEC.
  • Natassia Malthe as Ayane, a ninja assassin, is ordered to seek and kill Kasumi, who is considered an outcast to the clan (a nukenin, though the word shinobi is mistakenly used throughout the movie). She first confronts Kasumi before she flees the temple, then several times on the island. She has feelings towards Hayate (she is not his half-sister in the movie), and initially believes him to be dead.
  • Kane Kosugi as Ryu Hayabusa. Hayabusa tries his best to convince Kasumi not to leave the temple, and after she leaves, he follows her by entering into DOA, which displeases Kasumi. Hayabusa is Hayate's (Kasumi's brother) best friend and pledges his help in finding him. (Kane previously played a black-garbed ninja, Jiraiya / NinjaBlack of the Super Sentai series Ninja Sentai Kakuranger).
  • Matthew Marsden as Maximillian Marsh, Christie's lover and co-conspirator; he enters the DOA tournament under false pretenses, and begins planning to rob DOATEC's vault with Christie.
  • Eric Roberts as Dr. Victor Donovan, the head of DOATEC. Throughout the film we learn that he, however, has a hidden agenda.
  • Steve Howey as Weatherby, the head of the technical capabilities during the DOA tournament. He also has an affection for Helena, and reveals to her Donovan's sinister plans.
  • Derek Boyer as Bayman, a combatant in the tournament, follows Donovan's orders without question on the island, acting as his bodyguard.
  • Kevin Nash as Bass Armstrong, Tina's father, also a professional wrestler. He enters the tournament also in an attempt to persuade Tina to return to wrestling. During the tournament, he misinterprets Tina's relationships with Christie and Kasumi as being 'more than friends'.
  • Collin Chou as Hayate, a superior fighter, Hayate was captured by DOATEC in the previous tournament. He is believed to be dead, leading Kasumi to enter DOA to unravel the truth behind his disappearance.
  • Silvio Simac as Leon, another fighter at DOA, Hayate is stated to have been killed during his battle against Leon in the last tournament. Nevertheless, when Kasumi defeats him, she starts to doubt the story even more with the phrase: "You could not have killed my brother."
  • Brian J. White as Zack, another fighter, who is eventually eliminated by Tina, with whom he had been trying to flirt during the tournament.

Other characters:

  • Fang Liu as Gen Fu
  • Hung Lin as Hitomi
  • Song Lin as Brad Wong
  • Ying Wang as Leifang
  • Robin Shou as pirate leader

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