Hector Echavarria

Birthday: 6 December 1969, Corrientes, Argentina

A Martial Arts champion in his native Argentina, Hector Echavarria, brings to the Hollywood film industry a background of business success, acting experience, and martial arts expertise.In addition to ...Show More

A Martial Arts champion in his native Argentina, Hector Echavarria, brings to the Hollywood film industry a background of business success, acting experience, and martial arts expertise.In addition to producing and starring in his own films, Hector has become an industrial force- with his own clothing line, martial arts federation, real estate holdings, children's toys and action figures, and an entertainment production company. And now, with his multi-picture slate of action films in which he stars and produces, others are calling him the Tyler Perry of the Hispanic action market.From the beginning Hector Echavarria has exceeded all expectations. A sickly child, his mother enrolled him in martial arts school. As a teenager, he was winning fights against much bigger opponents in the mean alleys of Corrientes, Argentia and moved his skills into the ring, where became a legendary martial arts champion. For years he starred in an ultra-popular Latin American television series Brigada, based on the three-film series Los Exterminators, in which he made his acting debut. Even a comic-strip for children was created, following Hector's real-life exploits.His plan to capture the United States and world markets has been to hone his filmmaking expertise, starting with a multi-picture deal to produce and star in a series of action films distributed on Blue Ray and DVD by Lionsgate. These included Death Warrior, Unrivalled, Confessions of a Pit Fighter, also starring Armand Assante, Flavor Flav and Oscar nominated John Savage, Never Surrender (which he also directed), and the horror film Lake Dead (for After Dark Films).Now, with the upcoming "Sin Salida" ( No Way Out), which will have a multi-city roll out in the US and in all of Latin America beginning in October, 2015, Hector directed the film and co-stars with respected actors Danny Trejo (Machete, Machete Kill, Grindhouse, From Dusk Until Down), Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes, Driven), James Russo (Open Rage, Donnie Brasco, Public Enemy and the NBC hit TV show Vegas) and also with Hector's martial arts student and UFC superstar, Heath Herring.In November, 2015, he will play host to the first-ever Hector Echavarria's World Martial Arts Championship and Expo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to be sanctioned by the United States Martial Arts Organization and the International Union of Martial Artists (UIAMA). More than thirty countries, three thousand competitors and twenty of the top martial arts merchandising companies in the world will be present as sponsors.Next year he will be writing his autobiography entitled The UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. Not long ago "Billiken", a major children's magazine in South America honored Hector with the creation a comic-strip based on his martial arts exploits that sold more than two hundred fifty thousand copies a week. Hector also has his own line of merchandise and collectibles items, which include cards, posters, clothing and action figures. Upon the first two weeks of the release of his action figures it is estimated they sold more than one million units In South America alone.In his status as one of the most respected martial artists in the world, Hector is in constant demand by athletes and celebrities for training. He has trained the great late three-time world boxing champion, Hector "Macho" Camacho, NFL Super Bowl winner Al Del Greco, UFC superstars Cheick Kongo, Quinton Jackson, World Champion Jujitsu legend Rigan Machado, as well as Playboy's Girls Next Door stars Kendra Wilkinson, Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison.He was recently inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame, was named "Full Contact Fighter of the Year" and held the World Martial Arts Championship and the World Kickboxing Championship. Hide