Conrad Pla

Conrad Pla (born October 24, 1966) is a Spanish-born Canadian actor, martial artist, and former professional kickboxer. He competed as a light heavyweight and super middleweight between 1984 and 1998, and held both the ISKA North American and WKA Intercontinental championships. He is a co-founder of and trainer at Tristar Gym.

Since retiring from kickboxing, Pla has worked as a film and television actor, notably as Carlos Serrano on ReGenesis (2004–08), Sergeant Julien Houle on 19-2 (2014–17), and Colonel Janus on The Expanse (2017). He has also provided voiceover work for video games, notably the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry series.

Early life Pla was born in Madrid and moved to Canada with his parents at the age of three. Both of his parents were nuclear physicists. He began studying martial arts at the age of 14.

Kickboxing career Pla was a professional kickboxer between the ages of 18 and 32. He competed in the light heavyweight and super middleweight division. With 26 pro fights, he was ranked 3rd in the world, was the ISKA North American Champion as well as the WKA Intercontinental Champion. He fought Javier Mendez for the ISKA World title in Santa Cruz, California, in 1995 but lost a close split decision. He retired from active competition at the end of the decade due to injury.

Pla founded the Tristar Gym in 1991 together with Michel Lavallée and Ron Di Cecco.

Acting career Following his retirement from kickboxing, Pla turned to acting, studying under Danielle Schneider and Ivana Chubbuck. He has had supporting roles in films such as 16 Blocks, The Terminal, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Sum of All Fears, Jericho Mansions, Max Payne and Pawn Sacrifice. He was the male lead in the 2004 horror film Eternal.

In 2009, Pla was the writer and director for Burning Mussolini, in which he also acted opposite his friend and ReGenesis co-star Peter Outerbridge. In 2013, he had a supporting role in the film Riddick as Vargas. He also played the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Governor Laureano de Torres y Ayala. He also played the voicing of Jackal in Rainbow Six Siege. In 2017, Pla portrayed the science officer Colonel Janus over the course of five episodes of the space opera TV series, The Expanse. In 2021, Pla appeared in Ubisoft's Far Cry 6 as guerilla fighter Carlos Montero.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games