Carlos Pesina

Who is Carlos Pesina?

Carlos Pesina is an American martial artist and employee of NetherRealm Studios. He is most recognized as the actor who played Raiden in Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Since 1995, he has worked for Midway as a motion capture artist and animator.

His older brother Daniel also played various Mortal Kombat characters, until he and Midway parted due to a lawsuit over royalties. Daniel later appeared in a print ad for the short-lived fighting game BloodStorm. That same year, he and Carlos aided Data East USA on its failed attempt at a Mortal Kombat inspiration titled Tattoo Assassins. After Midway learned of this, possibly as a punishment, Raiden was not included in Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Despite the bad history, however, Carlos is still employed by Midway, now Netherrealm Studios, as an Art Lead.

The hidden playable character in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Mokap, was created in tribute to Carlos' motion capture work at Midway.

In the Konquest Mode of Mortal Kombat: Deception, the main protagonist, Shujinko, has to do a quest for the ruler of Orderrealm.