Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Tobias (born August 24, 1969) is an American comic book artist, graphic designer, video game designer and writer. Tobias is best known for creating the Mortal Kombat series along with Ed Boon, to whom he pitched his fighting game concept. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Tobias, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
Aug 24, 1969
Birthplace not listed.
Photos
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
3
Acting credits
1
Directing
2
Writing
11
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.1Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
2020 · movie · Creator
- 2
★ 7.9Mortal Kombat II
2026 · movie · Video Game
- 3
★ 7.7Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
2022 · movie · Video Game
- 4
★ 7.6Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
2021 · movie · Video Game
- 5
★ 7.4High Score
2020 · tv · as Self
- 6
★ 7.0Mortal Kombat
2021 · movie · Video Game
- 7
★ 7.0Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011 · tv · Creator
- 8
★ 6.8Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
2023 · movie · Video Game
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 16,915 votes
Mortal Kombat
2021 · movie
- 2
2,612 votesMortal Kombat
1995 · movie
- 32,189 votes
Mortal Kombat II
2026 · movie
- 41,508 votes
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
2020 · movie
- 5
1,372 votesMortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997 · movie
- 6512 votes
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
2021 · movie
- 7265 votes
High Score
2020 · tv
- 8242 votes
Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
2022 · movie
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
