The Fake John Lark is a minor antagonist in the 2018 action thriller film Mission: Impossible – Fallout. He is a man whom Ethan Hunt and August Walker believe is the terrorist mastermind John Lark.
He was portrayed by Liang Yang.
Biography[]
The man first appears in the men's room during a concert in Paris. Meanwhile, Ethan Hunt and August Walker, who are searching for the terrorist John Lark, both enter the toilet and try to identify Lark using Walker's device. When they find the man, whom they suspect is Lark, they want to systematically turn him off so that Ethan can take on his identity and meet as the Lark with the White Widow. However, "Lark" becomes skeptical, so that there is a scuffle in which Walker knocks the man down with his suitcase. However, this contained the system which "Lark" should scan the face and make a mask so that the machine is damaged and no longer works.
The man also comes to during the process and engages Walker and Ethan in a brutal fight. Since he is a very capable martial artist, he is on a par with the two agents and knocks Walker down so brutally that he remains dazed. "Lark" is finally shot dead by the newly arriving Ilsa Faust. Ethan, who knows Ilsa, introduces the two to each other. Walker then contacts their reinforcements and calls a cleaning team to get rid of the body.