Richard Machowicz

Born: 1965-05-30

Richard "Mack" Machowicz is best known as the host/producer of Discovery Channel's FutureWeapons and Weapons that Changed the World. He was also the host of Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior and History Channel's Ultimate Soldier Challenge. Mack offered his military and weapons expertise as a key contributor to two of History's mega-hit miniseries, America: The Story of Us and Mankind:The Story of All of Us. Machowicz was born in 1965 in Detroit, Michigan. According to his biography on the Discovery Channel's Web site, "he participated in numerous tactical operations with SEAL Team ONE and TWO. While operating at SEAL Team TWO, he was a Naval Special Warfare Scout/Sniper, as well as being attached to the training cadre as the Leading Petty Officer of Land, Mountain and Arctic Warfare." On January 2, 2017, aged 51, Machowicz died of brain cancer in Pearland, Texas. He was survived by his wife, Mandy Leggio Machowicz, two daughters, and his parents. His funeral mass was celebrated on January 6, 2017 at St. Helen Catholic Church, Pearland, Texas.


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Gamer

as Blue Soldier #1
Released: 2009-09-03

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called...

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America: The Story of Us

as Self
First aired: 2010-04-25

America: The Story of Us is a six-part, 12-hour documentary-drama television miniseries that...

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Mankind: The Story of All of Us

as Self - Military Expert & Former Navy Seal
First aired: 2012-11-18

Mankind The Story of All of Us is an epic 12-hour television event about the greatest adventure...

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FutureWeapons

as Mack
First aired: 2006-04-19

Future Weapons, sometimes also written as FutureWeapons and Futureweapons, is a television...

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Ultimate Soldier Challenge

as Self - Host
First aired: 2013-02-19

Soldiers from around the world compete in combat challenges.

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