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James Hong (吳漢章,
pinyin:
Wu Hanzhang, born
22 February 1929) is an
American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists (AAPAA).
Biography
Early life
Hong was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Frank W. Hong, immigrated from
Hong Kong to
Chicago through
Canada and was a restaurant owner. For his early education, Hong moved to
Hong Kong, and returned to the
United States at age ten. He studied
civil engineering at the
University of Southern California, but later became interested in acting and trained with
Jeff Corey.
Career
His career in show business began in the 1950s when he
redubbed soundtracks of several Asian films, including the redubbing of characters Ogata and Dr. Serizawa in the 1956 Japanese film
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!. Hong was one of the original founding members, in 1965, of the
East West Players, one of the first
Asian American theatre organizations. He has appeared in myriad supporting character roles in films and television—his
Internet Movie Database filmography contained 300 credits as of October 2006. He was a frequent guest star on the 1972-1975 television series
Kung Fu, and is perhaps most widely known as the immortal ghost sorcerer
Lo Pan in
John Carpenter’s
Big Trouble in Little China (1986), the eye manufacturer Chew in
Blade Runner, the low-rent private eye in
Black Widow and the obtuse
maître d’ at the Chinese restaurant in the famous
Seinfeld episode
“The Chinese Restaurant”. He also played a flight attendant in the original 1979 film
The In-Laws. Hong had a small role in the
1998 independent film,
Broken Vessels. Recently, he played the role of Mr. Takato in the movie "Chasing Zoey". He was a "not existing" man who taught Michael Barret how to drive in stick shift.
Hong was the voice of
Daolon Wong, an evil wizard in the
Jackie Chan Adventures TV series. He was the voice of Chi Fu in
Disney’s
Mulan, Mandarin in
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, and Professor Chang in
Teen Titans. He made a cameo appearance in the TV series
Las Vegas as a cheating holy
monk.
Hong's voice also appeared as Colonel Zhou Peng in the video game, Dr. Chan in
2007's
Def Jam Icon, Ancient Wu in, and reprising his role as Chew in the video game of
Blade Runner. He recently appeared in the 2007 movie
Balls of Fury.
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