James Hong

Highest Rated: 100% American Masters (2008)

Lowest Rated: 0% Hot to Trot (1988)

Birthday: Feb 22, 1929

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Although born in America, was educated partly in Hong Kong, where his father was from. Before becoming an actor, gained a degree in civil engineering and worked as a road engineer in Los Angeles for seven years, using his holidays and sick days for auditions and acting. Enrolled in the United States Army during the Korean War, but quickly gained such a reputation for entertaining troops that, before he was deployed, he was asked to stay behind and oversee the army camp's live shows. As well as acting, has tried his hand at directing, producing and writing. Has an extensive filmography as an actor, with well over 500 films to his name. Starred in two totally unrelated films entitled China Girl; one in 1974 and one in 1987. Although not necessarily a household name, is a favourite amongst film enthusiasts, with roles in many cult classics including Mulan, Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, Wayne's World and Kung Fu Panda.

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Filmography

Movies

		Credit
No Score Yet	Dropa	Jin	—	2019
No Score Yet	Grand-Daddy Day Care	Actor	—	2019
No Score Yet	Fortune Cookie	Gui Po	—	2017
No Score Yet	Unfallen	Consulate	—	2017
No Score Yet	Monkey King: Hero Is Back (Xi you ji zhi da sheng gui lai)	Old Monk	—	2016
87%	Kung Fu Panda 3	Mr. Ping	$128.4M	2016
No Score Yet	Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest	Dr. Zin	—	2015
No Score Yet	Junk	Yukio Tai	—	2014
13%	R.I.P.D.	Nick's Avatar	$33.6M	2013
No Score Yet	The Lost Medallion: The AdventStoneures of Billy	Faleaka	—	2013
No Score Yet	Summoned	Frank	—	2013
58%	Safe	Han Jiao	$17.2M	2012
81%	Kung Fu Panda 2	Mr. Ping	$165.3M	2011
No Score Yet	Trinity Goodheart	Mr. Kwon	—	2011
No Score Yet	How to Make Love to a Woman	Sifu	—	2010
21%	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Mr. Wu	$79.2M	2008
No Score Yet	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets Of The Scroll	Mr. Ping	—	2008
87%	Kung Fu Panda	Mr. Ping	$215.4M	2008
100%	American Masters	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	An Accidental Christmas	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!	Actor	—	2007
21%	Balls of Fury	Master Wong	$32.9M	2007
No Score Yet	Shanghai Kiss	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Adventures of Johnny Tao Rock Around the Dragon	Sifu	—	2007
No Score Yet	Totally Awesome	Yamagashi	—	2006
No Score Yet	Exit 38	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Dragon Dynasty	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Forbidden Warrior	Muraji	—	2005
No Score Yet	American Fusion	Dr. Wong	—	2005
No Score Yet	Latin Dragon	Mr. Rhee	—	2004
No Score Yet	Ghost Rock	Weng	—	2004
No Score Yet	Sucker Free City	Kwok	—	2004
No Score Yet	Biggest Fan	Actor	—	2002
No Score Yet	The Idol (L'Idole)	Zao	—	2002
No Score Yet	Cyber Bandits	Actor	—	2001
No Score Yet	Epoch	Ambassador Po	—	2001
16%	The Art of War	Ambassador Wu	$29.5M	2000
No Score Yet	The Ghost	Actor	—	2000
No Score Yet	G2 Mortal Conquest	Parmenion	—	1999
No Score Yet	Breakout	Mr. Wang	—	1999
No Score Yet	Scandalous Behavior	Director Adam	—	1999
86%	Mulan	Chi Fu	—	1998
69%	Broken Vessels	Mr. Chen	—	1998
30%	Red Corner	Lin Shou	—	1997
No Score Yet	Bloodsport III	Master Sun	—	1997
No Score Yet	Catherine's Grove	Dr. Lee Producer	—	1997
62%	Infinity	Abacus Adder	—	1996
No Score Yet	South Beach Academy	Johnny Staccato	—	1996
No Score Yet	The Secret Agent Club	Mr. Yamata	—	1996
No Score Yet	Bloodsport 2: The Next Kumite	Sun	—	1996
No Score Yet	Paper Dragons	Master Tsai	—	1996
31%	Operation Dumbo Drop	Y B'ham	—	1995
40%	Tank Girl	Che'tsai	—	1995
27%	Bad Company	Bobby Birdsong	—	1995
No Score Yet	Triplecross	Old Chinese Man	—	1995
No Score Yet	Cyber Bandits	Tojo Yokohama	—	1995
No Score Yet	Gladiator Cop: The Swordsman II	Parmenion	—	1995
35%	The Shadow	Li Peng	—	1994
No Score Yet	Operation Golden Phoenix	Chang	—	1994
No Score Yet	Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the CIA	Master Sun	—	1994
61%	Wayne's World 2	Mr. Wong	—	1993
No Score Yet	Bethune: The Making of a Hero	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Joker's Wild	Actor	—	1992
No Score Yet	Talons of the Eagle	Mr. Li	—	1992
No Score Yet	Merlin	Leong Tao	—	1992
No Score Yet	L.A. Goddess	Edward	—	1992
No Score Yet	Dragonfight	Asawa	—	1992
25%	Mystery Date	Fortune Teller	—	1991
45%	The Perfect Weapon	Yung	—	1991
20%	Too Much Sun	Frank Sr.	—	1991
No Score Yet	Missing Pieces	Chang	—	1991
No Score Yet	Crime Lords	Ling	—	1991
No Score Yet	Caged Fury	Detective Stoner	—	1990
No Score Yet	Shadowzone	Dr. Van Fleet	—	1990
68%	The Two Jakes	Kahn	—	1990
No Score Yet	Last Flight Out	Insp. Quang	—	1990
No Score Yet	Framed	Mr. Change	—	1990
31%	Tango & Cash	Quan	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Vineyard	Director Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Karen Carpenter Story	Actor	—	1989
43%	Vice Versa	Kwo	—	1988
No Score Yet	The Jitters	Tony Yang Sr.	—	1988
0%	Hot to Trot	Boss	—	1988
No Score Yet	Leap of Faith	Li	—	1988
No Score Yet	Deadlock	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	China Girl	Gung Tu	—	1987
7%	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	Snotty	—	1987
48%	Black Widow	Shin	—	1987
26%	The Golden Child	Dr. Hong	—	1986
77%	Big Trouble in Little China	Lo Pan	—	1986
No Score Yet	Blade in Hong Kong	Mr. Key	—	1985
44%	Ninja III: The Domination	Miyashima	—	1984
20%	Missing in Action	Gen. Tran	—	1984
No Score Yet	China Rose	Actor	—	1983
62%	Breathless	Grocer	—	1983
33%	Yes, Giorgio	Kwan	—	1982
92%	Blade Runner (The Final Cut)	Chew	$0.3M	1982
67%	So Fine	Oriental	—	1981
69%	True Confessions	Coroner Wong	—	1981
97%	Airplane!	Japanese General	—	1980
No Score Yet	When Hell Was in Session	Nguyen	—	1979
87%	The In-Laws	Bing Wong	—	1979
No Score Yet	The Girls Next Door	Director Producer	—	1979
60%	Go Tell the Spartans	Cpl. Oldman	—	1978
17%	The World's Greatest Lover	Sven	—	1977
No Score Yet	Panic in Echo Park	Actor	—	1977
86%	Bound for Glory	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	No Deposit, No Return	Ming Lo	—	1976
No Score Yet	Dynamite Brothers	Wei Chin	—	1974
99%	Chinatown	Evelyn's Butler	—	1974
83%	The Missiles of October	U Thant	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Carey Treatment (A Case of Murder) (Emergency Ward)	David Tao	—	1972
No Score Yet	Kung Fu	Hsiang	—	1972
No Score Yet	A Tattered Web	Police Surgeon	—	1971
No Score Yet	The Hawaiians	Ti Chong	—	1970
88%	Colossus: The Forbin Project	Other Scientist	—	1970
No Score Yet	Bamboo Saucer	Sam Archibald	—	1968
No Score Yet	One Spy Too Many	Prince Phanong	—	1966
No Score Yet	Destination Inner Space	Ho Lee	—	1966
88%	The Sand Pebbles	Victor Shu	—	1966
50%	The Satan Bug	Dr. Yang	—	1965
No Score Yet	Flower Drum Song	Headwaiter	—	1961
No Score Yet	Blood and Steel	Japanese Draftsman	—	1959
No Score Yet	China Gate	Charlie	—	1957
No Score Yet	Blood Alley	Communist Soldier (uncredited)	—	1955
50%	Love Is a Many Splendored Thing	5th Brother	—	1955
No Score Yet	Soldier of Fortune	Chinese Policeman (uncredited)	—	1955

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	Hawaii Five-0 2010	Jin Leung	2018
No Score Yet	MacGyver 2016		2018
96%	Elementary 2012-2019	Meng Zhou	2016
No Score Yet	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness 2011-2014	Voice	2016 2014 2013 2012 2011
94%	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2013	William May	2015
91%	Archer 2009	Voice	2011 2010
No Score Yet	I'm in the Band 2009-2011	Leo	2011 2010
No Score Yet	American Masters 2001	Appearing	2009
81%	The Big Bang Theory 2007-2019	Chen	2008 2007
90%	Bones 2005-2017	Joseph Han	2007
7%	In Case of Emergency 2007	Mr. Lee	2007
71%	Family Guy 1999	Voice	2006
No Score Yet	Las Vegas 2003-2008		2006
No Score Yet	The King of Queens 1998-2007	Mr. Soo	2006
40%	The Loop 2006-2007	Chen Ming	2006
No Score Yet	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Laundry Supervisor	2004
No Score Yet	Malcolm in the Middle 2000-2006	Mr. Li	2004
9%	10-8: Officers on Duty 2003-2004	Min	2003
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006	Chinese Ambassador	2002
88%	Alias 2001-2006	Maitre D'	2001
No Score Yet	Charmed 1998-2006	Guest	2001
50%	Gideon's Crossing 2000-2001	Mr. Chin	2001
No Score Yet	The Pretender 1996-2000	Visually Impaired Man	1999
No Score Yet	Millennium 1996-1999	Monk	1999 1998
No Score Yet	The Drew Carey Show 1995-2004	Government Worker	1998
No Score Yet	Ellen 1994-1998	Waiter	1997
No Score Yet	Hangin' With Mr. Cooper 1992-1997	Stan	1997
No Score Yet	Murphy Brown 1988	Supervisor Monk	1997
74%	The X-Files 1993-2018	Hard Faced Man	1996
No Score Yet	Home Improvement 1991-1999	Dave	1996 1995
86%	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1993-1997	Grandfather Chow	1995
91%	The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. 1993-1994	Lee Pow	1994 1993
No Score Yet	Doogie Howser, M.D. 1989-1993	Quien Quian	1992 1991
88%	Seinfeld 1989-1998	Host	1991
No Score Yet	Beauty and the Beast 1987-1990	Chiang Lo Yi	1988
No Score Yet	The Equalizer 1985-1989	Sirit Bansari	1988
No Score Yet	Magnum, P.I. 1980-1988	Han Quing	1987
No Score Yet	Miami Vice 1984-1990	Tanaka	1987
No Score Yet	MacGyver 1985-1992	Chu Wenying	1987 1986
No Score Yet	Who's the Boss? 1984-1992	Thomas Ping	1986 1985
No Score Yet	The A-Team 1983-1987	Wan Chu Gen. Chow	1985 1983
No Score Yet	St. Elsewhere 1982-1988	Wong	1983
No Score Yet	Dukes of Hazzard 1979-1985	Billy Joe Fong	1982
No Score Yet	Taxi 1978-1983	Oriental Man	1979 1978
No Score Yet	Maude 1972-1978	Fong	1978
100%	Wonder Woman (1976) 1975-1979	Oshima	1978 1977
No Score Yet	The Bionic Woman 1976-1978	Kurosawa	1977
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Kumagi	1976
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Robert Lee	1976
No Score Yet	Kung Fu 1972-1975	Han Tsung Chun Yen Men Han	1975 1974
No Score Yet	All in the Family 1971-1979	Doctor Waiter	1975 1971
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Wilson	1973
No Score Yet	The Bob Newhart Show 1972-1978	Man	1972
No Score Yet	Mission: Impossible 1966-1973	Yin	1971
No Score Yet	I Dream of Jeannie 1965-1970	Chan	1966
No Score Yet	The Fugitive 1963-1967	Edward Hee	1965
No Score Yet	Perry Mason 1957-1966	Louis Kew Dean Chang	1963 1962
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Hop Sing's #3 Cousin Number One, Hop Sing's Cousin	1960
No Score Yet	Zorro 1957-1961	Boy	1959

QUOTES FROM James Hong CHARACTERS

Mr. Ping says: Sometimes we do the wrong things, for the right reasons

Mr. Ping says: Sometimes we do the wrong things, for the right reasons.

Mr. Ping says: Having you in his life doesn't mean less for me. It means more for him..

Mr. Ping says: Having you in his life doesn't mean less for me. It means more for him.

Mr. Ping says: Your son got angry at you. Welcome to parenthood.

Nick's Avatar says: Nothing to see here - gotta go

Nick's Avatar says: Nothing to see here. Gotta go.

Lo Pan says: Indeed!

Mr. Ping says: I fed you, I gave you a bath, and I fed you some more!

Chi Fu says: (singing) "I've a girl back home who's unlike any other..."

Chi Fu says: [singing] I've a girl back home who's unlike any other...

Yao says: "Yeah, the only girl who'd love him is his mother"

Yao says: Yeah, the only girl who'd love him is his mother.

Mr. Ping says: Once I had a dream that I ran away to make tofu.

Po says: Then why didn't you!

Mr. Ping says: Because it was a stupid dream.

Lo Pan says: SHUT UP, Mr Burton!

Mr. Ping says: your going to a strange danger, in a strange city, with strange noodles!

Mr. Ping says: You're going to a strange danger, in a strange city, with strange noodles!

Wong says: Welcome to the underbelly of ping-pong where fortunes are won and lost. I'm exaggerating, of course, but you get my point.

Mr. Ping says: Noodles...

Tigress says: Don't worry, Mr. Ping. He'll be back before you can say "noodles."

Tigress says: Don't worry, Mr. Ping. He'll be back before you can say 'noodles.'

Mr. Ping says: ...noodles...

Mr. Ping says: Noodles...

Po says: [Finally accepting Mr. Ping as his dad] I love you, Dad.

Mr. Ping says: I love you too, son.

Po says: Okay, let's both cook, together.

Mr. Ping says: Together? ...No, I'll cook.

Mr. Ping says: Together? No, I'll cook.

Po says: I know who I am.

Mr. Ping says: You do?

Po says: I'm your son. [the two hug each other] I love you dad.

Mr. Ping says: [to tears] I love you too, son.

Po says: What? That can't be it, dad. There's gotta be more!

Mr. Ping says: Well, there was this time you ate all of my bamboo furniture. It was imported, too.

Lo Pan says: Now this really pisses me off to no end!

Mr. Ping says: And then I made the decision that would change my life forever. To make my soup without radishes, and to raise you as my own son. My Po, my little panda. And from that moment on both my soup and my life have been that much sweeter.

Mr. Ping says: My son saved China - you too, can save! Buy one dumpling, get one free!

Mr. Ping says: We are noodle folk. Broth runs through our veins.