James Hong
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Hong (born February 22, 1929) is a Chinese American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists (AAPAA). A prolific acting veteran, Hong's career spans over 50 years and includes more than 350 roles in film, television, and video games. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Hong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Feb 22, 1929 In Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 309
- First Appeared:
- In the series This Is the Life
- Latest Project:
- Movie Pinocchio and the Water of Life 2026-02-26
Known For
Filmography
| Series | This Is the Life | 2026 | |
| Movie | Pinocchio and the Water of Life | (voice) | 2026-02-26 |
| Movie | The Thundermans Return | Grandpa Giddy | 2024-03-07 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2024-03-02 |
| Series | Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai | Grandpa (voice) | 2023-05-23 |
| Movie | The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms | Chuck Lee | 2023-02-21 |
| Movie | Turning Red | Mr. Gao (voice) | 2022-03-10 |
| Movie | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Gong Gong | 2022-03-24 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage | Self | 2022-05-27 |
| Movie | Wendell & Wild | Father Bests (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
| Series | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2022-07-14 |
| Movie | Batman: Soul of the Dragon | O-Sensei (voice) | 2021-01-12 |
| Movie | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Zong Shi (voice) | 2021-07-21 |
| Movie | More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story | Self | 2021-02-01 |
| Movie | Beast Mode | Pish Rudabaker | 2020-12-01 |
| Movie | Grand-Daddy Day Care | Walter | 2019-01-05 |
| Movie | Abominable | Yak Leader (voice) | 2019-09-19 |
| Movie | The Haunted Swordsman | The Navigator | 2019-12-13 |
| Movie | Dropa | Jin | 2019-12-06 |
| Movie | Cross: Rise of the Villains | Mr. Woo | 2019-11-12 |
| Movie | Sherlock Gnomes | Salt Shaker (voice) | 2018-03-15 |
| Movie | The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Confucius | 2018-08-19 |
| Series | Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2018-11-15 |
| Movie | Unfallen | Consulate | 2017-06-30 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2016-01-05 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
| Movie | Better Criminal | Harold Fat | 2016-10-03 |
| Movie | Fortune Cookie | Gui Po | 2016-03-28 |
| Series | Rush Hour | Dragon | 2016-03-31 |
| Movie | The Dog Who Saved Summer | Mr. Lee | 2015-06-02 |
| Movie | Monkey King: Hero Is Back | Old Monk (voice) | 2015-07-10 |
| Movie | Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest | Dr. Zin (voice) | 2015-06-09 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4 | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2014-06-01 |
| Series | Star Wars Rebels | Azmorigan (voice) | 2014-10-13 |
| Movie | Blunt Movie | Travel Hang | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | Summoned | Frank | 2013-06-01 |
| Movie | The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone | Faleaka | 2013-03-01 |
| Movie | R.I.P.D. | Nick's Avatar / Jerry Chen | 2013-07-18 |
| Series | The Blacklist | The Coroner | 2013-09-23 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection | Mr. Ping (Voice) | 2013-08-27 |
| Movie | Safe | Han Jiao | 2012-04-16 |
| Movie | Junk | Yukio Tai | 2012-10-19 |
| Movie | Tattoo | The Old Man | 2011-04-11 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2011-05-25 |
| Series | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2011-09-19 |
| Series | China, IL | Wise Old Monk (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | Trinity Goodheart | Mr. Kwon | 2011-08-20 |
| Series | Generator Rex | Unknown | 2010-04-23 |
| Movie | How to Make Love to a Woman | Sifu | 2010-07-13 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-0 | Jin Leung | 2010-09-20 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2010-11-26 |
| Series | Pair of Kings | Head Elder | 2010-09-10 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Mr. Ping (voice) | 2008-06-04 |
| Movie | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Mr. Wu | 2008-12-10 |
| Movie | Adventures of Johnny Tao | Sifu | 2008-07-29 |
| Movie | Shanghai Kiss | Mark Liu | 2007-03-17 |
| Movie | Hollywood Chinese | Self | 2007-03-18 |
| Movie | Balls of Fury | Master Wong | 2007-08-29 |
| Series | In Case of Emergency | Unknown | 2007-01-03 |
| Series | The Big Bang Theory | Unknown | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Self | 2007-12-18 |
| Movie | Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! | The High Lama (voice) | 2007-08-31 |
| Movie | An Accidental Christmas | Rico | 2007-12-09 |
| Series | Chuck | Ben Lo Pan | 2007-09-24 |
| Series | The Loop | Unknown | 2006-03-15 |
| Movie | Totally Awesome | Mr. Yamagashi | 2006-11-07 |
| Movie | Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman | Monk (voice) | 2006-07-25 |
| Movie | Dragon Dynasty | Gao | 2006-07-22 |
| Movie | American Fusion | Dr. Wong | 2005-01-01 |
| Series | Bones | Unknown | 2005-09-13 |
| Movie | Forbidden Warrior | Muraji, The Warlord | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Ghost Rock | Weng | 2004-06-08 |
| Movie | Latin Dragon | Mr. Rhee | 2004-09-07 |
| Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | Sucker Free City | Kwok | 2004-09-16 |
| Series | Center of the Universe | Unknown | 2004-10-27 |
| Series | Lost at Home | Unknown | 2003-04-01 |
| Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
| Series | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Series | The Random Years | Unknown | 2002-03-05 |
| Movie | The Biggest Fan | Larson | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Hero | Qin Emperor (voice) | 2002-07-22 |
| Movie | The Idol | Zao | 2002-08-06 |
| Movie | The Ghost | Jing's Adoptive Father | 2001-01-01 |
| Series | The Division | Unknown | 2001-01-07 |
| Movie | Epoch | Ambassador Po | 2001-11-24 |
| Series | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown | 2000-01-09 |
| Movie | The Art of War | Ambassador Wu | 2000-08-25 |
| Movie | On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' | Self | 2000-07-15 |
| Series | Jackie Chan Adventures | Unknown | 2000-09-09 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | 1999-01-17 | |
| Series | The West Wing | Chinese ambassador | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | Singapore Sling | Adam Chance | 1999-11-26 |
| Movie | G-2 | Parmenion | 1999-12-28 |
| Movie | Broken Vessels | Mr. Chen | 1998-04-18 |
| Movie | Mulan | Chi Fu (voice) | 1998-06-18 |
| Movie | Breakout | Mr. Wang | 1998-10-27 |
| Series | Charmed | Unknown | 1998-10-07 |
| Movie | McHale's Navy | Asian Leader (uncredited) | 1997-04-18 |
| Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Series | Spawn | 1997-05-16 | |
| Movie | Catherine's Grove | Doctor Lee | 1997-09-05 |
| Movie | Red Corner | Lin Shou | 1997-10-30 |
| Series | Nash Bridges | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
| Movie | Bloodsport II | Sun | 1996-03-01 |
| Movie | Paper Dragons | Master Tsai | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | The Secret Agent Club | Mr. Yamata | 1996-08-16 |
| Series | The Pretender | Unknown | 1996-09-19 |
| Movie | Bloodsport III | Master Sun | 1996-12-05 |
| Series | Malcolm & Eddie | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Infinity | Abacus Adder | 1996-10-04 |
| Movie | South Beach Academy | Johnny Staccato | 1996-09-24 |
| Movie | Cyber Bandits | Tojo Yokohama | 1995-02-01 |
| Movie | Tank Girl | Che'tsai | 1995-03-31 |
| Movie | Bad Company | Bobby Birdsong | 1995-01-20 |
| Movie | Triplecross | Old Chinese Man | 1995-05-28 |
| Movie | Gladiator Cop | Parmenion | 1995-05-20 |
| Movie | Guns & Lipstick | Mr. Song | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | Operation Dumbo Drop | Y B'ham | 1995-07-28 |
| Movie | Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities | Host | 1995-08-28 |
| Movie | Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A. | Master Sun | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | The Shadow | Li Peng | 1994-07-01 |
| Series | Chicago Hope | Unknown | 1994-09-18 |
| Movie | Operation Golden Phoenix | Mister Chang | 1994-12-28 |
| Movie | Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery | Nathan | 1994-12-06 |
| Series | Friends | Hoshi | 1994-09-22 |
| Movie | L.A. Goddess | Edward | 1993-05-12 |
| Series | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Unknown | 1993-01-27 |
| Series | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Unknown | 1993-08-27 |
| Movie | Wayne's World 2 | Jeff Wong | 1993-12-10 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | Bethune: The Making of a Hero | 1993-09-17 | |
| Series | SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron | Unknown | 1993-09-11 |
| Movie | Merlin | Leong Tao | 1992-04-30 |
| Movie | Missing Pieces | Chang | 1992-03-28 |
| Series | Forever Knight | Unknown | 1992-05-05 |
| Movie | Talons of the Eagle | Mr. Li | 1992-11-06 |
| Movie | Joker's Wild | Boomer | 1992-10-20 |
| Movie | Too Much Sun | Frank, Sr. | 1991-01-25 |
| Movie | The Perfect Weapon | Yung | 1991-03-15 |
| Movie | The Crime Lords | Ling | 1991-04-04 |
| Movie | Goodbye Paradise | Cook | 1991-12-01 |
| Series | Home Improvement | Unknown | 1991-09-17 |
| Movie | Mystery Date | Fortune Teller | 1991-08-16 |
| Movie | Shadowzone | Dr. Van Fleet | 1990-02-22 |
| Movie | Caged Fury | Detective Randall Stoner | 1990-03-01 |
| Movie | The Two Jakes | Kahn | 1990-08-10 |
| Movie | Dragonfight | Asawa | 1990-06-05 |
| Movie | Partners in Life | M.C. | 1990-08-31 |
| Movie | Framed | Mr. Chew | 1990-06-24 |
| Movie | The Rocket Boy | Mr. Wong | 1989-06-01 |
| Movie | The Vineyard | Dr. Elson Po | 1989-07-01 |
| Movie | The Karen Carpenter Story | Dr. Dentworth | 1989-01-01 |
| Series | Brotherhood of the Rose | Col. Chan | 1989-01-22 |
| Series | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Unknown | 1989-09-19 |
| Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1989-07-05 |
| Movie | Tango & Cash | Quan | 1989-12-22 |
| Series | Booker | Unknown | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | The Jitters | Tony Yang Sr. | 1989-08-03 |
| Series | Nasty Boys | Oscar | 1989-09-21 |
| Movie | Tax Season | Mr. Tagasaki | 1988-01-12 |
| Movie | Vice Versa | Kwo | 1988-02-25 |
| Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
| Movie | Hot to Trot | Boss | 1988-08-26 |
| Movie | Question of Faith | Li | 1988-10-06 |
| Movie | Harry's Hong Kong | Mr. Yu | 1987-05-08 |
| Movie | Black Widow | H. Shin | 1987-02-06 |
| Movie | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Snotty | 1987-07-10 |
| Series | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
| Series | Tour of Duty | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Movie | China Girl | Gung Tu | 1987-09-25 |
| Series | Beauty and the Beast | Unknown | 1987-09-25 |
| Movie | The Golden Child | Doctor Hong | 1986-12-12 |
| Movie | Big Trouble in Little China | David Lo Pan | 1986-05-30 |
| Movie | Blade in Hong Kong | Key Tam | 1985-03-15 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | Stingray | Unknown | 1985-07-14 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | Ninja III: The Domination | Miyashima | 1984-09-14 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | Airwolf | General Rangavara | 1984-01-22 |
| Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Movie | Missing in Action | Gen. Trau | 1984-11-16 |
| Series | Who's the Boss? | Unknown | 1984-09-20 |
| Movie | Inspector Perez | Benson Liu | 1983-01-08 |
| Series | The A-Team | Unknown | 1983-01-23 |
| Movie | Breathless | Grocer | 1983-05-13 |
| Series | Manimal | Unknown | 1983-09-30 |
| Movie | China Rose | Professor Chen | 1983-10-08 |
| Series | T. J. Hooker | Unknown | 1982-03-13 |
| Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
| Movie | The Letter | Old Man | 1982-05-03 |
| Series | St. Elsewhere | Unknown | 1982-10-26 |
| Series | Marco Polo | Phagspa | 1982-12-05 |
| Movie | Yes, Giorgio | Kwan | 1982-09-24 |
| Movie | Blade Runner | Chew | 1982-06-25 |
| Series | Dynasty | Unknown | 1981-01-12 |
| Movie | True Confessions | Coroner Wong | 1981-09-25 |
| Series | Falcon Crest | Unknown | 1981-12-04 |
| Movie | So Fine | Asian Man #1 | 1981-09-25 |
| Series | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Unknown | 1980-03-20 |
| Movie | The Hustler of Muscle Beach | Desk Clerk | 1980-05-16 |
| Movie | The Return of Frank Cannon | Yutong | 1980-10-31 |
| Movie | Airplane! | Japanese General | 1980-06-27 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Movie | Mandrake | Theron | 1979-01-24 |
| Movie | The In-Laws | Bing Wong | 1979-06-15 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Movie | When Hell Was in Session | Nguyen | 1979-10-08 |
| Movie | Dr. Scorpion | Ho Chin | 1978-02-24 |
| Movie | Last of the Good Guys | Japanese Man | 1978-03-07 |
| Movie | My Husband Is Missing | Quan Dong | 1978-12-05 |
| Movie | Libra | Dr. Chin | 1978-11-01 |
| Movie | Go Tell the Spartans | The Old Man | 1978-07-12 |
| Movie | Bethune | General Nieh | 1977-01-01 |
| Movie | Panic in Echo Park | Larry Lee | 1977-06-23 |
| Series | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown | 1977-01-30 |
| Movie | The World's Greatest Lover | Yes Man #3 | 1977-12-18 |
| Series | The Bionic Woman | Unknown | 1976-01-14 |
| Series | Jigsaw John | Frank Chen | 1976-02-02 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
| Movie | Bound for Glory | Chili Joint Owner | 1976-12-05 |
| Movie | No Deposit, No Return | Ming Lo | 1976-02-05 |
| Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
| Series | Khan! | Unknown | 1975-02-07 |
| Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
| Series | Wonder Woman | Unknown | 1975-11-07 |
| Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
| Series | Switch | Wang | 1975-09-09 |
| Movie | The Dynamite Brothers | Wei Chin | 1974-05-01 |
| Movie | Chinatown | Evelyn's Butler | 1974-06-20 |
| Movie | The Missiles of October | U.N. Secretary-General U Thant | 1974-12-18 |
| Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | Forensic Expert Kumagi | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders | Prior | 1974-12-29 |
| Movie | Pueblo | Super C | 1973-03-29 |
| Movie | Sunshine | Dr. Wilde | 1973-11-09 |
| Movie | Hot Connections | The Snooper | 1972-03-01 |
| Movie | Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon | Hsiang | 1972-02-22 |
| Series | Anna and the King | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Movie | The Carey Treatment | David Tao | 1972-03-29 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Series | The Bob Newhart Show | Unknown | 1972-09-16 |
| Series | All in the Family | Unknown | 1971-01-12 |
| Movie | Fearless Fighters | One Man Army (voice, English dub) | 1971-08-07 |
| Movie | A Tattered Web | Police Surgeon | 1971-09-24 |
| Movie | Earth II | Chinese Military Official | 1971-11-28 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | The Forgotten Man | Maj. Thon | 1971-09-14 |
| Movie | The Hawaiians | Ti Chong | 1970-06-17 |
| Movie | Colossus: The Forbin Project | Dr. Chin | 1970-04-08 |
| Movie | The Bamboo Saucer | Archibald | 1968-10-23 |
| Movie | Nobody's Perfect | Narrator | 1968-01-12 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | Here's Lucy | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | Destination Inner Space | Ho Lee | 1966-05-01 |
| Movie | One Spy Too Many | Prince Phanong | 1966-08-05 |
| Movie | The Sand Pebbles | Victor Shu | 1966-12-20 |
| Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
| Series | Family Affair | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Series | I Dream of Jeannie | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
| Movie | The Satan Bug | Dr. Yang | 1965-03-26 |
| Series | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Unknown | 1964-09-25 |
| Series | Mickey | Unknown | 1964-09-16 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | Dragon by the Tail | Sam Wong | 1961-01-30 |
| Movie | Flower Drum Song | Headwaiter | 1961-11-09 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Series | 87th Precinct | Unknown | 1961-09-25 |
| Series | Checkmate | Louis Quong | 1960-09-17 |
| Movie | The Human Vapor | Narrator / Mizuno | 1960-12-11 |
| Series | The Islanders | Unknown | 1960-10-02 |
| Series | Johnny Ringo | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
| Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
| Movie | Blood and Steel | Japanese Draftsman | 1959-12-04 |
| Movie | Never So Few | General Chao | 1959-12-07 |
| Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
| Movie | Nightmare at Ground Zero | Soldier | 1958-05-15 |
| Series | The Donna Reed Show | Unknown | 1958-09-24 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Movie | The Seventh Sin | Chinese Officer | 1957-06-28 |
| Series | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Unknown | 1957-07-01 |
| Movie | Battle Hymn | ROK Maj. Chong (uncredited) | 1957-02-14 |
| Movie | China Gate | Charlie | 1957-05-22 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | Zorro | Unknown | 1957-10-10 |
| Series | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan | 1957-08-09 | |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
| Series | The Man Called X | Unknown | 1956-01-27 |
| Movie | Flight to Hong Kong | Traffic Policeman (uncredited) | 1956-10-08 |
| Movie | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Ogata / Dr. Serizawa / Hagiwara (voice) (uncredited) | 1956-04-27 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Fifth Brother (uncredited) | 1955-08-18 |
| Movie | Blood Alley | Communist Soldier | 1955-10-01 |
| Movie | Soldier of Fortune | Chinese Policeman (uncredited) | 1955-05-24 |
| Movie | Dragonfly Squadron | South Korean Pilot Trainee | 1954-03-21 |
| Movie | The Shanghai Story | Driver (uncredited) | 1954-09-01 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
| Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |