James Hong

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
February 22, 1929

Place of Birth:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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James Hong

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2024 Kung Fu Panda 4 Mr. Ping (voice)
2024 The Thundermans Return Grandpa Giddy
2023 The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms Chuck Lee
2022 Wendell & Wild Father Bests (voice)
2022 Turning Red Mr. Gao (voice)
2022 Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Self
2022 Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once Self
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Gong Gong
2021 Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Zong Shi (voice)
2021 Batman: Soul of the Dragon O-Sensei (voice)
2021 More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story Self
2020 Beast Mode Pish Rudabaker
2019 Grand-Daddy Day Care Walter
2019 The Haunted Swordsman The Navigator
2019 Abominable Yak Leader (voice)
2019 Dropa Jin
2019 Cross: Rise of the Villains Mr. Woo
2018 Sherlock Gnomes Salt Shaker (voice)
2018 The Last Sharknado: It's About Time Confucius
2017 Unfallen Consulate
2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 Mr. Ping (voice)
2016 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll Mr. Ping (voice)
2016 Better Criminal Harold Fat
2016 Fortune Cookie Gui Po
2015 The Dog Who Saved Summer Mr. Lee
2015 Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest Dr. Zin (voice)
2015 Monkey King: Hero Is Back Old Monk (voice)
2015 Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon Wizard
2015 China, Il The Musical Wise Old Monk
2014 Kung Fu Panda | Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4 Mr. Ping (voice)
2013 R.I.P.D. Nick's Avatar / Jerry Chen
2013 Summoned Frank
2013 The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone Faleaka
2013 Blunt Movie Travel Hang
2013 Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection Mr. Ping (Voice)
2012 Safe Han Jiao
2012 Junk Yukio Tai
2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Mr. Ping (voice)
2011 Trinity Goodheart Mr. Kwon
2011 Tattoo The Old Man
2010 How to Make Love to a Woman Sifu
2010 Kung Fu Panda Holiday Mr. Ping (voice)
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still Mr. Wu
2008 Kung Fu Panda Mr. Ping (voice)
2008 Adventures of Johnny Tao Sifu
2007 Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling Self
2007 Balls of Fury Master Wong
2007 Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! The High Lama (voice)
2007 Shanghai Kiss Mark Liu
2007 Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Self
2007 Hollywood Chinese Self
2007 An Accidental Christmas Rico
2006 One Night with You Freddy
2006 Totally Awesome Mr. Yamagashi
2006 Choose Your Own Adventure - The Abominable Snowman Monk (voice)
2006 Exit 38 Dr. Shen
2006 Dragon Dynasty Gao
2005 American Fusion Dr. Wong
2004 Forbidden Warrior Muraji, The Warlord
2004 Sucker Free City Kwok
2004 Latin Dragon Mr. Rhee
2004 Ghost Rock Weng
2002 The Idol Zao
2002 Hero Qin Emperor (voice)
2002 The Biggest Fan Larson
2001 Epoch Ambassador Po
2001 The Ghost Jing's Adoptive Father
2000 On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Self
2000 The Art of War Ambassador Wu
1999 G-2 Parmenion
1999 Singapore Sling Adam Chance
1998 Mulan Chi Fu (voice)
1998 Breakout Mr. Wang
1998 Broken Vessels Mr. Chen
1997 Red Corner Lin Shou
1997 McHale's Navy Asian Leader (uncredited)
1997 Catherine's Grove Doctor Lee
1996 Infinity Abacus Adder
1996 Bloodsport II Sun
1996 Bloodsport III Master Sun
1996 South Beach Academy Johnny Staccato
1996 The Secret Agent Club Mr. Yamata
1996 Paper Dragons Master Tsai
1995 Cyber Bandits Tojo Yokohama
1995 Tank Girl Che'tsai
1995 Operation Dumbo Drop Y B'ham
1995 Guns & Lipstick Mr. Song
1995 Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities Host
1995 Triplecross Old Chinese Man
1995 Gladiator Cop Parmenion
1995 Bad Company Bobby Birdsong
1994 The Shadow Li Peng
1994 Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A. Master Sun
1994 Operation Golden Phoenix Mister Chang
1994 Silent Fury
1994 Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery Nathan
1993 Wayne's World 2 Jeff Wong
1993 L.A. Goddess Edward
1993 Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Lee Pow
1992 Talons of the Eagle Mr. Li
1992 Merlin Leong Tao
1992 Missing Pieces Chang
1992 Joker's Wild Boomer
1991 The Perfect Weapon Yung
1991 The Crime Lords Ling
1991 Mystery Date Fortune Teller
1991 Goodbye Paradise Cook
1990 Too Much Sun Frank, Sr.
1990 Caged Fury Detective Randall Stoner
1990 Shadowzone Dr. Van Fleet
1990 Dragonfight Asawa
1990 The Two Jakes Kahn
1990 Framed Mr. Chew
1990 Partners in Life M.C.
1989 Tango & Cash Quan
1989 The Vineyard Dr. Elson Po
1989 The Karen Carpenter Story Dr. Dentworth
1989 The Jitters Tony Yang Sr.
1989 Rocket Boy Mr. Wong
1989 Deadlock Arman Benru
1988 Tax Season Mr. Tagasaki
1988 Vice Versa Kwo
1988 Hot to Trot Boss
1988 Question of Faith Li
1987 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise Snotty
1987 China Girl Gung Tu
1987 Black Widow H. Shin
1987 Harry's Hong Kong Mr. Yu
1986 The Golden Child Doctor Hong
1986 Big Trouble in Little China David Lo Pan
1985 Blade in Hong Kong Key Tam
1984 Ninja III: The Domination Miyashima
1984 Missing in Action Gen. Trau
1983 Breathless Grocer
1983 China Rose Professor Chen
1983 Inspector Perez Benson Liu
1982 Blade Runner Chew
1982 Yes, Giorgio Kwan
1982 The Letter Old Man
1981 True Confessions Coroner Wong
1981 So Fine Asian Man #1
1980 The Return of Frank Cannon Yutong
1980 Airplane! Japanese General
1980 The Hustler of Muscle Beach Desk Clerk
1979 The In-Laws Bing Wong
1979 When Hell Was in Session Nguyen
1979 Mandrake Theron
1978 Libra Dr. Chin
1978 Go Tell the Spartans The Old Man
1978 Dr. Scorpion Ho Chin
1978 My Husband Is Missing Quan Dong
1978 Last of the Good Guys Japanese Man
1977 The World's Greatest Lover Yes Man #3
1977 Bethune General Nieh
1977 Panic in Echo Park Larry Lee
1976 No Deposit, No Return Ming Lo
1976 Bound for Glory Chili Joint Owner
1974 Chinatown Evelyn's Butler
1974 The Dynamite Brothers Wei Chin
1974 The Missiles of October U.N. Secretary-General U Thant
1974 Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders Prior
1974 China Girl Y.C. Chan
1973 Sunshine Dr. Wilde
1973 Pueblo Super C
1972 The Carey Treatment David Tao
1972 Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon Hsiang
1972 Hot Connections The Snooper
1971 Earth II Chinese Military Official
1971 The Forgotten Man Maj. Thon
1971 A Tattered Web Police Surgeon
1971 Fearless Fighters One Man Army
1970 The Hawaiians Ti Chong
1970 Colossus: The Forbin Project Dr. Chin
1968 Jimi Hendrix: Experience Old Man
1968 The Bamboo Saucer Archibald
1968 Nobody's Perfect Narrator
1966 The Sand Pebbles Victor Shu
1966 Destination Inner Space Ho Lee
1966 One Spy Too Many Prince Phanong
1965 The Satan Bug Dr. Yang
1961 Flower Drum Song Headwaiter
1961 Dragon by the Tail Sam Wong
1960 The Human Vapor Narrator / Mizuno
1959 Blood and Steel Japanese Draftsman
1959 Never So Few General Chao
1958 Nightmare at Ground Zero Soldier
1957 China Gate Charlie
1957 Battle Hymn ROK Maj. Chong (uncredited)
1957 The Seventh Sin Chinese Officer
1956 Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Ogata / Dr. Serizawa / Hagiwara (voice) (uncredited)
1956 Flight to Hong Kong Traffic Policeman (uncredited)
1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Fifth Brother (uncredited)
1955 Blood Alley Communist Soldier
1955 Soldier of Fortune Chinese Policeman (uncredited)
1954 The Shanghai Story Driver (uncredited)
1954 Dragonfly Squadron South Korean Pilot Trainee
Gimme My Money The Maître D'
Year TV Show Role
2023 The Muppets Mayhem Chef Dan
2023 American Born Chinese Jade Emperor
2023 Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Grandpa (voice)
2023 Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Grandpa / Wing Medicine Customer (voice)
2022 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Mr. Ping (voice)
2021 Poorly Drawn Lines Mr. Tran
2018 Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny Mr. Ping (voice)
2016 Rush Hour Dragon
2014 Star Wars Rebels Azmorigan (voice)
2014 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Windmill Monster (voice)
2013 The Blacklist The Coroner
2013 Teen Titans Go! Turtle (voice)
2013 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. William May
2012 Elementary Meng Zhou
2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ho Chan (voice)
2012 The First Family Benny
2012 Incredible Crew
2012 Key & Peele Mr. Shin
2011 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Mr. Ping (voice)
2011 2 Broke Girls Mr. Chang
2011 China, IL Wise Old Monk (voice)
2011 A.N.T. Farm Kenny
2010 Pair of Kings Head Elder
2010 Pair of Kings Shaman
2010 Pair of Kings Judge
2010 Pair of Kings Timothy Kalooka-Khan
2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Chen (voice)
2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Chen / Red Wizard (voice)
2010 Generator Rex
2010 Hawaii Five-0 Jin Leung
2010 Regular Show Mr. Zhang / Luggage Handler (voice)
2010 Regular Show Keith (voice)
2010 Regular Show Warlock / Manager (voice)
2007 Chuck Ben Lo Pan
2007 The Big Bang Theory Chen
2007 In Case of Emergency
2007 Chowder Lo Mein (voice)
2007 Andy Barker, P.I. Jon Leibowitz
2006 The Loop Chen Ming
2005 Bones Joseph Han
2005 The Life and Times of Juniper Lee Uncle Eddie (voice)
2005 Zoey 101 Mr. Takato
2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender Tashi (voice)
2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender Mayor Tong / Additional Voices (voice)
2004 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
2004 Center of the Universe
2003 Teen Titans Professor Chang (voice)
2003 Las Vegas
2003 10-8: Officers on Duty
2003 Lost at Home
2001 The Division
2001 The Chronicle David Lo Pan
2000 Malcolm in the Middle Mr. Li
2000 Jackie Chan Adventures Daolon Wong (voice)
1999 The West Wing Chinese Ambassador
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sweatshop Owner
1998 Charmed Zen Master
1998 The King of Queens Mr. Soo
1997 The Practice
1996 Malcolm & Eddie
1996 Nash Bridges
1996 The Pretender Mr. Lee
1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Baba / Mr. Sung (voice)
1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child The Emperor (voice)
1995 The Drew Carey Show Government Worker
1994 Friends Hoshi
1994 Chicago Hope
1994 Ellen The Waiter
1993 SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Dalai Lama
1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Lee Pow
1993 The X-Files Hard-Faced Man
1993 Diagnosis: Murder Qwan Lok
1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1992 Forever Knight
1991 Home Improvement Dave
1989 Seinfeld Maître d'
1989 Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989 Booker
1989 Nasty Boys Oscar
1989 Brotherhood of the Rose Col. Chan
1988 China Beach
1988 Murphy Brown Supervisor Monk
1988 War of the Worlds Soo Tak
1987 Beauty and the Beast
1987 Tour of Duty Quang
1987 Tour of Duty Jimmy
1987 Jake and the Fatman Hiram
1985 MacGyver Kuang
1985 The Equalizer Sirit Bansari
1985 Stingray
1985 MacGyver Lee Wenying
1985 MacGyver Commissioner Chu
1984 Who's the Boss?
1984 Miami Vice Riochi Tanaka
1984 Airwolf General Rangavara
1984 Hunter Chang
1984 Crazy like a Fox
1984 Tales from the Darkside Chow Ting
1984 Hunter Henry Chin
1983 The A-Team Byron Fong / General Chow
1983 Manimal Grandfather Tan
1983 The A-Team Wan Chu
1982 T. J. Hooker Dr. Lou Hong
1982 Cagney & Lacey Mr. Nguyen
1982 Marco Polo Phags Pa
1982 St. Elsewhere Mr. Wong
1982 T. J. Hooker Mr. Hong
1981 Falcon Crest Charles Fong
1981 Dynasty
1980 Magnum, P.I.
1980 Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1979 Hart to Hart Holy Man
1978 Taxi Wealthy Passenger
1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1976 The Bionic Woman
1976 Charlie's Angels Prof. Perkins
1976 Jigsaw John Frank Chen
1976 Baa Baa Black Sheep Col. Ikuda
1975 Starsky & Hutch Su Long
1975 Baretta
1975 Wonder Woman Oshima
1975 Khan!
1975 Switch Wang
1975 S.W.A.T.
1974 Harry O
1974 The Rockford Files Forensic Expert Kumagi
1974 The Missiles of October U Thant - U.N. Secretary-General
1973 The New Perry Mason
1972 The Rookies
1972 Kung Fu
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1972 Anna and the King
1972 Kung Fu Yam Tin
1972 Kung Fu Old Man (uncredited)
1972 The Streets of San Francisco Robert Lee
1972 The Bob Newhart Show The Man
1971 All in the Family Doctor (uncredited)
1971 Cannon
1971 McMillan & Wife James Hong
1969 The Bill Cosby Show Doctor #2
1968 Here's Lucy Lee Wong
1968 Hawaii Five-O James Watanu
1968 Hawaii Five-O Tot Kee
1968 Hawaii Five-O Eric Ling
1968 Hawaii Five-O Soong Chien
1967 Ironside
1966 Family Affair
1966 CBS Playhouse
1966 Mission: Impossible Yin
1965 I Dream of Jeannie Chan
1965 The F.B.I. Tom Kagawa
1964 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 Mickey
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Prince Phanong
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mr. Chang
1963 The Fugitive Edward Hee
1963 The Outer Limits Wen Li
1962 Ensign O'Toole Headwaiter
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show Priest
1961 Ben Casey
1961 87th Precinct Mike II
1960 The Islanders Wu Pan
1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show Sam Wong
1960 Hong Kong Chen
1960 Hong Kong Lung Poi
1960 Checkmate Louis Quong
1959 Hawaiian Eye
1959 One Step Beyond Tour Guide
1959 Adventures in Paradise Lim Fong
1959 Johnny Ringo Charlie Chung
1959 Adventures in Paradise Kim Fong
1959 Bonanza Hop Sing's #3 Cousin
1959 Bonanza Hop Sing's Cousin
1959 Hawaiian Eye Hop Toy
1958 Peter Gunn
1958 The Donna Reed Show
1958 Bat Masterson Ching Sun
1957 Perry Mason Dean Chang
1957 Zorro
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective Young Man
1957 The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1957 Sugarfoot Hatchetman
1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective Chung Lin
1957 Perry Mason Louis Kew
1957 Tombstone Territory Lum Chen
1956 The Man Called X
1955 The Millionaire Lee - Waiter
1953 Letter to Loretta Lee Chan
1953 The Oscars Self
1952 Four Star Playhouse Cpl. Ikura
1951 Dragnet
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