James Hong

Known for: Acting
Born: February 22, 1929, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Movies: 206

James Hong (born February 22, 1929) is a Chinese American actor and former president of the Association of chinese/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.

Upcoming James Hong Movies

Gimme My Money

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.9

Blade Runner

1982

7.3

Kung Fu Panda

2008

7.9

Mulan

1998

7.7

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

7.1

Kung Fu Panda 2

2011

6.9

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016

7.3

Turning Red

2022

7.3

Airplane!

1980

7.9

Chinatown

1974

5.9

R.I.P.D.

2013

Filmography

2026	You Can't Win	Old Chinese Man
2025	Pinocchio and the Water of Life	(voice)
2024	The Thundermans Return	Grandpa Giddy
2024	Kung Fu Panda 4	Mr. Ping (voice)
2023	The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms	Chuck Lee
2022	Wendell & Wild	Father Bests (voice)
2022	Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once	Self
2022	Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage	Self
2022	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Gong Gong
2022	Turning Red	Mr. Gao (voice)
2021	Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans	Zong Shi (voice)
2021	More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story	Self
2021	Batman: Soul of the Dragon	O-Sensei (voice)
2020	Beast Mode	Pish Rudabaker
2020	Searching for Anna May Wong	Self
2020	P.O.K. Save the Island	Head Elder
2019	The Haunted Swordsman	The Navigator
2019	Dropa	Jin
2019	Cross: Rise of the Villains	Mr. Woo
2019	Abominable	Yak Leader (voice)
2019	Grand-Daddy Day Care	Walter
2018	The Last Sharknado: It's About Time	Confucius
2018	Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest	Mr. Ping (Voice)
2018	Sherlock Gnomes	Salt Shaker (voice)
2017	Unfallen	Consulate
2016	Better Criminal	Harold Fat
2016	Fortune Cookie	Gui Po
2016	Kung Fu Panda 3	Mr. Ping (voice)
2016	Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll	Mr. Ping (voice)
2015	Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon	Wizard
2015	China, Il The Musical	Wise Old Monk
2015	Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest	Dr. Zin (voice)
2015	The Dog Who Saved Summer	Mr. Lee
2014	Kung Fu Panda \| Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4	Mr. Ping (voice)
2013	Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection	Mr. Ping (voice)
2013	Summoned	Frank
2013	R.I.P.D.	Nick's Avatar / Jerry Chen
2013	Blunt Movie	Travel Hang
2013	The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone	Faleaka
2012	Junk	Yukio Tai
2012	Safe	Han Jiao
2011	Trinity Goodheart	Mr. Kwon
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	Mr. Ping (voice)
2011	Tattoo	The Old Man
2010	Kung Fu Panda Holiday	Mr. Ping (voice)
2010	How to Make Love to a Woman	Sifu
2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Mr. Wu
2008	Adventures of Johnny Tao	Sifu
2008	Kung Fu Panda	Mr. Ping (voice)
2007	Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner	Self
2007	Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
2007	Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
2007	An Accidental Christmas	Rico
2007	Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling	Self
2007	Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!	The High Lama (voice)
2007	Balls of Fury	Master Wong
2007	Hollywood Chinese	Self
2007	Shanghai Kiss	Mark Liu
2006	One Night with You	Freddy
2006	Totally Awesome	Mr. Yamagashi
2006	Exit 38	Dr. Shen
2006	Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman	Monk (voice)
2006	Dragon Dynasty	Gao
2005	American Fusion	Dr. Wong
2004	Sucker Free City	Kwok
2004	Latin Dragon	Mr. Rhee
2004	Ghost Rock	Weng
2004	Forbidden Warrior	Muraji, The Warlord
2002	The Idol	Zao
2002	The Biggest Fan	Larson
2001	Epoch	Ambassador Po
2001	The Ghost	Jing's Adoptive Father
2000	The Art of War	Ambassador Wu
2000	On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'	Self
1999	G-2	Parmenion
1999	Singapore Sling	Adam Chance
1998	Breakout	Mr. Wang
1998	Mulan	Chi Fu (voice)
1998	Broken Vessels	Mr. Chen
1997	Red Corner	Lin Shou
1997	Catherine's Grove	Doctor Lee
1997	McHale's Navy	Asian Leader (uncredited)
1996	Bloodsport III	Master Sun
1996	Infinity	Abacus Adder
1996	South Beach Academy	Johnny Staccato
1996	The Secret Agent Club	Mr. Yamata
1996	Bloodsport II	Sun
1996	Paper Dragons	Master Tsai
1995	Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities	Host
1995	Guns & Lipstick	Mr. Song
1995	Operation Dumbo Drop	Y B'ham
1995	Triplecross	Old Chinese Man
1995	Gladiator Cop	Parmenion
1995	Tank Girl	Che'tsai
1995	Cyber Bandits	Tojo Yokohama
1995	Bad Company	Bobby Birdsong
1994	Operation Golden Phoenix	Mister Chang
1994	Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery	Nathan
1994	The Shadow	Li Peng
1994	Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A.	Master Sun
1994	Silent Fury
1993	Wayne's World 2	Jeff Wong
1993	Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993	L.A. Goddess	Edward
1992	Talons of the Eagle	Mr. Li
1992	Joker's Wild	Boomer
1992	Merlin	Leong Tao
1992	Missing Pieces	Chang
1991	Goodbye Paradise	Cook
1991	Mystery Date	Fortune Teller
1991	The Crime Lords	Ling
1991	The Perfect Weapon	Yung
1991	Too Much Sun	Frank, Sr.
1990	Partners in Life	M.C.
1990	The Two Jakes	Kahn
1990	Framed	Mr. Chew
1990	Dragonfight	Asawa
1990	Last Flight Out	Insp. Quang
1990	Caged Fury	Detective Randall Stoner
1990	Shadowzone	Dr. Van Fleet
1989	Tango & Cash	Quan
1989	The Jitters	Tony Yang Sr.
1989	The Vineyard	Dr. Elson Po
1989	The Rocket Boy	Mr. Wong
1989	Deadlock	Arman Benru
1989	The Karen Carpenter Story	Dr. Dentworth
1988	Question of Faith	Li
1988	Hot to Trot	Boss
1988	Vice Versa	Kwo
1988	Tax Season	Mr. Tagasaki
1987	China Girl	Gung Tu
1987	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	Snotty
1987	Harry's Hong Kong	Mr. Yu
1987	Black Widow	Shin
1986	The Golden Child	Doctor Hong
1986	Big Trouble in Little China	David Lo Pan
1985	Blade in Hong Kong	Key Tam
1984	Missing in Action	Gen. Trau
1984	Ninja III: The Domination	Miyashima
1983	China Rose	Professor Chen
1983	Breathless	Grocer
1983	Inspector Perez	Benson Liu
1982	Yes, Giorgio	Kwan
1982	Blade Runner	Chew
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	When Hell Was in Session	Nguyen
1979	The In-Laws	Bing Wong
1979	Mandrake	Theron
1978	My Husband Is Missing	Quan Dong
1978	Libra	Dr. Chin
1978	Go Tell the Spartans	The Old Man
1978	Last of the Good Guys	Japanese Man
1978	Dr. Scorpion	Ho Chin
1977	The World's Greatest Lover	Yes Man #3
1977	Panic in Echo Park	Larry Lee
1977	Bethune	General Nieh
1976	Bound for Glory	Chili Joint Owner
1976	No Deposit, No Return	Ming Lo
1974	Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders	Prior
1974	The Missiles of October	U.N. Secretary-General U Thant
1974	Chinatown	Evelyn's Butler
1974	The Dynamite Brothers	Wei Chin
1974	China Girl	Y.C. Chan
1973	Sunshine	Dr. Wilde
1973	Pueblo	Super C
1972	The Carey Treatment	David Tao
1972	Hot Connections	The Snooper
1972	Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon	Hsiang
1971	Earth II	Chinese Military Official
1971	A Tattered Web	Police Surgeon
1971	The Forgotten Man	Maj. Thon
1971	Fearless Fighters	One Man Army (voice, English dub)
1970	The Hawaiians	Ti Chong
1970	Colossus: The Forbin Project	Dr. Chin
1968	The Bamboo Saucer	Archibald
1968	Nobody's Perfect	Narrator
1968	Jimi Hendrix: Experience	Old Man
1966	The Sand Pebbles	Victor Shu
1966	One Spy Too Many	Prince Phanong
1966	Destination Inner Space	Ho Lee
1965	The Satan Bug	Dr. Yang
1961	Flower Drum Song	Headwaiter
1961	Dragon by the Tail	Sam Wong
1959	Never So Few	General Chao
1959	Blood and Steel	Japanese Draftsman
1958	Nightmare at Ground Zero	Soldier
1957	The Seventh Sin	Chinese Officer
1957	China Gate	Charlie
1957	Battle Hymn	ROK Maj. Chong (uncredited)
1956	Flight to Hong Kong	Traffic Policeman (uncredited)
1956	Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	Ogata / Dr. Serizawa / Hagiwara / misc. characters (voices) (uncredited)
1955	Blood Alley	Communist Soldier
1955	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing	Fifth Brother (uncredited)
1955	Soldier of Fortune	Chinese Policeman (uncredited)
1954	The Shanghai Story	Driver (uncredited)
1954	Dragonfly Squadron	South Korean Pilot Trainee

Directing, Writing & Producing

1999	Singapore Sling	Director, Producer
1995	Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities	Producer, Writer, Director
1989	The Vineyard	Director, Screenplay
1978	Teen Lust	Director, Producer
1972	Hot Connections	Director

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