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 James Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota, but at some point along the way became interested in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California and practiced for 1? years as a road engineer with the County of Los Angeles. He took sick leaves and vacation time to do films. He finally quit engineering to focus on acting full time.He is one of the founders of the East-West Players, the oldest Asian American theater in Los Angeles. He served as president and charter member of the Association of Asian Pacific American Artists.Hong is one of the most prolific and well-recognized Asian-American character actors of movies and television. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is planning to produce and direct his own films.
Bio:
James Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota, but at some point along the way became interested in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California and practiced for 1? years as a road engineer with the County of Los Angeles. He took sick leaves and vacation time to do films. He finally quit engineering to focus on acting full time.He is one of the founders of the East-West Players, the oldest Asian American theater in Los Angeles. He served as president and charter member of the Association of Asian Pacific American Artists.Hong is one of the most prolific and well-recognized Asian-American character actors of movies and television. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is planning to produce and direct his own films.
Tivia:
Once worked as an engineer for the city of Los Angeles.Says his breakthrough came when he appeared on Groucho Marx's game show You Bet Your Life (1950) and did impersonations of Groucho, James Cagney and others, which resulted in a huge flood of fan mail and landed him an agent.Unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Lt. Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek: The Original Series (1966), which went to George Takei. Twenty years later, his and Takei's characters faced off against each other in The Wish Child (1986).Was one of the original seven founding members of East West Players, the Asian American theatre company in Los Angeles formed in 1965, which is still in operation today. Along with Hong, founders include Mako (Artistic Director for first 23 years), June Kyoto Lu (as June Kim), Guy Lee Pat Li, Yet Lock and Beulah Quo.Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6931 Hollywood Blvd. on 5/10/2022. His star is located in front of Madame Tussauds. As of 2022, Hong--at age 93--is the eldest honoree of the award and is actually 31 years older than the Hollywood Walk of Fame itself.Has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": Flower Drum Song (1961), Chinatown (1974), Airplane! (1980) and Blade Runner (1982).Has appeared in five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), The Sand Pebbles (1966), Chinatown (1974), Bound for Glory (1976), and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), which won in 2023.Served in the US Army during the Korean War.A CNN online feature about him in August 2020 proclaimed that with more than 600 acting credits, "He's probably been in more movies than any actor in history.".Has played a character named Lo Pan three times: Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Here There Be Dragons (2001) and Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp (2007).Has starred in two unrelated films entitled "China Girl": China Girl (1974) and China Girl (1987).Father of April Hong.Came to Los Angeles in the summer of 1953 with his comedy partner Don Parker (Hong & Parker) but they didn't get any gigs.In The Case of the Weary Watchdog (1962) (original air date 11/29/62), he played the role of a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. Twenty-nine years later, in The Chinese Restaurant (1991) (original air date 5/23/91), he advanced to being the ma?tre d'--possibly the owner--of a Chinese restaurant. Fifteen years later, in an episode of The King of Queens (1998) (original air date 2/6/06) he advanced to being the owner of a Chinese restaurant in New York. |
| Name: |
James Hong |
Type: |
Actor,Producer,Writer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
| Category: |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Producer,Writer |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Producer,Writer |
| Model rank: |
72 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:18:55 |
| Height: |
5' 10?' (1.79 m) |
| Biography: |
James Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota, but at some point along the way became interested in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California and practiced for 1? |
| Trivia: |
Once worked as an engineer for the city of Los Angeles.Says his breakthrough came when he appeared on Groucho Marx's game show You Bet Your Life (1950) and did impersonations of Groucho, James Cagney and others, which resulted in a huge flood of fan mail and landed him an agent.Unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Lt. Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek: The Original Series (1966), which went to George Takei. Twenty years later, his and Takei's characters faced off against each other in The Wish Child (1986).Was one of the original seven founding members of East West Players, the Asian American theatre company in Los Angeles formed in 1965, which is still in operation today. Along with Hong, founders include Mako (Artistic Director for first 23 years), June Kyoto Lu (as June Kim), Guy Lee Pat Li, Yet Lock and Beulah Quo.Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6931 Hollywood Blvd. on 5/10/2022. His star is located in front of Madame Tussauds. As of 2022, Hong--at age 93--is the eldest honoree of the award and is actually 31 years older than the Hollywood Walk of Fame itself.Has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": Flower Drum Song (1961), Chinatown (1974), Airplane! (1980) and Blade Runner (1982).Has appeared in five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), The Sand Pebbles (1966), Chinatown (1974), Bound for Glory (1976), and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), which won in 2023.Served in the US Army during the Korean War.A CNN online feature about him in August 2020 proclaimed that with more than 600 acting credits, "He's probably been in more movies than any actor in history.".Has played a character named Lo Pan three times: Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Here There Be Dragons (2001) and Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp (2007).Has starred in two unrelated films entitled "China Girl": China Girl (1974) and China Girl (1987).Father of April Hong.Came to Los Angeles in the summer of 1953 with his comedy partner Don Parker (Hong & Parker) but they didn't get any gigs.In The Case of the Weary Watchdog (1962) (original air date 11/29/62), he played the role of a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. Twenty-nine years later, in The Chinese Restaurant (1991) (original air date 5/23/91), he advanced to being the ma?tre d'--possibly the owner--of a Chinese restaurant. Fifteen years later, in an episode of The King of Queens (1998) (original air date 2/6/06) he advanced to being the owner of a Chinese restaurant in New York. |
| Trademarks: |
Gruff yet softly spoken voice |
| Quotes: |
All the laundrymen from Minneapolis had nothing to do on weekends, so they would gather at my father's store, herb store. I remember that, because we'd have those little wooden stools and they all gathered there, and they hired these Chinese opera people from San Francisco to come and do their thing ... I was only a little boy. You watch them with wide eyes, 'Wow! What a profession.' |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Writer |
| Others works: |
(2008) TV Commercial: Burger King, voice-over Cees Geel.
(2012) Music Video: Lo Pan Style, cameo appearance, Los Angeles |
| Spouse: |
Susan Hong (October 20, 1977 - present) (3 children)Pearl Huang (May 9, 1967 - April 1973) (divorced) |
| Children: |
April Hong |
| Parents: |
Frank W. Hong
Lee Shui Fa |
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