Our next unsung hero is James Hong. He's 89 years old. He's been acting, writing and directing for 64 years and has 430 credits to his name. An amazing career and one that's still going strong. His first part was a non speaking, unbilled part in a Korean war film called Dragonfly Squadron in 1954 and in the last two years he's been in CGI cartoons, video games, TV shows and a (good jaysus) Sharknado film. The man is a chameleon, adapting to everything but his main calling these days is as the wise old face of the mystical East.
He's faced off with the A-Team, Jamie Summers, Wonder Woman, Thomas Magnum, The Dukes Brothers, TJ Hooker, Colt Seavers and both Cagney and Starsky and Lacey and.......Hutch! Chuck Norris set him on fire and Rutger Hauer froze him to death. Crockett & Tubbs gunned him down and Kurt Russell & Kim Cattrall defeated him in a Chinatown sewer. Dreamworks animation made him a favourite of millions of young kids while Jerry Seinfeld and his gang queued for far too long in his restaurant. Doogie Howser treated his wounds and Mulder and Scully investigated him. He's committed Hara-kiri in front of Ted Stryker on a troubled flight and served Sheldon Cooper's crispy wontons. He's been in everything. Everything. Every genre. It's ridiculous how prolific he's been. From sci-fi epics to Oscar winning 1970's classics to the cheapest z-movies. He rarely plays a big part and some of the films might suck but he always adds a touch of class. And he's just cool. Take a look at his career here. Just look at that pic below. If you are an 80's kid it will bring back a rush of nostalgia.
Greatest Hits
Blade Runner - Hannibal Chew. Creator of synthetic eyes and owner of one of THE greatest names ever to grace a movie.
Big Trouble In Little China. Lo Pan. The big bad of Chinatown. Owner of mystical glowing eyes and the 2000 years old. Surprisingly vulnerable to small knives.
Kung Fu Panda. Mr Ping. A noodle restaurant owning goose who's the adoptive father of a panda who's an expert in martial arts. A blast of a film. So much better than it sounds.
Previous heroes
David Strathairn
Frankie Faison
Conchata Ferrell
Dick Miller
Veronica Cartwright
Edie McClurg
Barry Shabaka Henley
Raymond Cruz
Reg E.Cathey
Elizabeth McGovern
John Amos
Bruce Greenwood
Mary McDonnell
Gerald McSorley
John Rothman
Margo Martindale
Kurtwood Smith
Paula Malcolmson
Luis Guzman
David Morse
Linda Hunt
Keith David
Zeljko Ivanek
Fiona Shaw
Xander Berkeley
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
C.C.H Pounder
William Forsythe
Beth Grant
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Regina King
Ric Young
Mark Rolston
Illeana Douglas
Jeanette Goldstein
Al Leong
Allan Graf
Bill Nunn
Thomas Rosales Jr
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