James Hong

95 · Born: Feb 22, 1929

Personal Details

Official Socials

Born Feb 22, 1929 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Spouse

Susan Hong
( Oct 20, 1977 to Apr 19, 2024 )
Pearl Huang
( May 9, 1967 to Apr 1, 1973 )

Parents

Frank W. Hong
Lee Shui Fa

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.

Career

acting

2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4 as Mr. Ping (voice)

2023

Patsy Lee & The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms

Patsy Lee & The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms as Chuck Lee

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Grandpa (voice)

2022

Turning Red as Mr. Gao (voice)

Wendell & Wild as Father Bests

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once as Gong Gong

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Mr. Ping (voice)

2021

Batman: Soul of the Dragon

Batman: Soul of the Dragon as O-Sensei (voice)

Poorly Drawn Lines

Poorly Drawn Lines as Mr. Tran

2020

Beast Mode as Pish Rudabaker

2019

Dropa as Jin

Grand-Daddy Day Care

Grand-Daddy Day Care as Walter

Abominable as Yak Leader (voice)

2018

Sherlock Gnomes

Sherlock Gnomes as Salt Shaker (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor's Quest

Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor's Quest as Mr. Ping (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny

Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny as Mr. Ping (voice)

2017

Unfallen as Consulate

2016

Better Criminal

Better Criminal as Harold Fat

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll as Mr. Ping (voice)

Fortune Cookie as Gui Po

2015

Monkey King: Hero Is Back

Monkey King: Hero Is Back as Old Monk

The Dog Who Saved Summer

The Dog Who Saved Summer as Mr. Lee

Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest

Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest as Dr. Zin (voice)

Elementary as Meng Zhou

China, IL as Wise Old Monk (voice)

2014

Star Wars: Rebels

Star Wars: Rebels as Azmorigan (voice)

2013

Blunt Movie as Travel Hang

R.I.P.D. as Nick's Avatar / Jerry Chen

The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone

The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone as Faleaka

Summoned as Frank

2012

Junk as Yukio Tai

Safe as Han Jiao

2 Broke Girls as Mr. Chang

2011

Trinity Goodheart

Trinity Goodheart as Mr. Kwon

Tattoo as The Old Man

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 2 as Mr. Ping (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness as Mr. Ping (voice)

Regular Show as Warlock / Manager (voice)

2010

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Kung Fu Panda Holiday as Mr. Ping (voice)

How to Make Love to a Woman

How to Make Love to a Woman as Sifu

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Chen / Red Wizard (voice)

2008

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still as Mr. Wu

Adventures of Johnny Tao

Adventures of Johnny Tao as Sifu

Kung Fu Panda as Mr. Ping (voice)

2007

Balls of Fury as Master Wong

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! as The High Lama (voice)

Shanghai Kiss as Mark Liu

An Accidental Christmas

An Accidental Christmas as Rico

Chuck as Ben Lo Pan

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory as Chen

2006

One Night with You

One Night with You as Freddy

Totally Awesome

Totally Awesome as Mr. Yamagashi

Dragon Dynasty as Gao

Exit 38 as Dr. Shen

Bones as Joseph Han

Avatar: The Last Airbender as Mayor Tong / Additional Voices (voice)

2005

The King of Queens

The King of Queens as Mr. Soo

2004

Ghost Rock as Weng

Sucker Free City

Sucker Free City as Kwok

Latin Dragon as Mr. Rhee

Forbidden Warrior

Forbidden Warrior as Muraji, The Warlord

Teen Titans as Professor Chang (voice)

2003

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle as Mr. Li

2002

L'idole as Zao

Jackie Chan Adventures

Jackie Chan Adventures as Daolon Wong (voice)

2001

Epoch as Ambassador Po

The Ghost as Jing's Adoptive Father

The West Wing as Chinese ambassador

Charmed as Zen Master

2000

The Art of War as Ambassador Wu

1999

Singapore Sling

Singapore Sling as Adam Chance

G2 as Parmenion

1998

Broken Vessels as Mr. Chen

Mulan as Chi Fu (voice)

Breakout as Mr. Wang

1997

Red Corner as Lin Shou

Catherine's Grove

Catherine's Grove as Doctor Lee

1996

The Secret Agent Club

The Secret Agent Club as Mr. Yamata

Bloodsport III as Master Sun

Paper Dragons as Master Tsai

South Beach Academy

South Beach Academy as Johnny Staccato

Infinity as Abacus Adder

Bloodsport 2 as Sun

Friends as Hoshi

1995

Guns & Lipstick

Guns & Lipstick as Mr. Song

Triplecross as Old Chinese Man

Gladiator Cop as Parmenion

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities as Host

Bad Company as Bobby Birdsong

Cyber Bandits as Tojo Yokohama

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Baba / Mr. Sung (voice)

The X-Files as Hard-Faced Man

Diagnosis Murder

Diagnosis Murder as Qwan Lok

1994

Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A.

Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A. as Master Sun

The Shadow as Li Peng

Operation Golden Phoenix

Operation Golden Phoenix as Mister Chang

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

Wayne's World 2

Wayne's World 2 as Jeff Wong

L.A. Goddess as Edward

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Lee Pow

1992

Missing Pieces as Chang

Merlin as Leong Tao

Body Trouble as Boomer

1991

Crime Lords as Ling

Goodbye Paradise

Goodbye Paradise as Cook

Mystery Date as Fortune Teller

The Perfect Weapon

The Perfect Weapon as Yung

Seinfeld as Maître d'

1990

Framed as Mr. Chew

Last Flight Out

Last Flight Out as Insp. Quang

Too Much Sun as Frank, Sr.

Caged Fury as Detective Randall Stoner

Shadowzone as Dr. Van Fleet

Dragonfight as Asawa

1989

Deadlock as Arman Benru

The Vineyard as Dr. Elson Po

The Jitters as Tony Yang Sr.

Tango & Cash as Quan

Brotherhood of the Rose

Brotherhood of the Rose as Col. Chan

Tour of Duty as Jimmy

1988

Leap of Faith as Li

Tax Season as Mr. Tagasaki

Hot to Trot as Boss

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds as Soo Tak

The Equalizer as Sirit Bansari

1987

China Girl as Gung Tu

Black Widow as H. Shin

1986

The Golden Child

The Golden Child as Doctor Hong

Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China as David Lo Pan

MacGyver as Lee Wenying

1985

Blade in Hong Kong

Blade in Hong Kong as Key Tam

Airwolf as General Rangavara

1984

Missing in Action

Missing in Action as Gen. Trau

Ninja III: The Domination

Ninja III: The Domination as Miyashima

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside as Chow Ting

1983

Inspector Perez

Inspector Perez as Benson Liu

Breathless as Grocer

China Rose as Professor Chen

The A-Team as Wan Chu

1982

Yes, Giorgio as Kwan

The Letter as Old Man

Marco Polo as Phagspa

1979

The In-Laws as Bing Wong

When Hell Was in Session

When Hell Was in Session as Nguyen

Mandrake as Theron

1978

Last of the Good Guys

Last of the Good Guys as Japanese Man

1977

Panic in Echo Park

Panic in Echo Park

Switch as Wang

Wonder Woman as Oshima

1976

The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman

Jigsaw John as Frank Chen

1974

Chinatown as Evelyn's Butler

Dynamite Brothers

Dynamite Brothers as Wei Chin

The Missiles of October

The Missiles of October as U.N. Secretary-General U Thant

Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders

Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders as Prior

1973

Sunshine as Dr. Wilde

Pueblo as Super C

Kung Fu as Yam Tin

1972

Hot Connections

Hot Connections as The Snooper

The Carey Treatment

The Carey Treatment as David Tao

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show

Anna and the King

Anna and the King

1971

The Forgotten Man

The Forgotten Man as Maj. Thon

Tou tiao hao han

Tou tiao hao han as One Man Army

All in the Family

All in the Family as Doctor (uncredited)

1969

Hawaii Five-O as Tot Kee

1968

The Bamboo Saucer

The Bamboo Saucer as Archibald

1966

Destination Inner Space

Destination Inner Space as Ho Lee

One Spy Too Many

One Spy Too Many as Prince Phanong

1965

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie as Chan

The Fugitive as Edward Hee

1963

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits as Wen Li

1961

Checkmate as Louis Quong

1959

Blood and Steel

Blood and Steel as Japanese Draftsman

Johnny Ringo as Charlie Chung

Bat Masterson as Ching Sun

1958

1957

The Seventh Sin

The Seventh Sin as Chinese Officer

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan

1956

Godzilla: King of the Monsters!

Godzilla: King of the Monsters! as Ogata / Serizawa (voice) (uncredited)

1955

Blood Alley as Communist Soldier

1954

Dragonfly Squadron

Dragonfly Squadron as South Korean Pilot Trainee

appearances

2021

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story

2020

Searching for Anna May Wong

Searching for Anna May Wong

2007

Hollywood Chinese

Hollywood Chinese

writing

2023

Patsy Lee & The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms

Patsy Lee & The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms as Story

directing

1999

Singapore Sling

Singapore Sling as Director

1995

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities as Director, Writer, Story

1989

The Vineyard as Director, Screenplay, Story

1978

Teen Lust as Director

1972

Hot Connections

Hot Connections as Director