James Hong

Age: 80
Height: 6'

Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Born: Feb. 22nd, 1929

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James Hong's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Jackie Chan Adventures	Dalong Wong
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Mandarin
Outlaws	Mr. Luc
10-8: Officers on Duty	Minn
Jigsaw John	Frank Chen
Kentucky Jones	Chin King
The New Perry Mason	Wong
The Wackiest Ship in the Army	Agaki

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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� 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.

TRIVIA:

Was a contestant on 'Groucho Marx' (qv)'s _"You Bet Your Life" (1950)_ (qv).
Unsuccessfully auditioned for the part of Sulu on _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv).
Once worked as an engineer for the city of Los Angeles.
Father of 'April Hong' (qv).

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