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PROMINENT ACTORS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES
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Categories of Prominent Artists, Leaders, Visionaries, Athletes and Business People Listed Below
 
  Actors Actresses Animators/Make-Up/Visual Effects  Astronauts Athletes  
  Authors, Editors, etc. Business Leaders Civil Rights Activists Comedians Community Leaders  
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  • PHILIP AHN - Korean American pioneer and actor
  • NAVEEN ANDREWS - Naveen William Sidney Andrews was born on the 17th of January, 1969, in London, England. At the age of 16, Naveen attended London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the same as Ewan McGregor and Davis Thewlis. Naveen's first role was in Hanif Kureshi's film, "London Kills Me". In 1993, Naveen was nominated by the Evening Standard Drama Awards as Most Promising Newcomer for his part in "Wild West".For the BBC's "The Buddha of Suburbia", he was nominated for Best Actor at the San Remo Film Festival. This talented actor with the expressive eyes recently gained the role of Sayid Jarrah in the popular television series "Lost".
  • PUN BANDHU - (also known as Pun Punyaratabandhu) this Thai-American is an actor and Tony Award winning Broadway Producer. He graduated from the Acting Program at The Yale School of Drama in 2001. Highlights include the world premiere of AR Gurney's "Far East" (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The world premiere of Len Jenkin's "The Birds" (Yale Rep), the world premiere of John Pielmiere's "Voices in the Dark" (George St. Playhouse), The world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's "The Bells" (McCarter Theatre Center). TV credits include Law and Order: Criminal Intent, SVU, All My Children, Sesame St. Guiding Light, and currently, a recurring role as Albert Perry on "One Life to Live". He formed a production company in 2004, ZenDog Productions, and received a Tony for producing "Glengarry Glen Ross" on Broadway starring Alan Alda and Liev Schreiber.
  • TYSON BECKFORD - actor and famous male model whose African/Asian appearance (Father: Jamaican/Panamanian, Mother: Chinese/American) has drawn considerable attention.
  • DEAN CAIN - Actor (whose father is half Japanese and half White while his mother is White) is best known for his TV portrayal of Superman attended Princeton. This actor, who was signed by football's Buffalo Bills, is currently the host for TBS' Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
  • JACKIE CHAN - Worldwide Superstar from Hong Kong. Jackie's charity, the Jackie Chan Foundation USA - JC Foundation was founded in Hong Kong in 1987, an organization which provides scholarships to young people for their education and training in the arts, and it also funds a wide range of projects including programs in hospitals. His renown stunt team includes Brad Allan (Bradley James Allan), Anthony Carpio, Chris Chan, Chan Man-ching, Chan Tat-kwong, Andy Cheng, Johnny Cheung, Danny Chow, Joe Eigo, Fung Hak-o, Hon Chun, Louis Keun, Benny Lai, Rocky Lai, Lai Sing-kwong, Ben Lam, Chris Lee, Lee Chun-kit, Nicky Li, Ken Lo (also known for working as Chan's personal bodyguard), Mars (Cheung wing-fat), Pang Hiu-sang, Poon Bin-chung, Tai Bo, Bruce Tong, William Tuan, Wan Faat, Sam Wong and Paul Wong He was also part of the "Seven Little Fortunes that included Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Corey Yuen and Yuen Wah. Whilst attending the opera school under the tutelage of the Sifu Yu Jim Yuen, the students all adopted the name surname Yuen. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. Click HERE to read an interview. Jackie's future plans to start a stuntmen school in China, supporting noteworthy charities, making films, etc.
  • VIC CHAO - Upcoming actor seen in The Division, Jag, Boston Legal, Monk, The Practice and in Ms. Congeniality 2
  • LARRY CHING - Prominent Singer/Dancer in San Francisco's famed "Forbidden City."
  • JOHN CHO - He has appeared in Manzanar: An American Story, Better Luck Tomorrow, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, American Pie, Chris/Paul Weitz's See This Movie/In Good Company and Margaret Cho's Big Bam and Celeste - along with performing with his band "Left of Zed."
  • STEVEN CHOW - Actor/comedian (Stephen Chiau, Chow Sing-Chi) is the highest paid actor in 50+ Asian films through movies such as Shaolin Soccer, Fight Back to School (1991), The Royal Tramp (1992), God of Cookery (1996) and Kung Fu Hustle. Read a recent interview by clicking HERE.
  • MARK DACASCOS - Upcoming Actor/Martial Artist star
  • WILLIE FUNG - Chinese character actor Willie Fung spent his entire Hollywood career imprisoned by the Hollywood Stereotype Syndrome. During the silent era, Fung was the personification of the "Yellow Peril," never more fearsome than when he was threatening Dolores Costello's virtue in Old San Francisco (1927). In talkies, Fung was a buck-toothed, pigtailed, pidgin-English-spouting comedy relief, usually cast as a cook or laundryman. He's worked with Hal B. Wallis, Darryl F. Zanuck, Franz Waxman, Keye Luke, Richard Loo, Barbara Stanwyck, Randolph Scott and Robert Young.
  • MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR - Actor (whose mother is Indonesian and father who is Dutch) is best known for playing "Zack Morris" on the TV series Saved By the Bell - along with Hyperion Bay, D.C. and N.Y.P.D. Blue. He's appeared in telefilms such as NBC's Princess and the Marine, Dying to Belong, Born in Exile, Necessary Parties, For the Love of Nancy, Wedding in Las Vegas, and She Cried No. His featured film credits include Dead Man on Campus and the independent film Sticks and Stones, Three Blind Mice, Specimen, Under a Killing Moon, and White Wolves.
  • SESSUE HAYAKAWA - Pioneer actor who achieved great success (along with his wife - Tsuru Aoki) during the movie industry's "Golden Age." Click HERE to read more about this actor.
  • KEITH COOKE HIRABASHI - World Champion Martial Artist and Actor (whose mother is Japanese and father is of Scottish descent) has been seen in National Security (2002), Lost Time (2001), Mortal Kombat (1995), Mortal Kombat 2 (1997), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), and King of the Kickboxers (1991). Today he teaches at Los Angeles' Champions Martial Arts.
  • JAMES HONG - Actor who has been in countless films for many years.
  • SAMMO HUNG - Well-known martial arts actor was the star in the CBS show "Martial Law."
  • TONY JAA - He was born to elephant trainers in the northeast province of Surin. His second film is titled "The Protector." Thailand's Tony Jaa (Phanom Yeerum) uses his daredevil energy, Muay Thai (ancient Siamese boxing discipline) and grace to obliterate action-movie clichés in the pummeling, exhilarating Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior while continuing the tradition of Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Jackie Chan. He's a throwback to kung-fu film's early days, when stars and stunt men alike took a licking and kept on kicking.
  • DUANE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON - Pro Wrestler and action hero sets his target on drama who has appeared in films such as Gridiron Gang.
  • AAMIR KHAN - Prominent India-based actor for almost 20 years
  • DANIEL DAE KIM - Fast-rising Korean American actor appearing on ABC's "Lost" in 2005. Read his interview by clicking HERE
  • BEN KINGSLEY - This acclaim actor (whose father is Indian and mother is British) starred in the role of Mahatma Gandhi, gangster Meyer Lansky in Bugsy, Holocaust survivor Itzhak Stern in Schindler's List, Feste in Twelfth Night - among numerous other parts.
  • BURT KWOUK - funny version of Bruce Lee known by his character "Cato Fong" in the Pink Panther movies
  • BRUCE LEE - A legend that didn't have a chance to bloom!
  • WILL YUN LEE - seen in What's Cooking, Witchblad and Die Another Day.
  • TELLY LEUNG - Appeared in Wicked, Flower Drum Song, Pacific Overtures and other productions
  • TONY LEUNG (aka Asia's Clark Gable) - Leung (His full name is Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and he's not to be confused with Tony Leung Ka Fai, the actor who appeared in the 1992 film of Marguerite Duras' novel "The Lover.") has been starring in Hong Kong movies for close to 15 years and a muse for Mr. Wong, appearing in all but two of the brilliantly off-beat director's eight features that has resulted in him being one of the biggest stars in Asia.
  • JET LI - Fast-rising Chinese martial arts star
  • JOHN LONE - best known Emperor Henry Pu Yi in the Last Emperor.
  • KEYE LUKE - Pioneer seen in 100+ films and 30+ t.v. shows in the 1930's.
  • LEONARDO NAM - Upcoming actor featured in the LA Times
  • MASI OKA - For actor Masi Oka, Hiro (in NBC's "Heroes) is his biggest role yet - by 2007. He's appeared in movies ("Along Came Polly") and on TV (most notably as the doormat lab tech, Franklyn, in six episodes of "Scrubs"), but never quite to the acclaim he's getting in "Heroes." The 31-year-old Oka is a fan of science fiction and fantasy ("amazing" is how he describes the new season of "Battlestar Galactica"), but he's also had experience working behind the scenes on special effects-filled blockbusters, including the most recent "Star Wars" trilogy and the first two "Pirates of Caribbean" movies. After studying computer science and math at Brown University, Oka graduated and went to work for George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic. He was raised by a single mother, and she felt the Japanese education system, albeit wonderful, keeps you in a certain range. You have to be better than this level but below this level. She saw I was quote-unquote "gifted and talented" in science in particular, and she wanted to come to America, where she felt that would be nurtured, rather than stay in Japan where they'd be satisfied if I was above the mean.
  • JOONG-HOON PARK - South Korean actor seen in Jonathan Demme's "The Truth About Charlie
  • LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS - This actor (whose mother is of Filipino/Hawaiian/Chinese/Spanish descent, while his father is Scottish/White/Cherokee) gained fame with his portrayal of '50s rocker Ritchie Valens in La Bamba and in the role of a troubled gangleader in Stand and Deliver. He has since appeared in many other film and TV projects.
  • KEANU REEVES - he can be seen in films such as Speed, Matrix, Devil's Advocate and others.
  • NASEERUDDIN SHAH - New Indian Cinema Icon who was part of Sean Connery's "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • MARTIN SHEEN - Part Filipino a Hollywood celebrity known as Martin Sheen, launched his career as the lead in the Broadway play "The Subject Was Roses" and went on to receive a Golden Globe nomination for his leading role in the film adaptation among his many other roles.
  • JAMES SHIGETA - Acclaim actor seen in many prominent films
  • EDDIE SHIN - part of "The 80's Show" regular cast
  • ROBIN SHOU - stuntman and star of the "Mortal Kombat" movies - along with producing the documentary on Hong Kong stuntmen in the film "Red Trousers."
  • JACK SOO - (aka Goro Suzuko)a great comic seen in Barney Miller, MASH, Flower Drum Song and many others
  • GEORGE TAKEI - Star Trek's Mr. Sulu fights for equal rights for Asian Americans.
  • KEN WATANABE - he is the son of calligraphy and general-education teachers, began his career on the stage, joining a theater troupe after realizing he wasn't going to cut it as a trumpet player ("I had no talent!"). He quickly transitioned into television roles with the 1982 dramas "Michinaru Hanran" ("Unknown Rebellion") and "Mibu no koiuta," his first samurai series, and became a legitimate star following his role in the 1987 Japanese 50-episode serial drama "Dokuganryu Masamune" ("One-Eyed Dragon Masamune"). It was during the production of (what else?) the samurai epic "Ten to Chi to" ("Heaven and Earth") in 1989, however, that Watanabe was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, and he took time off for treatment. The cancer returned in 1994, but is now in remission. He won the official imprimatur of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" arbiters after he grabbed Hollywood's attention with his Oscar-nominated performance in 2003's "The Last Samurai." Watanabe followed that two years later with the role of the Chairman in "Memoirs of a Geisha," prompting one besotted critic to call him "a majestic hunk." Watanabe married actress Kaho Minami a year ago, and now his brood has expanded to include Minami's 7-year-old son in addition to his daughter, An Watanabe, a 19-year-old model, and actor son Shin Shinitiro, 22.
  • GEDDE WATANABE - Ogden native is a character actor who has been in 16 Candles, ER (reoccurring role), Mulan 2, Alfie, Mulan, Pacific Overture, Gung Ho and For the Money
  • B.D. (BRADLEY DARYL) WONG - Talented actor whose credits include Social Grace(directorial debut), Law & Order, Pacific Overtures and others
  • RUSSELL WONG - This handsome and talented actor is looking for more success.
  • SIMON YAM - Actor of 170 films last seen in the last Laura Croft movie.
  • TERENCE YIN - Actor/Singer of 19 films and 2 TV dramas including the last Laura Croft movie.
  • CHOU YUN-FAT - Best known internationally for his leading roles in John Woo's The Killer and Hard-Boiled, Chow's first American movie is The Replacement Killers.

 
 
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