James Hong
James Hong
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
409
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-02-22 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Acting

2024

Kung Fu Panda 4 as Mr. Ping (voice)

2024

The Thundermans Return as Grandpa Giddy

2023

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Grandpa (voice)

2023

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Grandpa / Wing Medicine Customer (voice)

2023

American Born Chinese as Jade Emperor

2023

The Muppets Mayhem as Chef Dan

2022

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

2022

Turning Red as Mr. Gao (voice)

2022

Wendell & Wild as Father Bests (voice)

2021

Star Wars: Visions as Self

2021

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Zong Shi (voice)

2021

Poorly Drawn Lines as Mr. Tran

2021

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

2020

Beast Mode as Pish Rudabaker

2019

Abominable as Yak Leader (voice)

2019

Grand-Daddy Day Care as Walter

2019

Dropa as Jin

2019

The Haunted Swordsman as The Navigator

2018

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

2018

Sherlock Gnomes as Salt Shaker (voice)

2017

Unfallen as Consulate

2016

Kung Fu Panda 3 as Mr. Ping (voice)

2016

Rush Hour as Dragon

2016

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

2016

Better Criminal as Harold Fat

2016

Fortune Cookie as Gui Po

2015

Monkey King: Hero Is Back as Old Monk (voice)

2015

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

2015

The Dog Who Saved Summer as Mr. Lee

2014

Star Wars Rebels as Azmorigan (voice)

2014

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Windmill Monster (voice)

2013

The Blacklist as The Coroner

2013

Teen Titans Go! as Turtle (voice)

2013

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

2013

Summoned as Frank

2013

Blunt Movie as Travel Hang

2012

Elementary as Meng Zhou

2012

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Ho Chan (voice)

2012

Key & Peele as Mr. Shin

2012

Safe as Han Jiao

2012

The First Family as Benny

2012

Incredible Crew as Not available

2012

Junk as Yukio Tai

2011

2 Broke Girls as Mr. Chang

2011

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

2011

Kung Fu Panda 2 as Mr. Ping (voice)

2011

A.N.T. Farm as Kenny

2011

China, IL as Wise Old Monk (voice)

2011

Tattoo as The Old Man

2011

Trinity Goodheart as Mr. Kwon

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Jin Leung

2010

Regular Show as Mr. Zhang / Luggage Handler (voice)

2010

Regular Show as Keith (voice)

2010

Regular Show as Warlock / Manager (voice)

2010

Pair of Kings as Shaman

2010

Pair of Kings as Head Elder

2010

Pair of Kings as Timothy Kalooka-Khan

2010

Pair of Kings as Judge

2010

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

2010

Generator Rex as Not available

2010

Kung Fu Panda Holiday as Mr. Ping (voice)

2009

Archer as Bucky (voice)

2008

Kung Fu Panda as Mr. Ping (voice)

2007

The Big Bang Theory as Chen

2007

Chuck as Ben Lo Pan

2007

Chowder as Lo Mein (voice)

2007

In Case of Emergency as Not available

2007

Andy Barker, P.I. as Jon Leibowitz

2007

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

2007

Balls of Fury as Master Wong

2007

Shanghai Kiss as Mark Liu

2007

Hollywood Chinese as Self

2006

The Loop as Not available

2006

Totally Awesome as Mr. Yamagashi

2006

Dragon Dynasty as Gao

2006

Exit 38 as Dr. Shen

2006

One Night with You as Freddy

2005

Bones as Joseph Han

2005

Avatar: The Last Airbender as Tashi (voice)

2005

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

2005

Zoey 101 as Mr. Takato

2005

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee as Uncle Eddie (voice)

2005

American Fusion as Dr. Wong

2004

Center of the Universe as Not available

2004

Sucker Free City as Kwok

2004

Forbidden Warrior as Muraji, The Warlord

2004

Latin Dragon as Mr. Rhee

2004

Ghost Rock as Weng

2003

Teen Titans as Professor Chang (voice)

2003

Las Vegas as Not available

2003

10-8: Officers on Duty as Not available

2003

Lost at Home as Not available

2002

Hero as Qin Emperor (voice)

2002

The Biggest Fan as Larson

2002

The Idol as Zao

2001

The Division as Not available

2001

The Chronicle as David Lo Pan

2001

Epoch as Ambassador Po

2001

The Ghost as Jing's Adoptive Father

2000

Malcolm in the Middle as Mr. Li

2000

Jackie Chan Adventures as Daolon Wong (voice)

2000

The Art of War as Ambassador Wu

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sweatshop Owner

1999

The West Wing as Chinese Ambassador

1999

G-2 as Parmenion

1999

Singapore Sling as Adam Chance

1998

Charmed as Zen Master

1998

The King of Queens as Mr. Soo

1998

Mulan as Chi Fu (voice)

1998

Breakout as Mr. Wang

1998

Broken Vessels as Mr. Chen

1997

The Practice as Not available

1997

Spawn as Not available

1997

Red Corner as Lin Shou

1997

McHale's Navy as Asian Leader (uncredited)

1997

Catherine's Grove as Doctor Lee

1996

Malcolm & Eddie as Not available

1996

The Pretender as Mr. Lee

1996

Nash Bridges as Not available

1996

Bloodsport II as Sun

1996

Bloodsport III as Master Sun

1996

Infinity as Abacus Adder

1996

South Beach Academy as Johnny Staccato

1996

The Secret Agent Club as Mr. Yamata

1996

Paper Dragons as Master Tsai

1995

The Drew Carey Show as Government Worker

1995

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

1995

Tank Girl as Che'tsai

1995

Operation Dumbo Drop as Y B'ham

1995

Bad Company as Bobby Birdsong

1995

Gladiator Cop as Parmenion

1995

Cyber Bandits as Tojo Yokohama

1995

Triplecross as Old Chinese Man

1995

Guns & Lipstick as Mr. Song

1994

Friends as Hoshi

1994

Chicago Hope as Not available

1994

Ellen as The Waiter

1994

The Shadow as Li Peng

1994

Operation Golden Phoenix as Mister Chang

1994

Silent Fury as Not available

1993

The X-Files as Hard-Faced Man

1993

Diagnosis: Murder as Qwan Lok

1993

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Not available

1993

Wayne's World 2 as Jeff Wong

1993

Bethune: The Making of a Hero as Not available

1993

L.A. Goddess as Edward

1992

Forever Knight as Not available

1992

Talons of the Eagle as Mr. Li

1992

Merlin as Leong Tao

1992

Missing Pieces as Chang

1992

Joker's Wild as Boomer

1991

Home Improvement as Dave

1991

The Perfect Weapon as Yung

1991

Mystery Date as Fortune Teller

1991

The Crime Lords as Ling

1991

Goodbye Paradise as Cook

1990

The Two Jakes as Kahn

1990

Caged Fury as Detective Randall Stoner

1990

Shadowzone as Dr. Van Fleet

1990

Too Much Sun as Frank, Sr.

1990

Framed as Mr. Chew

1990

Dragonfight as Asawa

1990

Partners in Life as M.C.

1989

Seinfeld as MaƮtre d'

1989

Doogie Howser, M.D. as Not available

1989

Booker as Not available

1989

Tango & Cash as Quan

1989

Nasty Boys as Oscar

1989

Brotherhood of the Rose as Col. Chan

1989

The Karen Carpenter Story as Dr. Dentworth

1989

The Vineyard as Dr. Elson Po

1989

Rocket Boy as Mr. Wong

1988

Murphy Brown as Supervisor Monk

1988

War of the Worlds as Soo Tak

1988

China Beach as Not available

1988

Vice Versa as Kwo

1988

Hot to Trot as Boss

1987

Jake and the Fatman as Not available

1987

Tour of Duty as Quang

1987

Tour of Duty as Jimmy

1987

Black Widow as H. Shin

1987

China Girl as Gung Tu

1987

Beauty and the Beast as Not available

1986

Big Trouble in Little China as David Lo Pan

1986

The Golden Child as Doctor Hong

1985

MacGyver as Kuang

1985

MacGyver as Lee Wenying

1985

MacGyver as Commissioner Chu

1985

The Equalizer as Sirit Bansari

1985

Stingray as Not available

1984

Tales from the Darkside as Chow Ting

1984

Who's the Boss? as Not available

1984

Miami Vice as Not available

1984

Airwolf as General Rangavara

1984

Hunter as Chang

1984

Hunter as Henry Chin

1984

Crazy like a Fox as Not available

1984

Missing in Action as Gen. Trau

1984

Ninja III: The Domination as Miyashima

1983

The A-Team as Byron Fong / General Chow

1983

The A-Team as Wan Chu

1983

Manimal as Grandfather Tan

1983

Breathless as Grocer

1982

St. Elsewhere as Mr. Wong

1982

T. J. Hooker as Dr. Lou Hong

1982

T. J. Hooker as Mr. Hong

1982

Blade Runner as Chew

1982

Cagney & Lacey as Mr. Nguyen

1982

Marco Polo as Phags Pa

1982

Yes, Giorgio as Kwan

1981

Falcon Crest as Charles Fong

1981

Dynasty as Not available

1981

True Confessions as Coroner Wong

1981

So Fine as Asian Man #1

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Not available

1980

Airplane! as Japanese General

1980

Palmerstown, U.S.A. as Not available

1979

Hart to Hart as Holy Man

1979

The In-Laws as Bing Wong

1978

Taxi as Wealthy Passenger

1978

Go Tell the Spartans as The Old Man

1978

Libra as Dr. Chin

1977

The World's Greatest Lover as Yes Man #3

1976

Charlie's Angels as Prof. Perkins

1976

The Bionic Woman as Not available

1976

Baa Baa Black Sheep as Col. Ikuda

1976

Jigsaw John as Frank Chen

1976

Bound for Glory as Chili Joint Owner

1975

Starsky & Hutch as Su Long

1975

Baretta as Not available

1975

Wonder Woman as Oshima

1975

Switch as Wang

1975

S.W.A.T. as Not available

1975

Khan! as Not available

1974

The Rockford Files as Forensic Expert Kumagi

1974

Harry O as Not available

1974

Chinatown as Evelyn's Butler

1974

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

1974

The Dynamite Brothers as Wei Chin

1973

The New Perry Mason as Not available

1972

The Streets of San Francisco as Not available

1972

The Streets of San Francisco as Robert Lee

1972

The Rookies as Not available

1972

The Bob Newhart Show as The Man

1972

Anna and the King as Not available

1972

Kung Fu as Not available

1972

Kung Fu as Yam Tin

1972

Kung Fu as Old Man (uncredited)

1972

The Carey Treatment as David Tao

1971

All in the Family as Doctor (uncredited)

1971

Cannon as Not available

1971

McMillan & Wife as James Hong

1971

A Tattered Web as Police Surgeon

1970

The Hawaiians as Ti Chong

1968

Hawaii Five-O as James Watanu

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Tot Kee

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Eric Ling

1968

Hawaii Five-O as Soong Chien

1968

Here's Lucy as Lee Wong

1968

The Bamboo Saucer as Archibald

1967

Ironside as Not available

1966

Family Affair as Not available

1966

CBS Playhouse as Not available

1966

The Sand Pebbles as Victor Shu

1965

The F.B.I. as Tom Kagawa

1965

I Dream of Jeannie as Chan

1965

The Satan Bug as Dr. Yang

1964

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Not available

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Mr. Chang

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Prince Phanong

1964

Mickey as Not available

1963

The Fugitive as Edward Hee

1963

The Outer Limits as Wen Li

1962

Ensign O'Toole as Headwaiter

1961

Ben Casey as Not available

1961

87th Precinct as Mike II

1960

Checkmate as Louis Quong

1960

The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Sam Wong

1960

Hong Kong as Chen

1960

Hong Kong as Lung Poi

1960

The Islanders as Wu Pan

1959

Bonanza as Hop Sing's #3 Cousin

1959

Bonanza as Hop Sing's Cousin

1959

Adventures in Paradise as Lim Fong

1959

Adventures in Paradise as Kim Fong

1959

Hawaiian Eye as Not available

1959

Hawaiian Eye as Hop Toy

1959

One Step Beyond as Tour Guide

1959

Johnny Ringo as Charlie Chung

1958

The Donna Reed Show as Not available

1958

Bat Masterson as Ching Sun

1958

Peter Gunn as Not available

1957

Perry Mason as Dean Chang

1957

Perry Mason as Louis Kew

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel as Not available

1957

Zorro as Not available

1957

Sugarfoot as Hatchetman

1957

Tombstone Territory as Lum Chen

1956

The Man Called X as Not available

1955

The Millionaire as Lee - Waiter

1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing as Fifth Brother (uncredited)

1953

The Oscars as Self

1953

Letter to Loretta as Lee Chan

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Cpl. Ikura

1951

Dragnet as Not available

NaN

This Is the Life as Not available

1961

Flower Drum Song as Headwaiter

1960

The Human Vapor as Narrator / Mizuno

1959

Never So Few as General Chao

1957

Battle Hymn as ROK Maj. Chong (uncredited)

1957

China Gate as Charlie

1956

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Ogata / Dr. Serizawa / Hagiwara (voice) (uncredited)

1956

Flight to Hong Kong as Traffic Policeman (uncredited)

1955

Blood Alley as Communist Soldier

1954

The Shanghai Story as Driver (uncredited)

NaN

Gimme My Money as The MaƮtre D'

1989

The Jitters as Tony Yang Sr.

1989

Deadlock as Arman Benru

1988

Tax Season as Mr. Tagasaki

1987

Harry's Hong Kong as Mr. Yu

1985

Blade in Hong Kong as Key Tam

1983

China Rose as Professor Chen

1983

Inspector Perez as Benson Liu

1982

The Letter as Old Man

1980

The Hustler of Muscle Beach as Desk Clerk

1979

Mandrake as Theron

1978

Dr. Scorpion as Ho Chin

1978

Last of the Good Guys as Japanese Man

1978

My Husband Is Missing as Quan Dong

1977

Panic in Echo Park as Larry Lee

1977

Bethune as General Nieh

1976

No Deposit, No Return as Ming Lo

1974

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

1974

China Girl as Y.C. Chan

1973

Pueblo as Super C

1973

Sunshine as Dr. Wilde

1972

Hot Connections as The Snooper

1971

Earth II as Chinese Military Official

1971

Fearless Fighters as One Man Army

1971

The Forgotten Man as Maj. Thon

1968

Jimi Hendrix: Experience as Old Man

1968

Nobody's Perfect as Narrator

1966

One Spy Too Many as Prince Phanong

1959

Blood and Steel as Japanese Draftsman

1958

Nightmare at Ground Zero as Soldier

1957

The Seventh Sin as Chinese Officer

1955

Soldier of Fortune as Chinese Policeman (uncredited)

1954

Dragonfly Squadron as South Korean Pilot Trainee