Gedde Watanabe is an American actor and comedian best known for his breakout role as the foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong in the 1984 teen classic Sixteen Candles.

Filmography

• The Disappointments — Gary Chen
• 2024Kung Fu Panda 4 — Badger Crime Boss (voice)
• 2024Ultraman: Rising — Professor Sato / Ultradad (voice)
• BLUE EYE SAMURAI — Kenzou / Sentry (voice), Kenzou / Chiba (voice), Nightjar Manager / Running Man / Kenzou (voice), Lord with Silk (voice)
• 2023The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms — Trader Joe (voice)
• The Sex Lives of College Girls — Professor Harpin
• Perfect Harmony — Glenn
• Magnum P.I. — Sato
• 2017The Last Word — Louie the gardener
• 201347 Ronin — Troupe Leader (Kabuki Actor)
• 2012Parental Guidance — Mr. Cheng
• 2012The Seven Year Hitch — Mr. Fujimura
• 2009Not Forgotten — Agent Nakamura
• 2009Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword — Kenji (voice)
• 2008Forgetting Sarah Marshall — Hotel Manager
• 2008The Onion Movie — James Nakatami
• 2007Fortune Hunters — Mr. Yu
• American Dad! — Chicken Hatchery Manager (voice)
• 2005Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama — Professor Bob Chen (voice)
• 2005Two for the Money — Milton
• 2004Alfie — Mrs. Wing
• 2004Mulan II — Ling (voice)
• 2004On The Couch — Charlie
• I Love the '80s Strikes Back
• Everwood — Art
• Kim Possible — Professor Bob Chen (voice)
• 2002L.A. Law: The Movie — Cyril
• 2002Slackers — Japanese Proctor
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? — Vincent Wong (voice)
• Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? — James Nob (voice)
• My Wife and Kids
• The Proud Family — Mr. Min (voice)
• Jackie Chan Adventures — Gangster 1 (voice)
• Secret Agent Man — Ling #2
• Batman Beyond — Principal (voice), Dr. Suzuki (voice)
• 1999EDtv — Greg
• Family Guy — Long Duk Dong (voice)
• 1999Guinevere — Ed
• 1999Rugrats: Runaway Reptar — Zack (voice)
• 1999The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space — Karate Master (voice)
• 1998Mulan — Ling (voice)
• 1997Booty Call — Chan (uncredited)
• 1997Nick and Jane — Enzo
• 1997Psycho Sushi — Yoshi
• The Weird Al Show — Kuni
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Kenji
• 1996That Thing You Do! — Play-Tone Photographer
• 1995Boys on the Side — Steve
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — The Emperor (voice), Nuri (voice)
• 1995Perfect Alibi
• Duckman — Ninja (voice)
• ER — Yosh Takata
• Mad About You — Speech Writer
• 1992Miss America: Behind the Crown — Takeo
• Home Improvement — Nobu Nakamura
• Pacific Station — Ram Sha
• Rugrats — Zack (voice), Kangaroo (voice)
• Down Home — Tran
• Grand — Taki Mifune
• 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch — Mr. Katsuji
• Booker — Max
• Seinfeld — Mr. Oh
• The Simpsons — Factory Foreman (voice), Cartoon Squid / Japanese Father (voice)
• 1989The Spring — Matty
• 1989UHF — Kuni
• Murphy Brown — Guru Prem
• The New Adventures of Beans Baxter — Ho Hum
• 1986Gung Ho — Oishi Kazihiro
• Gung Ho — Kaz Kazuhiro
• 1986Vamp — Duncan
• 1985Volunteers — At Toon
• 1984Sixteen Candles — Long Duk Dong
• Newhart — Mr. Tagadachi
• 1980The Long Island Four
• 1976Anatomy of a Song
• 1976Pacific Overtures — Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self
• 2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage — Self
• 2020In Search of Darkness: Part II — Self
• 2010Don't You Forget About Me — Self
• 2008Celebrating Sixteen Candles — Himself