James Hong (born February 22, 1929) is a Chinese American actor and former president of the Association of chinese/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.

Filmography

• 2026You Can't Win — Old Chinese Man
• 2025Pinocchio and the Water of Life — (voice)
• 2024Kung Fu Panda 4 — Mr. Ping (voice)
• 2024The Thundermans Return — Grandpa Giddy
• Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I'm Not the Demon Lord — Storyboard Artist
• American Born Chinese — Jade Emperor
• Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai — Grandpa (voice), Grandpa / Wing Medicine Customer (voice)
• 2023The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms — Chuck Lee, Executive Producer, Story
• The Muppets Mayhem — Chef Dan
• 2022Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once — Self, Thanks
• 2022Everything Everywhere All at Once — Gong Gong
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight — Mr. Ping (voice)
• 2022Turning Red — Mr. Gao (voice)
• 2022Wendell & Wild — Father Bests (voice)
• 2021Batman: Soul of the Dragon — O-Sensei (voice)
• Poorly Drawn Lines — Mr. Tran
• 2021Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans — Zong Shi (voice)
• 2020Beast Mode — Pish Rudabaker
• 2020P.O.K. Save the Island — Head Elder
• 2019Abominable — Yak Leader (voice)
• 2019Cross: Rise of the Villains — Mr. Woo
• 2019Dropa — Jin
• 2019Grand-Daddy Day Care — Walter
• 2019The Haunted Swordsman — The Navigator
• 2018Kung Fu Panda: The Emperors Quest — Mr. Ping (Voice)
• Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny — Mr. Ping (voice)
• 2018Sherlock Gnomes — Salt Shaker (voice)
• 2018The Last Sharknado: It's About Time — Confucius
• 2017Unfallen — Consulate
• 2016Better Criminal — Harold Fat
• 2016Fortune Cookie — Gui Po
• 2016Kung Fu Panda 3 — Mr. Ping (voice)
• 2016Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll — Mr. Ping (voice)
• Rush Hour — Dragon
• 2015China, Il The Musical — Wise Old Monk
• 2015Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon — Wizard
• 2015The Dog Who Saved Summer — Mr. Lee
• 2015Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest — Dr. Zin (voice)
• 2014Kung Fu Panda | Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4 — Mr. Ping (voice)
• Mike Tyson Mysteries — Wang Jing (voice), Professor Hong (voice)
• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero — Windmill Monster (voice)
• Star Wars Rebels — Azmorigan (voice)
• 2013Blunt Movie — Travel Hang
• 2013Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection — Mr. Ping (voice)
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — William May
• 2013R.I.P.D. — Nick's Avatar / Jerry Chen
• 2013Summoned — Frank
• Teen Titans Go! — Turtle (voice)
• The Blacklist — The Coroner
• 2013The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone — Faleaka
• Elementary — Meng Zhou
• Incredible Crew
• 2012Junk — Yukio Tai
• Key & Peele — Mr. Shin
• 2012Safe — Han Jiao
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Ho Chan (voice)
• The First Family — Benny
• 2 Broke Girls — Mr. Chang
• A.N.T. Farm — Kenny
• China, IL — Wise Old Monk (voice)
• 2011Kung Fu Panda 2 — Mr. Ping (voice)
• Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness — Mr. Ping (voice)
• 2011Tattoo — The Old Man
• 2011Trinity Goodheart — Mr. Kwon
• Generator Rex
• Gigantic — Restaurant Owner
• Hawaii Five-0 — Jin Leung
• 2010How to Make Love to a Woman — Sifu
• 2010Kung Fu Panda Holiday — Mr. Ping (voice)
• Pair of Kings — Judge, Shaman, Head Elder, Timothy Kalooka-Khan
• Regular Show — Mr. Zhang / Luggage Handler (voice), Keith (voice), Warlock / Manager (voice)
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — Chen / Red Wizard (voice), Chen (voice)
• 2008Adventures of Johnny Tao — Sifu
• 2008Kung Fu Panda — Mr. Ping (voice)
• 2008The Day the Earth Stood Still — Mr. Wu
• 2007An Accidental Christmas — Rico
• Andy Barker, P.I. — Jon Leibowitz
• 2007Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
• 2007Balls of Fury — Master Wong
• 2007Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! — The High Lama (voice)
• Chowder — Lo Mein (voice)
• Chuck — Ben Lo Pan
• In Case of Emergency
• 2007Shanghai Kiss — Mark Liu
• The Big Bang Theory — Chen
• 2007Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
• 2006Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman — Monk (voice)
• 2006Dragon Dynasty — Gao
• 2006Exit 38 — Dr. Shen
• 2006One Night with You — Freddy
• The Loop — Chen Ming
• 2006Totally Awesome — Mr. Yamagashi
• Twenty Good Years — Dr. Fong (uncredited)
• 2005American Fusion — Dr. Wong
• Avatar: The Last Airbender — Tashi (voice), Mayor Tong (voice)
• Bones — Joseph Han
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee — Uncle Eddie (voice)
• Zoey 101 — Mr. Takato
• 2004Forbidden Warrior — Muraji, The Warlord
• 2004Ghost Rock — Weng
• 2004Latin Dragon — Mr. Rhee
• 2004Sucker Free City — Kwok
• Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
• 10-8: Officers on Duty — Min
• Las Vegas — Monk Soli Tendar
• Lost at Home
• Teen Titans — Professor Chang (voice)
• 2002Hero — ADR & Dubbing
• 2002The Biggest Fan — Larson
• 2002The Idol — Zao
• 2001Epoch — Ambassador Po
• The Chronicle — David Lo Pan
• The Division — Chinese Businessman, Professor Carson Chen
• 2001The Ghost — Jing's Adoptive Father
• Jackie Chan Adventures — Daolon Wong (voice)
• Malcolm in the Middle — Mr. Li
• 2000The Art of War — Ambassador Wu
• 1999G-2 — Parmenion
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Sweatshop Owner
• 1999Singapore Sling — Adam Chance, Director, Producer
• The West Wing — Chinese Ambassador
• 1998Breakout — Mr. Wang
• 1998Broken Vessels — Mr. Chen
• Charmed — Zen Master
• Martial Law — Mayor Chang Yen, Weng Chu
• 1998Mulan — Chi Fu (voice)
• The King of Queens — Mr. Soo
• 1997Catherine's Grove — Doctor Lee, Co-Producer
• 1997McHale's Navy — Asian Leader (uncredited)
• 1997Red Corner — Lin Shou
• The Practice — Min Wong
• 1996Bloodsport II — Sun
• 1996Bloodsport III — Master Sun
• Dexter's Laboratory — Mr. Chau (voice), RA (voice)
• 1996Infinity — Abacus Adder
• Malcolm & Eddie
• Millennium — Monk
• Nash Bridges — Terry Wong
• 1996Paper Dragons — Master Tsai
• 1996South Beach Academy — Johnny Staccato
• The Pretender — Mr. Lee
• 1996The Secret Agent Club — Mr. Yamata
• 1995Bad Company — Bobby Birdsong
• 1995Cyber Bandits — Tojo Yokohama
• 1995Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities — Host, Producer, Story, Writer, Director
• 1995Gladiator Cop — Parmenion
• 1995Guns & Lipstick — Mr. Song
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Baba / Mr. Sung (voice), The Emperor (voice)
• 1995Operation Dumbo Drop — Y B'ham
• 1995Tank Girl — Che'tsai
• The Drew Carey Show — Government Worker
• 1995Triplecross — Old Chinese Man
• Chicago Hope — Dr. Tsu
• 1994Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery — Nathan
• Ellen — The Waiter
• 1994Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A. — Master Sun
• Friends — Hoshi
• 1994Operation Golden Phoenix — Mister Chang
• 1994Silent Fury
• 1994The Shadow — Li Peng
• 1993Bethune: The Making of a Hero
• Diagnosis: Murder — Qwan Lok
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues — Dalai Lama
• 1993L.A. Goddess — Edward
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Grandfather Chow
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron — Katzmer (voice)
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. — Lee Pow
• The X-Files — Hard-Faced Man
• 1993Wayne's World 2 — Jeff Wong
• Forever Knight
• 1992Joker's Wild — Boomer
• 1992Merlin — Leong Tao
• 1992Missing Pieces — Chang
• 1992Talons of the Eagle — Mr. Li
• 1991Goodbye Paradise — Cook
• Home Improvement — Dave
• 1991Mystery Date — Fortune Teller
• 1991The Crime Lords — Ling
• 1991The Perfect Weapon — Yung
• 1991Too Much Sun — Frank, Sr.
• 1990Caged Fury — Detective Randall Stoner, Associate Producer
• 1990Dragonfight — Asawa
• 1990Framed — Mr. Chew
• 1990Last Flight Out — Insp. Quang
• Nasty Boys — Oscar
• 1990Partners in Life — M.C.
• 1990Shadowzone — Dr. Van Fleet
• 1990The Two Jakes — Kahn
• Booker — Mr. Jaycom
• Brotherhood of the Rose — Col. Chan
• 1989Deadlock — Arman Benru
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Mr. Chen, Gardener
• Seinfeld — Maître d'
• 1989Tango & Cash — Quan
• 1989The Jitters — Tony Yang Sr.
• 1989The Karen Carpenter Story — Dr. Dentworth
• 1989The Rocket Boy — Mr. Wong
• 1989The Vineyard — Dr. Elson Po, Director, Screenplay, Story
• China Beach
• 1988Hot to Trot — Boss
• Murphy Brown — Supervisor Monk
• 1988Question of Faith — Li
• 1988Tax Season — Mr. Tagasaki
• 1988Vice Versa — Kwo
• War of the Worlds — Soo Tak
• Beauty and the Beast — Chiang Lo Yi
• 1987Black Widow — Shin
• 1987China Girl — Gung Tu
• 1987Harry's Hong Kong — Mr. Yu
• Jake and the Fatman — Hiram
• 1987Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise — Snotty
• Tour of Duty — Quang, Jimmy
• 1986Big Trouble in Little China — David Lo Pan
• 1986The Golden Child — Doctor Hong
• 1985Blade in Hong Kong — Key Tam
• MacGyver — Kuang, Lee Wenying, Commissioner Chu
• Stingray
• The Equalizer — Sirit Bansari
• Airwolf — General Rangavara
• Crazy like a Fox
• Hunter — Chang, Henry Chin
• Miami Vice — Riochi Tanaka
• 1984Missing in Action — Gen. Trau
• 1984Ninja III: The Domination — Miyashima
• Tales from the Darkside — Chow Ting
• Who's the Boss?
• 1983Breathless — Grocer
• 1983China Rose — Professor Chen
• 1983Inspector Perez — Benson Liu
• Manimal — Grandfather Tan
• The A-Team — Byron Fong / General Chow, Wan Chu
• American Playhouse — Fong
• 1982Blade Runner — Chew
• Cagney & Lacey — Mr. Nguyen
• Marco Polo — Phags Pa
• St. Elsewhere — Mr. Wong
• T. J. Hooker — Dr. Lou Hong, Mr. Hong
• 1982The Letter — Old Man
• 1982Yes, Giorgio — Kwan
• Dynasty
• Falcon Crest — Charles Fong
• 1981So Fine — Asian Man #1
• 1981True Confessions — Coroner Wong
• 1980Airplane! — Japanese General
• Magnum, P.I. — Han
• Palmerstown, U.S.A.
• 1980The Hustler of Muscle Beach — Desk Clerk
• 1980The Return of Frank Cannon — Yutong
• Hart to Hart — Holy Man
• 1979Mandrake — Theron
• 1979The In-Laws — Bing Wong
• 1979When Hell Was in Session — Nguyen
• 1978Dr. Scorpion — Ho Chin
• 1978Go Tell the Spartans — The Old Man
• 1978Last of the Good Guys — Japanese Man
• 1978Libra — Dr. Chin
• 1978My Husband Is Missing — Quan Dong
• Taxi — Wealthy Passenger
• 1978Teen Lust — Director, Producer
• 1977Bethune — General Nieh
• 1977Panic in Echo Park — Larry Lee
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
• 1977The World's Greatest Lover — Yes Man #3
• Baa Baa Black Sheep — Col. Ikuda
• 1976Bound for Glory — Chili Joint Owner
• Charlie's Angels — Prof. Perkins
• Jigsaw John — Frank Chen
• 1976No Deposit, No Return — Ming Lo
• The Bionic Woman
• Baretta
• Khan!
• S.W.A.T.
• Starsky & Hutch — Su Long
• Switch — Wang
• Wonder Woman — Oshima
• 1974China Girl — Y.C. Chan
• 1974Chinatown — Evelyn's Butler
• Harry O
• 1974Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders — Prior
• 1974The Dynamite Brothers — Wei Chin
• 1974The Missiles of October — U.N. Secretary-General U Thant
• The Missiles of October — U Thant - U.N. Secretary-General
• The Rockford Files — Forensic Expert Kumagi
• 1973Pueblo — Super C
• 1973Sunshine — Dr. Wilde
• The New Perry Mason
• Anna and the King — Doctor
• 1972Hot Connections — The Snooper, Director
• Kung Fu — Chun Yen, Yam Tin, Lin, Han Tsung
• 1972Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon — Hsiang
• The Bob Newhart Show — The Man
• 1972The Carey Treatment — David Tao
• The Rookies
• The Streets of San Francisco — Robert Lee
• 1971A Tattered Web — Police Surgeon
• All in the Family — Doctor (uncredited)
• Cannon
• 1971Earth II — Chinese Military Official
• 1971Fearless Fighters — One Man Army (voice, English dub)
• McMillan & Wife — James Hong
• 1971The Forgotten Man — Maj. Thon
• 1970Colossus: The Forbin Project — Dr. Chin
• 1970The Hawaiians — Ti Chong
• Hawaii Five-O — James Watanu, Eric Ling, Tot Kee, Soong Chien
• The Bill Cosby Show — Doctor #2
• Here's Lucy — Lee Wong
• 1968Jimi Hendrix: Experience — Old Man
• 1968Nobody's Perfect — Narrator
• 1968The Bamboo Saucer — Archibald
• Ironside
• CBS Playhouse — Vietnamese Lieutenant
• 1966Destination Inner Space — Ho Lee
• Family Affair
• Mission: Impossible — Yin
• 1966One Spy Too Many — Prince Phanong
• 1966The Sand Pebbles — Victor Shu
• I Dream of Jeannie — Chan
• The F.B.I. — Tom Kagawa
• 1965The Satan Bug — Dr. Yang
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Mickey
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Prince Phanong, Mr. Chang
• The Fugitive — Edward Hee
• The Outer Limits — Wen Li
• Ensign O'Toole — Headwaiter
• The Lloyd Bridges Show — Priest
• 87th Precinct — Mike II
• Ben Casey — Harry Lee
• 1961Dragon by the Tail — Sam Wong
• 1961Flower Drum Song — Headwaiter
• Checkmate — Louis Quong
• Hong Kong — Chen, Lung Poi
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Sam Wong
• The Islanders — Wu Pan
• Adventures in Paradise — Lim Fong, Kim Fong
• 1959Blood and Steel — Japanese Draftsman
• Bonanza — Hop Sing's #3 Cousin, Hop Sing's Cousin
• Hawaiian Eye — Hop Toy
• Johnny Ringo — Charlie Chung
• 1959Never So Few — General Chao
• One Step Beyond — Tour Guide
• Bat Masterson — Ching Sun
• 1958Nightmare at Ground Zero — Soldier
• Peter Gunn
• The Donna Reed Show
• 1957Battle Hymn — ROK Maj. Chong (uncredited)
• 1957China Gate — Charlie
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• Perry Mason — Dean Chang, Louis Kew
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Young Man, Chung Lin
• Sugarfoot — Hatchetman
• The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
• 1957The Seventh Sin — Chinese Officer
• Tombstone Territory — Lum Chen
• Wagon Train — Ceong Wai Kok
• Zorro
• 1956Flight to Hong Kong — Traffic Policeman (uncredited)
• 1956Godzilla, King of the Monsters! — Ogata / Dr. Serizawa / Hagiwara / misc. characters (voices) (uncredited)
• The Man Called X
• 1955Blood Alley — Communist Soldier
• Crossroads — Young Sentry (uncredited)
• 1955Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing — Fifth Brother (uncredited)
• 1955Soldier of Fortune — Chinese Policeman (uncredited)
• The Millionaire — Lee - Waiter
• 1954Dragonfly Squadron — South Korean Pilot Trainee
• 1954The Shanghai Story — Driver (uncredited)
• General Electric Theater — Bellboy
• Letter to Loretta — Lee Chan
• Four Star Playhouse — Cpl. Ikura
• Dragnet
• Gimme My Money — The Maître D'

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage — Self
• 2021More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story — Self
• 2020Searching for Anna May Wong — Self
• 2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner — Self
• 2007Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling — Self
• 2007Hollywood Chinese — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' — Self
• The Oscars — Self