Asian Celebrities
by gleekout29 | created - 09 Jul 2019 | updated - 23 Nov 2021 | Public
1. Harry Shum Jr.
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is a Costa Rican-born Chinese American actor, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009-15) and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016-19). He was nominated for ...
2. Henry Golding
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
British-Malaysian television host, actor and model Henry Ewan Golding was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, to Margaret Likan and Clive Golding. His father is English and his mother is Malaysian. His mother is from the Iban people, an Indigenous group in Sarawak, and Henry completed the bejalai, ...
3. Alex Landi
Actor | Grey's Anatomy
Alex Landi is a half-Korean, half-Italian actor born in New York City. He is a main cast member on ABC's long-time hit show Grey's Anatomy playing the role of orthopedic surgeon Dr. Nico Kim. He likewise appears as Dr. Kim on crossover episodes with Grey's sister show Station 19. Notably, Landi is ...
4. Jet Li
Actor | Huo Yuan Jia
Jet Li born Li Lian Jie in Beijing, China. He started training at the Beijing wushu academy (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles) at age eight. He won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only 11. In his teens,...
5. Ming-Na Wen
Actress | Mulan
Ming-Na ("enlightenment") was born on the island of Macau, forty miles from Hong Kong. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, divorced her father when Ming-Na was only a toddler. She has an older brother named Jonathan. After the divorce, they moved to Hong Kong where her mother became a nurse. There her mother...
6. Ross Butler
Actor | Shazam!
Ross Fleming Butler was born in Singapore & was raised in the Northern Virginia/Washington D.C. area. He attended Ohio State University studying biomolecular & chemical engineering but decided to drop out after 1 year after discovering he had no passion or interest in that field of study. He moved ...
7. Avan Jogia
Actor | Zombieland: Double Tap
Vancouver native, Avan Jogia landed his first acting role as Danny Araujo on the award-winning TV movie drama A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), directed by Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland. Jogia followed up with a recurring role on the SyFy Channel hit series Caprica (2009) as well as ...
8. Jason Momoa
Actor | Aquaman
Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of Coni (Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father is of Native Hawaiian and Samoan descent; and his mother, who is from Iowa, is of German, Irish, and Native American ancestry. Jason ...
9. Lucy Liu
Actress | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Born to immigrants in New York City, Lucy Liu has always tried to balance an interest in her cultural heritage with a desire to move beyond a strictly Asian-American experience. Her mother, Cecilia, a biochemist, is from Beijing & her father, Tom Liu, a civil engineer, is from Shanghai. Once ...
10. Charles Melton
Actor | May December
Charles Melton was born on January 4, 1991 in Juneau, Alaska, USA. He is an actor, known for May December (2023), Riverdale (2017) and The Sun Is Also a Star (2019).
11. Lewis Tan
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Lewis Tan is a half Chinese half English, film, television and theatre actor. He played as the series regular Gaius Chau on season three of AMC's "Into The Badlands" ; Lu Xin Lee on Netflix's first Asian American original series "Wu Assassins" and many films including the record breaking Marvel ...
12. Daniel Henney
Actor | Big Hero 6
Daniel Henney was born on November 28, 1979 in Carson City, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Big Hero 6 (2014), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Last Stand (2013).
13. Chris Pang
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
Chris Pang was born on December 29, 1984 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Palm Springs (2020) and Charlie's Angels (2019).
14. BD Wong
Actor | Jurassic Park
BD Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He made his Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly." He is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award for the same performance. He starred in the ...
15. Steven Yeun
Actor | Minari
Steven Yeun was born in Seoul, South Korea, to June and Je Yeun. His family first immigrated to Canada and stayed there for one year, and then moved to the U.S. He has a brother named Brian. He began acting while at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, MI, where he studied Psychology as a major (BS in ...
16. Ryan Potter
Actor | Big Hero 6
Ryan Potter is an actor, director, martial artist, and photographer. Ryan, though born in the United States, was raised in Tokyo until the age of seven.
Ryan got his start as the lead, "Mike Fukanaga" in Nickelodeon's "Supah Ninjas," (2011-2013) working with the legendary, George Takei, who played ...
17. Jake Choi
Actor | Single Parents
Jake Choi is an American actor born and raised in Queens, New York.
Choi received his training at The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. He also studied with renowned teachers Bob Krakower and Ted Sluberski.
He has performed throughout New York on stage, film and TV. Choi currently resides in Los ...
18. John Cho
Actor | Star Trek
John Yohan Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child. His father was a Christian minister. Cho was educated at Herbert Hoover High School at Glendale, before moving on to the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied English literature. Upon ...
19. Hayden Szeto
Actor | The Edge of Seventeen
Hayden Szeto was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Edge of Seventeen (2016), Truth or Dare (2018) and Lodge 49 (2018).
20. Lisa Lu
Actress | Crazy Rich Asians
Lisa Lu is a Chinese-American actress. She started her career as a teenager, performing in Kunqu theatrical productions, a traditional style of Chinese opera. The Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) ended with a Communist victory. While the new regime financially subsidized China's theaters for most of ...
21. Ziyi Zhang
Actress | Yi dai zong shi
Ziyi Zhang is a Chinese actress and model. She is best known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Rush Hour 2 (2001), Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004), and Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).
She made her feature film debut in The Road Home (1999).
For her work in Memoirs of a Geisha she was...
22. Michelle Yeoh
Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss ...
23. Gemma Chan
Actress | The Creator
Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is a British film, television, and theatre actress and former fashion model. She played Charlotte in season four of the Showtime and ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007); Ruth in Channel 4's Fresh Meat (2011); Mia Bennett in Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars...
24. Awkwafina
Actress | Ocean's Eight
Nora Lum, known professionally as Awkwafina, is an American actress and rapper. She has played supporting roles in the comedy films Ocean's 8 and Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and her leading role in the comedy-drama The Farewell (2019) earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress nomination.
She ...
25. Nico Santos
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
Santos was born in Manila, Philippines and moved with his family to the United States when he was sixteen, residing in Gresham, Oregon and attending Gresham's Centennial High School. Santos studied acting at Southern Oregon University. He worked for several years in the costume department of the ...
26. Rex Lee
Actor | Entourage
Rex Lee was born on January 7, 1969 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Entourage (2004), Entourage (2015) and Keeping Company (2021).
27. Pierre Png
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
Pierre Png is a Singaporean actor of Peranakan descent who is best known for his roles as Michael Teo in Crazy Rich Asians and Phua Chu Beng from Phua Chu Kang. Talent-spotted from Forever Fever, a critically acclaimed local movie, Pierre Png made his entry into the entertainment circle by winning ...
28. Selena Tan
Actress | Crazy Rich Asians
Selena Tan was born on July 29, 1971 in Singapore. She is an actress, known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Rogue Trader (1999) and Under One Roof (1995).
29. May Hong
Actress | Adam
May Hong is known for Adam (2019), Tales of the City (2019) and Up Here (2023).
30. Christopher Larkin
Actor | The 100
Born in Taegu, South Korea. Adopted by parents of Irish and French-Canadian descent. Raised in Hebron, Connecticut.
In 2001, Larkin was discovered by director Martha Coolidge and cast in the lead role of the young son in Hallmark Entertainment's "The Flamingo Rising." He then went on to train at the...
31. Ashley Park
Actress | Joy Ride
Ashley Jini Park is a Grammy and Tony nominated actress born in Glendale, California and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she graduated from the famed Musical Theatre program at The University of Michigan.
After making her Broadway debut in Broadway's "Mamma Mia!", Ashley starred as 'Tuptim' ...
32. Jenna Ushkowitz
Actress | Glee
Jenna Ushkowitz was born on April 28, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress and producer, known for Glee (2009), Yellow Fever (2017) and Hello Again (2017). She has been married to David Stanley since July 24, 2021. They have one child.
33. Thia Megia
Actress | Days of Our Lives
Thia Megia was born on January 30, 1995 in Hayward, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Totally Funny (2017) and Tails of the Blue (2017).
34. Yoshi Sudarso
Actor | Buffalo Boys
Actor/Model/Stuntman Yoshua "Yoshi" Sudarso was born in Indonesia and moved to Los Angeles at the age of nine. He and his brother, Actor/Model Peter Adrian Sudarso, developed a fanbase through social media by creating YouTube videos, doing fashion blogging, and cosplay. He has done commercial work ...
35. John Harlan Kim
Actor | The Little Things
John Kim was born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His early years in grade school were spent focusing on extra-curricular athletics including basketball, tennis and Australian rules football. It was not until High School that John became interested in the arts.
At age 15, he attended a...
36. Tsai Chin
Actress | Memoirs of a Geisha
Tsai Chin, pinyin Zhou Caiqin is an actor, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her film role as Auntie Lindo in The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of Zhou Xinfang, China's great actor in the last century, she was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London (first ...
37. Tamlyn Tomita
Actress | The Day After Tomorrow
Tamlyn Tomita was born on January 27, 1966 in Okinawa, Japan. She is an actress and writer, known for The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Eye (2008). She is married to Daniel Blinkoff.
38. Sandra Oh
Actress | Killing Eve
Sandra Oh was born to Korean parents in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Oh Junsu, a businessman, and her mother, Oh Young-Nam, a biochemist, were married in Seoul, Korea. They both attended graduate school at the University of Toronto. Sandra began her career as a ballet ...
39. Manish Dayal
Actor | The Hundred-Foot Journey
Manish Dayal was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. Manish is an actor and director, known for The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), Viceroy's House (2017) and Halt and Catch Fire (2014). Manish is married to Snehal Patel.
40. Parry Shen
Actor | General Hospital
Parry Shen was born on June 26, 1973 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for General Hospital (1963), Ghost of Tsushima (2020) and Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). He has been married to Kim Hollands since August 2, 2002. They have two children.
41. Ludi Lin
Actor | Power Rangers
Ludi Lin is a unique actor striding Hollywood and China and one of the most outspoken voices in Asian Representation in Hollywood. Being born in China, he received his education and enculturation in many different countries around the world. Rather than deciding to be an actor, he feels he simply ...
42. Jennie Kwan
Actress | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Jennie Kwan was born on September 9, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021), .hack//G.U. Last Recode (2017) and Suzume (2022). She is married to Matthew Todd Garrett. She was previously married to Andrew Verona.
43. George Takei
Actor | Star Trek
George Takei was born Hosato Takei in Los Angeles, California. His mother was born in Sacramento to Japanese parents & his father was born in Japan. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he & his family were relocated from Los Angeles to the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Later, they were ...
44. James Tam
Actor | Anon
James Tam is known for Anon (2018), Gotham (2014) and FBI: Most Wanted (2020).
45. Abraham Lim
Actor | The Boys
Abraham Lim was born in Seoul, South Korea. He is an actor, known for The Boys (2019), Clickbait (2021) and The Fix (2019).
46. Rosalind Chao
Actress | 3 Body Problem
Rosalind Chao is best known for M*A*S*H, The Joy Luck Club (1993), Star Trek, What Dreams May Come, and most recently The Laundromat (2019), and Plus One (2019). She was born and raised in Orange County, California where her parents ran a Chinese restaurant and pancake house. Rosalind first began ...
47. Christopher Sean
Actor | You
Christopher Sean is a versatile actor known for his captivating performances on both the big and small screens. Born and raised in California, to a NAVY veteran father and Japanese native mother, Sean always had a passion for the arts and knew from a young age that he wanted to pursue a career in ...
48. Amy Tan
Writer | Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California, USA; and attended San Jose State University, where she received a master's degree in linguistics. She has written essays for numerous magazines; a few books (including "The Joy Luck Club"; and fiction for such forums as Atlantic as McCall's. She currently ...
49. Irene Ng
Actress | The Joy Luck Club
Irene Ng was born on July 30, 1974 in Penang, Malaysia. She is an actress, known for The Joy Luck Club (1993), Rogue Trader (1999) and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1996). She has been married to David John Rosa since July 26, 2008.
50. Kieu Chinh
Actress | The Joy Luck Club
Veteran Vietnamese born actress Kieu Chinh is best known to moviegoers for her role as Suyuan Woo in the 1991 film "The Joy Luck Club". She also made a notable guest appearance on the hit CBS-TV series "M*A*S*H" as Kyung Soon, an aristocratic South Korean socialite whom Hawkeye begins to fall in ...
51. Hiroyuki Sanada
Actor | Tasogare Seibei
Hiroyuki Sanada was born on October 12, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Rokyoku komori-uta (1965) (Shin'ichi Chiba played the lead role.) His father died when he was 11. He joined Japan Action Club, organized & run by Sonny Chiba, when he was 12. He 1st became famous as an ...
52. Bowen Yang
Actor | High Maintenance
Bowen Yang was born on November 6, 1990 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for High Maintenance (2016), Isn't It Romantic (2019) and The Outs (2012).
53. Christine Chiu
Producer | Bling Empire
Christine Alexandra Chiu is a Taiwanese-American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the star and producer of the Netflix reality TV series, 'Bling Empire' that documented a group of affluential Asian Americans living in Los Angeles as they balance modern life with traditional cultural values....
54. Guy Tang
Actor | Guy Tang Feat. Jordan James: We Can Make Up
Guy Tang was born on July 26, 1981 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Guy Tang Feat. Jordan James: We Can Make Up (2020), Guy Tang feat. Jordyn Kane: Closure (2020) and Guy Tang: Phantom Love (2022).
55. Kelly Mi Li
Producer | Echo Boomers
Kelly Mi Li is a Chinese-American serial entrepreneur, film producer, and investor. She is notably known as the executive producer and star of Bling Empire on Netflix and executive producer of Cypher, an FBI decoding series with Sonar Entertainment, as well as Michael Shannon's crime drama, Echo ...
56. Kevin Kreider
Self | Bling Empire
Kevin Kreider is an Actor, Speaker and Founder and CEO of Sans by Taejin Beverage Inc and Taejin Entertainment LLC. Starting off in the fitness industry, he was signed with one of the most prestigious modeling agencies in NYC. He left Philly in 2008 to navigate his way in entertainment as a Korean ...
57. Ronny Chieng
Actor | M3GAN
Ronny Chieng is a Chinese comedian and actor born in Malaysia and raised in New Hampshire and Singapore. He started performing stand-up in 2009 after graduating with a dual degree in Law and Commerce from The University of Melbourne, Australia. His act caught the attention of the esteemed Montreal ...
58. Fiona Xie
Actress | Crazy Rich Asians
Fiona Xie was born on January 24, 1982 in Singapore. She is an actress, known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), No Catalogue (2018) and Fist of Dragon (2011).
59. Jasmine Chen
Actress | Crazy Rich Asians
Jasmine Chen is a jazz singer and songwriter from mainland China. She was born in Liaoning province, China, and started studying classical music in England in 2000. She started her first jazz band while she was studying in Leeds College of Music in 2003, she was the band leader and singer. In 2004 ...
60. Johnny Yong Bosch
Actor | Akira
Johnny Yong Bosch (born John Jay Bosch) was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Garland, Texas. While growing up, he had taken an interest in martial arts after having seen the works of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, winning several martial arts competitions as a result. After being informed ...
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