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1. Parry Shen

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.

2. Jason Tobin

Actor | Warrior

Jason Tobin was born in Hong Kong. He is known for Warrior (2019), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Jasmine (2015). He is married to Michelle Lau. They have three children.

3. Andrew Koji

Actor | Bullet Train

Born in 1987, Koji grew up in Epsom, Surrey. His father is Japanese and mother is English.

Studied film and theatre before travelling to Thailand and Japan, where he started work, taking on small acting jobs, working as a stunt man, editor and various odd jobs to pay the bills

Moved back to England ...

4. Sung Kang

Actor | Furious 6

Sung-Ho Kang is a Korean-American actor and producer from Clarkston, Georgia who is widely known for playing Han Lue from the Fast & Furious series of films and Better Luck Tomorrow. He also acted in Raya and the Last Dragon, Pearl Harbor, Ninja Assassin and Obi-Wan Kenobi. He is married to Miki ...

5. Karin Anna Cheung

Actress | Better Luck Tomorrow

Karin Anna Cheung was born on November 2, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), Boom (2009) and Abominable (2006).

6. Justin Lin

Producer | Better Luck Tomorrow

Justin Lin is a Taiwanese-American film director whose films have grossed $2 billion worldwide. He is best known for his work on Better Luck Tomorrow, The Fast and the Furious 3-6 and Star Trek Beyond. He is also known for his work on television shows like Community and the second season of True ...

7. Olivia Cheng

Actress | Warrior

Olivia Cheng is a dynamic actress and activist born in Edmonton, Alberta to working class, Cantonese-speaking immigrant parents. It was they who helped co-found the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association's Mandarin program within the city's public school system to which Olivia credits for...

8. Dianne Doan

Actress | Warrior

Dianne Doan's a Canadian actress. She was born on September 8, 1990 in Abbotsford, British Columbia to parents of Vietnamese descent. Her grandmother's half Chinese, making Doan 1/8 Chinese.

She first developed an interest in acting in the 9th grade when she took drama classes as an elective. She ...

9. Hoon Lee

Actor | Warrior

Hoon Lee is an award-winning American stage and screen actor. Born in Minnesota, he grew up in Connecticut and the Boston area before moving to New York.

Trained as a fine artist and graphic designer, he first worked in the tech industry as a creative director and interface designer before ...

10. Joe Taslim

Actor | Serbuan maut

Johannes Taslim or Joe Taslim (born 23 June 1981) is an Indonesian actor and former Judo athlete of Chinese descent. He became well known in the 2012 action film The Raid: Redemption.

Taslim was born in South Sumatera, Indonesia. He was exposed to martial arts at an early age. His martial arts ...

11. Perry Yung

Actor | John Wick: Chapter 2

Perry Yung is an American actor and musician from Oakland, CA. He plays Father Jun in Cinemax's Warror, produced by Justin Lin, Shannon Lee (Bruce Lee's daughter) and Jonathan Tropper (Banshee show creator). He was fan favorite Ping Wu on Steven Soderbergh's The Knick and has guest starred on ...

12. Eddie Huang

Writer | Boogie

Eddie Huang was born on March 1, 1982 in Washington, D.C., USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Boogie (2021), Tuna Melt and Fresh Off the Boat (2015).

13. Randall Park

Actor | WandaVision

Randall Park is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He was born in Los Angeles, California, to Korean parents, and graduated from the Humanities Magnet Program at Hamilton High School. Park went on to receive a Bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing and a Master's degree ...

14. Constance Wu

Actress | Crazy Rich Asians

Constance Wu was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Her mother is a computer programmer and her father is a college professor. Both are immigrants from Taiwan. Constance grew up in Richmond performing in the local community theater scene. At 16, she moved to New York City to study at the famed ...

15. Hudson Yang

Actor | Fresh Off the Boat

Hudson Yang was born on October 24, 2003 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Fresh Off the Boat (2015), The Sisterhood of Night (2014) and Honor Student (2023).

16. Forrest Wheeler

Actor | Fresh Off the Boat

Forrest Wheeler knows that if you want to live the dream, it takes commitment and hard work. Forrest has always strived for excellence in his many ventures and activities: Acting, IMPROV, Xtreme Martial Arts, Action Stunts, Hip Hop and Tennis to name a few.

Forrest's first acting class was at the ...

17. Ian Chen

Actor | Shazam!

Ian Chen was born on September 7, 2006 in Los Angeles. At age 5, Ian booked his first national commercial and has since then, steadily worked in commercials, print, and television shows. In March 2014, he landed his big break when he booked the comedic role of Evan Huang in ABC's Fresh Off the Boat...

18. Lucille Soong

Actress | Freaky Friday

Lucille Soong was born in Beijing, China and moved to Hong Kong when she was 22. Discovered by the famous English director Lewis Gilbert, Lucille was cast to play a bride in the feature Ferry To Hong Kong with Orson Welles. After moving to London during the Swinging 60's, she was chased down by an ...

19. Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

Actor | Avatar: The Last Airbender

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee was born on August 16, 1972 in Daejeon, South Korea. He is an actor, known for Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024), The Mandalorian (2019) and Kim's Convenience (2016). He is married to Anna. They have two children.

20. Jean Yoon

Actress | Kim's Convenience

Jean Yoon is a playwright and actress born in Illinois and raised in Toronto. Jean has lived and worked in Vancouver, Edmonton, Harbin City and Yanji City in North Eastern China and makes her home in Toronto.

Jean began her career in Toronto in the early 1980s performing with now long gone companies...

21. Andrea Bang

Actress | Kim's Convenience

Andrea Bang was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Kim's Convenience (2016), Luce (2019) and Running with Violet (2017).

22. Simu Liu

Actor | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Simu is a Chinese-Canadian actor who won a Game Changer Award and People's Choice Award for his role as Shang-Chi in the Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Before his leading role in a Marvel movie, he played Jung Kim on the CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience (2016). He is ...

23. 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 ...

24. Lori Tan Chinn

Actress | Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

Funny, adorable Lori Tan Chinn is a prolific theater house actress. Since the early 1980s she has played in minor yet memorable on-camera roles, particularly supporting Roseanne Barr in Susan Seidelman's dark comedy film She-Devil (1989), as Iris the hairdresser in the second season of Roseanne (...

25. 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 ...

26. Margaret Cho

Producer | Margaret Cho: PsyCHO

Margaret Cho was born on December 5, 1968 in San Francisco. Her grandfather was a Methodist minister who ran an orphanage in Seoul during the Korean War. Ignoring the traditions of her patriarchal culture, her mother bravely resisted an arranged marriage in Korea & married Margaret's father, who ...

27. Amy Hill

Actress | The Cat in the Hat

Amy Hill's television and film credits number over 180. As a voice actor, she's been heard as recurring characters on numerous shows including "American Dad", "Lilo and Stitch" (film and series), "King of the Hill", and HBO's "Happily Ever After." She had recurring roles on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend", "...

28. Bobby Lee

Actor | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Bobby Lee was born on September 17, 1972 in San Diego, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011), Mad TV (1995) and Paul (2011).

29. 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 ...

30. Kal Penn

Actor | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Kal Penn was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, to Asmita, a fragrance evaluator, and Suresh Modi, an engineer. His parents are Gujarati immigrants to America from India. He attended the Freehold Regional High School District's Performing Arts High School where he participated in the ...

31. Clyde Kusatsu

Actor | Paradise Road

Clyde Kusatsu was born on September 13, 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Paradise Road (1997), The Interpreter (2005) and Midway (1976). He has been married to Gayle Shuffler since August 29, 1976. They have two children.

32. Jodi Long

Actress | The Hot Chick

Jodi Long was born in New York City, New York, USA. Jodi is an actor and writer, known for The Hot Chick (2002), Splash (1983) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).

33. Stephanie Hsu

Actress | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Actress Stephanie Hsu (pronounced "Shoe") was born on November 25 in Los Angeles, California. She's known for her breakout performance as Joy/Jobu Tupaki in A24 & Daniels' "Everything Everywhere All at Once," as well as her work as Mei on Season 3 and 4 of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," Joy on Hulu's...

34. Sherry Cola

Actress | Joy Ride

Comedian, actress, and writer are all ways multi-hyphenate talent Sherry Cola could be described as she has emerged over the last year as one to watch in the entertainment industry. Named a "Fresh Face" at the world-renowned Laugh Factory, Cola has proved that from drama to comedy in the scripted ...

35. 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' ...

36. 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 ...

37. Ali Wong

Producer | Ali Wong: Baby Cobra

Ali Wong was born on April 19, 1982 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016), Always Be My Maybe (2019) and Beef (2023). She has been married to Justin Hakuta since November 27, 2014. They have two children.

38. David Choe

Actor | Beef

David Choe was born on April 21, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Beef (2023), The Mandalorian (2019) and We Are the Strange (2007).

39. Temuera Morrison

Self | Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Temuera Derek Morrison is a New Zealand actor.

After training in drama under the New Zealand Special Performing Arts Training Scheme. One of his earliest starring roles was in the 1988 film Never Say Die, opposite Lisa Eilbacher. In 1994, he received attention for his role as the violent and abusive...

40. 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...

41. Bruce Lee

Actor | Jing wu men

Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and ...