Brian Yang
Biography
Brian Yang is an American actor and producer who is best known for playing Charlie Fong on Hawaii Five-0. His film roles include Little Yu, the love interest of Joan Chen's character, in Alice Wu's Saving Face (2004), Hyena in The Man with the Iron Fists, and Jahnkeh in West 32nd. He also hosted the Chinese reality show Shanghai Rush. Behind the camera, he was an executive producer on The People I've Slept With and a producer on the Jeremy Lin documentary Linsanity, which premiered at Sundance in 2013, and on Kit Hui's Fog. He produced the web series Annie Undocumented, which won a Best Short-Form Web Series award at the New York Television Festival, and in 2013 he received the Rémy Martin Asian American Achievement Award in Film and Television.
52years old
Turns 53 on October 28in 15 days
- Born Columbus
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 17 years2004 to 2021
Every film, newest first
- 2021Fear of RainIMDb rating 6.0
- 2017The Jade PendantIMDb rating 5.7
- 2014She Lights Up WellIMDb rating 8.4
- 2012Anita HoIMDb rating 6.1
- 2004Saving FaceIMDb rating 7.4
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Behind the camera
Brian Yang served as a producer on Linsanity, the 2012 documentary about Jeremy Lin that Evan Jackson Leong directed. The film had its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Behind the camera
Yang produced the web series Annie Undocumented in 2014. It took the Independent Pilot Competition's Best Short-Form Web Series prize at the New York Television Festival.
Behind the camera
Yang produced the drama Snakehead with his company 408 Films, and the film was initially to star Lucy Liu before Shuya Chang took the role.
Behind the award
Yang received the Rémy Martin Asian American Achievement Award in Film and Television at the 2013 Asian American International Film Festival in New York.
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Worked with
Brian Yang shares two films with Tsai Chin, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Raymond Ma's page
Mark Boone Junior's page
Katherine Heigl's page
George Cheung's page
Joan Chen's page
Alice WuDirector, 1 film, 2004
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Po-Chih LeongDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Po-Chih Leong
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