Gedde Watanabe
Biography
Gedde Watanabe is an American actor who began on the stage, joining the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures in 1976 and originating the parts of Priest, Girl, and The Boy. Born and raised in Ogden, Utah, he performed in high school dramatic productions, then moved to San Francisco and worked as a street musician while building his acting skills. His first screen work came in The Long Island Four in 1980. He became widely known as Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles (1984) and starred in Gung Ho (1986) and its television spinoff. He also played Kuni in UHF (1989), appeared as Hiroshi on Sesame Street from 1988 to 1991, and had a recurring role as nurse Yosh Takata on ER from 1997 to 2003. He voiced Ling in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004), and voiced Japanese characters on The Simpsons.
71years old
Turns 72 on June 26in 267 days
- Born Ogden
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 40 years1984 to 2024
Genres
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First role
Watanabe's first role was in 1976, when he joined the original Broadway cast of Pacific Overtures and originated the parts of Priest, Girl, and The Boy.
Languages
Many of Watanabe's roles are caricatured East Asians who speak with heavy accents, even though he does not speak Japanese himself.
Gedde Watanabe movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together20 more actors
- Paul DooleyGuinevere (1999) and Sixteen Candles (1984)
- George WendtThe Seven Year Hitch (2012) and Gung Ho (1986)
- Rick OvertonThe Seven Year Hitch (2012) and Gung Ho (1986)
- Pat MoritaMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Sandra OhMulan II (2004) and Guinevere (1999)
- Tom Everett ScottThe Last Word (2017) and Parental Guidance (2012)
- Jaime KingTwo for the Money (2005) and Slackers (2002)
- BD WongMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Henry GibsonThe Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space (1999) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- June ForayMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Harvey FiersteinMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Keone YoungUltraman: Rising (2024) and Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)
- Sab ShimonoScooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009) and Gung Ho (1986)
- Soon-Tek OhMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Ming-Na WenMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Claudette MinkAlfie (2004) and L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
- Haviland MorrisGremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) and Sixteen Candles (1984)
- Freda Foh ShenMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Stan EgiBoys on the Side (1995) and Gung Ho (1986)
- Jerry TondoMulan (1998) and Gung Ho (1986)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Gedde Watanabe's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$675 million
15 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 15 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$304M45.1% of the total
- 2$120M17.8% of the total
- 3$41M6.1% of the total
- 4$37M5.4% of the total
- 5$35M5.2% of the total
- 6$31M4.5% of the total
- 7$24M3.5% of the total
- 8$23M3.5% of the total
$59.8 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.