Ken Leung
Biography
Ken Leung is an American actor who built a career across television, film and the stage. Born in New York City, he was studying physical therapy at New York University when he took up acting in his junior year, then worked in downtown and black box theaters. His screen debut came in 1998 as the henchman Sang in Rush Hour (1998), and he went on to supporting parts in Red Dragon (2002), Saw (2004), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Old (2021) and Project Hail Mary (2026). Edward Norton cast him in Keeping the Faith (2000) and expanded his scene after audiences laughed. On Broadway he joined the musical revival Thoroughly Modern Millie, and he also appeared in Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi. His television work includes Miles Straume on Lost, Topher Zia on The Night Shift, and Eric Tao on Industry.
56years old
Turns 57 on January 21in 100 days
- Born Manhattan
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Kenneth Leung
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 30 years1996 to 2026
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First role
Ken Leung made his Broadway debut in 2002 in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, and he was also on the cast recording of that show.
Big break
Edward Norton cast Ken Leung in his 2000 directorial debut Keeping the Faith, and Leung's work in a tiny role drew such big laughs that the filmmakers expanded the scene.
Ken Leung movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Brett Ratner directed two of these films. James Hong appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Hong's page
Edward Norton's page
George Cheung's page
Tzi Ma's page
Byron Mann's page
Tsai Chin's page
All films by Brett Ratner
Box office
What Ken Leung's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.9 billion
11 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$684M35.8% of the total
- 2$245M12.8% of the total
- 3$236M12.3% of the total
- 4$209M10.9% of the total
- 5$208M10.9% of the total
- 6$104M5.4% of the total
- 7$90M4.7% of the total
- 8$60M3.1% of the total
$76.2 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.