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Keone Young

Biography

Keone Young is an American actor born in Honolulu who has worked prolifically in character roles across television, film, and voice-over. His television credits include Dr. Michael Kwan on Kay O'Brien (1986) and Mr. Wu on Deadwood (2004-06), as well as the dual parts of Judge Robert Chong and Mr. Wan on The Young and the Restless (2007-10). He has voiced Kaz on Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and Luong Lao Shi on American Dragon: Jake Long, among other animated roles. He guest-starred on many series, including Cheers, The Golden Girls, The Simpsons, Futurama, and Samurai Jack, and appeared in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise. In film, he played Mr. Wu in Men in Black 3 (2012) and appeared in North. He is also associated with the Asian-American theater company East West Players, and in 2013 he joined HBO's True Blood as Dr. Hido Takahashi.

79years old

Turns 80 on September 6in 328 days

  • Born Honolulu
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Also credited as Keone Joseph Young

Movie Career

Films
20
Career span
43 years1981 to 2024

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  1. Behind the camera

    In theater, Young built a long association with East West Players, an Asian-American company in Los Angeles, where he acted and frequently worked as producer.

Keone Young movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Crank: High Voltage2009 Action, Crime, Sci-Fias Don Kim

    IMDb rating 6.1169K votes

  2. Men in Black 32012 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Mr. Wu

    IMDb rating 6.8416K votes

  3. Crank2006as Don Kim

    IMDb rating 6.9280K votes

  4. Ultraman: Rising2024as Dr. Ondavoice

    IMDb rating 6.97.8K votes

  5. Return to Halloweentown2006as Silas Sinister

    IMDb rating 5.38.6K votes

  6. Wish2023as Mountain Climber / Tall Man Tourist / Guard 1voice

    IMDb rating 5.551K votes

  7. My Girl 21994as Daryl Tanaka

    IMDb rating 5.322K votes

  8. Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo2006as Commander Uehara Daizo / Saico-Tek / Sushi Shop Ownervoice

    IMDb rating 7.08.0K votes

Most often with

Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine directed two of these films together. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Keone Young's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.1 billion

11 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 20 films: 11 worldwide figure; 6 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 2 figure not found.

  • 11Worldwide figure
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Men in Black 32012as Mr. Wu
    $654M60.9% of the total
  2. 2
    Wish2023as Mountain Climber / Tall Man Tourist / Guard 1 (voice)
    $255M23.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Crank2006as Don Kim
    $43M4.0% of the total
  4. 4
    Honeymoon in Vegas1992as Eddie Wong
    $35M3.3% of the total
  5. 5
    Crank: High Voltage2009as Don Kim
    $35M3.2% of the total
  6. 6
    My Girl 21994as Daryl Tanaka
    $28M2.6% of the total
  7. 7
    Stand Up Guys2012as Song
    $5.1M0.5% of the total
  8. 8
    Frances1982as Chinese Doctor
    $5.0M0.5% of the total
Surf Ninjas (1993), $4.9 millionEyewitness (1981), $4.5 millionPlaying God (1997), $4.2 million

$13.6 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total