Ralph Ahn

Ralph Ahn was an American actor born in Los Angeles in 1926. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he was encouraged by his brother Philip, a pioneering Asian American film actor, to try acting. Ahn made his screen debut in Battle Circus (1953) as a Korean prisoner, then appeared in Mission Over Korea and had minor parts in Prisoner of War and The Bamboo Prison. He went on to appear in Battle Hymn, The Hook, and Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962). From 1964 to 1968 he left acting to teach business math and coach football at Bishop Alemany High School. He returned in 1988 with It Takes Two (1988) and The Golden Girls. Later credits included Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Panther (1995), and Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996). From 2012 to 2018 he played Tran on New Girl, bringing him national recognition.