Soon-Tek Oh
Biography
Soon-Tek Oh was a Korean-American actor who provided the voice of Fa Zhou in Mulan (1998) and Mulan II (2004) and played Colonel Yin in Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985). Born in Mokpo in 1932, he attended the University of Southern California and later earned an MFA from UCLA. His stage work included the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures, and he was an early member of the Asian American theater group East West Players. He also started the Society of Heritage Performers, a Korean American theater group that later became the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, and from 2005 he taught at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. His screen credits included The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Final Countdown (1980), and television series such as Hawaii Five-O, MacGyver, and Stargate SG-1. In 2008, the San Diego Asian Film Festival gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award.
85years old at death
- Born Mokpo
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Soon-Teck Oh and Oh Soon-tek
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 38 years1966 to 2004
Genres
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Behind the camera
Soon-Tek Oh joined East West Players, an Asian American theater group started in 1965, early on. In 1995 he started the Korean American theater group Society of Heritage Performers, which later became the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.
A change of course
Starting in 2005, Soon-Tek Oh held a professorship at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, where he was a professor.
Soon-Tek Oh movies on Netflix
Mulan IIas Fa Zhou (voice)
True Blueas Tiger
The President's Manas General Vinh Tran
Mulanas Fa Zhou (voice)
Beverly Hills Ninjaas Sensei
Red Sun Risingas Yamata
S.F.W.as Milt Morris
A Home of Our Ownas Mr. Munimura
Collision Courseas Kitao
Death Wish 4: The Crackdownas Det. Phil Nozaki
Missing in Action 2: The Beginningas Colonel Yin
Airwolfas Vietnamese farmer
The Final Countdownas Simura
Good Guys Wear Blackas Mjr. Mhin Van Thieu - The Black Tigers
The Man with the Golden Gunas Hip
One More Train to Robas Yung(Soon-Taik Oh)
Murderers' Rowas Tempura
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
Chuck Norris3 films together, 1978 to 2000
Chuck Norris's page The President's Man2000IMDb rating 4.8Oh as General Vinh TranNorris as Joshua McCord
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning1985IMDb rating 5.4Oh as Colonel YinNorris as Colonel James Braddock
Good Guys Wear Black1978IMDb rating 5.2Oh as Mjr. Mhin Van Thieu - The Black TigersNorris as John T. Booker
Pat Morita3 films together, 1989 to 2004
Pat Morita's page Mulan II2004IMDb rating 5.6Oh as Fa ZhouvoiceMorita as The Emperorvoice
Mulan1998IMDb rating 7.7Oh as Fa ZhouvoiceMorita as The Emperorvoice
Collision Course1989IMDb rating 4.7Oh as KitaoMorita as Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo
Frank Welker2 films together, 1998 to 2004
George Takei2 films together, 1998 to 2004
BD Wong2 films together, 1998 to 2004
Richard Loo2 films together, 1971 to 1974
Richard Loo's page The Man with the Golden Gun1974IMDb rating 6.7Oh as HipLoo as Hai Fat
One More Train to Rob1971IMDb rating 5.7Oh as Yung(Soon-Taik Oh)Loo as Mr. Chang
Also two films together6 more actors
- June ForayMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Gedde WatanabeMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Harvey FiersteinMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Pamela GidleyTrue Blue (2001) and S.F.W. (1994)
- Ming-Na WenMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
- Freda Foh ShenMulan II (2004) and Mulan (1998)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Soon-Tek Oh's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$488 million
8 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$304M62.4% of the total
- 2$98M20.0% of the total
- 3$31M6.5% of the total
- 4$18M3.8% of the total
- 5$17M3.4% of the total
- 6$11M2.2% of the total
- 7$6.9M1.4% of the total
- 8$1.7M0.3% of the total
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