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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

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  1. 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.

  2. 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

Best known for

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

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  1. The Man with the Golden Gun1974 Action, Adventure, Thrilleras Hip

    IMDb rating 6.7123K votes

  2. Mulan1998 Adventure, Animation, Familyas Fa Zhouvoice

    IMDb rating 7.7351K votes

  3. Beverly Hills Ninja1997as Sensei

    IMDb rating 5.647K votes

  4. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning1985as Colonel Yin

    IMDb rating 5.411K votes

  5. The Final Countdown1980as Simura

    IMDb rating 6.730K votes

  6. Death Wish 4: The Crackdown1987as Det. Phil Nozaki

    IMDb rating 5.513K votes

  7. Mulan II2004as Fa Zhouvoice

    IMDb rating 5.634K votes

  8. Good Guys Wear Black1978as Mjr. Mhin Van Thieu - The Black Tigers

    IMDb rating 5.24.5K votes

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.

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Films together

Box office

What Soon-Tek Oh's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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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

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Mulan1998as Fa Zhou (voice)
    $304M62.4% of the total
  2. 2
    $98M20.0% of the total
  3. 3
    Beverly Hills Ninja1997as Sensei
    $31M6.5% of the total
  4. 4
    Good Guys Wear Black1978as Mjr. Mhin Van Thieu - The Black Tigers
    $18M3.8% of the total
  5. 5
    The Final Countdown1980as Simura
    $17M3.4% of the total
  6. 6
    $11M2.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Death Wish 4: The Crackdown1987as Det. Phil Nozaki
    $6.9M1.4% of the total
  8. 8
    A Home of Our Own1993as Mr. Munimura
    $1.7M0.3% of the total