Keone Young

Keone Joseph Young (born September 6, 1947) is an American actor.

Keone Young
Young at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2019
Born
Keone Joseph Young

(1947-09-06) September 6, 1947
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
OccupationActor, voice actor
Years active1967–present

Life and career

Young was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Chinese father and Japanese mother, who both immigrated to Hawaii. His acting mentor was Mako.[1]

He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters, Futurama, The Simpsons, Alias, JAG, The Steve Harvey Show, Zeke and Luther, Shake It Up: Made In Japan and on the daytime soaps The Young and the Restless and Generations. He also portrayed the bodyguard of the Ancient One (Keye Luke) during the Asian Quarter storyline on General Hospital.

Young played Dr. Michael Kwan on the short-lived multi-ethnic medical drama Kay O'Brien, which aired in the fall of 1986 on CBS. Despite the fact that the network had high hopes for the series, just 9 of 13 episodes were aired. He was also a semi-regular on the HBO series Deadwood as Mr. Wu and played Henry Lin's Uncle on the FX series Sons of Anarchy. He also played Mr. Wu, unrelated to the Deadwood character, in the movie Men in Black 3, and played the role of Ellison Onizuka In the TV film Challenger.

Young has many voice-over credits as well: Grandpa in American Dragon: Jake Long, Kaz in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Mr. Sanban in Codename: Kids Next Door, the Firebending master Jeong Jeong in the Asian-influenced Avatar: The Last Airbender, Storm Shadow in the Sunbow G.I. Joe animated series, the Hard Master in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Mr. Wu on Nickelodeon's show The Mighty B!, Babaram on Surf Ninjas Marshall Kai Ti Chang in Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, Silver Samurai in X-Men: The Official Game and Wolverine and the X-Men, Sensei in Young Justice, Chen Stormstout in the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion and Heroes of the Storm by Blizzard Entertainment, and Commander Sato in Star Wars Rebels.

Young also has several Star Trek links: he played Buck Bokai, a famous baseball player in the 24th century in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "If Wishes Were Horses". He also played Hoshi Sato's father in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Vanishing Point". Young appeared as Governor Ho in the movie North starring Elijah Wood.

In theatre, Young has had a long history with the Asian American theatre company, East West Players, in Los Angeles, where he not only performed but often served as producer. He voiced Lord Qin in Mulan II.

In 2013, Young joined the cast of HBO's True Blood as Dr. Hido Takahashi, the man responsible for inventing the titular blood substitute.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1976Baby Blue MarineKatsu
1980Private BenjaminKim Osaka
1981EyewitnessMr. Long's Son
1982FrancesChinese Doctor
1984The Wild LifeJapanese Bowler
1988Alien NationWinter
1989Lost AngelsAtty. Victor Eng
Beverly Hills BodysnatchersDon Ho
Black RainKaraoke Singer
1990FearDetective William Wu
1991Shanghai 1920Ming
1992Honeymoon in VegasEddie Wong
1993Surf NinjasBaba Ram
1994Golden GateBenny Ying
My Girl 2Daryl Tanaka
NorthGovernor Ho
1995The Brady Bunch MovieMr. Watanabe
1996StripteaseLing
JackDr. Lin
1997Bad Day on the BlockRon the Repairman
Playing GodMr. Ksi
1998At Sachem FarmMr. Tang
2000Dude, Where's My Car?Mr. Lee the Chinese Tailor
2001Dr. Dolittle 2Bee (voice)
2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & BlondeCommittee Clerk
2005Mulan IILord Qin/Chin (voice)Direct-to-video film
2006CrankDon Kim
Teen Titans: Trouble in TokyoCommander Uehara Daizo/Saico-Tek/Sushi Shop Owner (voice)Direct-to-video film
2009Why Am I Doing This?Ming
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai SwordMatsuhiro (voice)Direct-to-video film
Crank: High VoltageDon Kim
2012Men in Black 3Mr. Wu
Stand Up GuysSong

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1969 Room 222 Howie Wong Episode: "Naked Came We Into The World"
1973 The Streets of San Francisco Willard Lu – Cobra Episode: "Trail of the Serpent"
1974 Jerry Morree Wu TV movie
1980 Diff'rent Strokes David Cheung Episode: "Hello, Daddy"
1982 Taxi The Japanese Man Episode: "Alex Goes off the Wagon"[2]
1984 Girls of the White Orchid Akira TV movie
1985 Challenge of a Lifetime Dr. Honowa TV movie
1988 Nightingales Rick TV movie
1989 Trenchcoat in Paradise Bob Kanuka TV movie
1990 Challenger Lt. Colonel Ellison Onizuka TV movie
1990 Last Flight Out Tung Sanh TV movie
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Buck Bokai Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
1993 Dead Before Dawn James Young TV movie
1993 Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland Gerald Chong TV movie
1995 Here Come the Munsters Ralph the Limo Driver TV movie
2000 NYPD Blue Charlie Sung Episode: "Goodbye Charlie"
2000 Rip Girls Bo TV movie
2001 Curb Your Enthusiasm Acupuncturist Episode: "The Acupuncturist"
2001–2005 Alias Professor Choy 4 episodes
2002 Star Trek: Enterprise Hoshi's Father Episode: "Vanishing Point"
2003 The Even Stevens Movie Chief Tuka TV movie
2003–2017 Samurai Jack Various voices 4 episodes
2004–2006 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Kaz (voice) 39 episodes
2004–2006 Deadwood Mr. Wu 18 episodes
2005 Lilo & Stitch: The Series Lao Shi (credited as Jake's Grandpa) (voice) Episode: "Morpholomew"
2005 House Clyde Park Episode: “Love Hurts”
2005–2007 American Dragon: Jake Long Luong Lao Shi (Jake's Grandfather), other voices 45 episodes
2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Various voices 6 episodes
2006 NCIS Lee Song Episode: "Light Sleeper"
2006 Return to Halloweentown Silas Sinister TV movie
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn Mr. Ma TV movie
2013 Sons of Anarchy Bohai Lin 2 episodes
2015 The Man in the High Castle General Hata Episode: "Kindness"
2015–2017 Star Wars Rebels Commander Jun Sato (voice) 17 episodes
2017 Queen of the South Ki Moon Episode: "El Precio de la Fe"
2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jei (voice) 3 episodes
2017 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Mr. Vehara, Sumo (voice) Episode: "The Curse of Kaniaku"
2017 DuckTales Additional voices Episode: "Daytrip of Doom!"
2019 Deadwood: The Movie Mr. Wu TV movie

Video games
Year Title Role
2002Law & Order: Dead on the MoneyPaul Kim
2003Indiana Jones and the Emperor's TombMarshall Kai/Ch'in Shi-Huang-Ti
GladiusAdditional voices
Law & Order II: Double or NothingPaul Kim
True Crime: Streets of LABig Chong/Jimmy Fu/Additional voices
2004Doom 3Additional voice
Men of ValorCaptain Van Bao
2005Vampire: The Masquerade – BloodlinesLao Tzu
Project SnowblindSgt. Major Chung
Red Ninja: End of Honor
SWAT 4Hyun Jun Park
Rise of the KasaiKuzo
Rainbow Six: Lockdown
True Crime: New York City
2006X-Men: The Official GameSilver Samurai
Red Steel
2007Spider-Man 3Mr. Chen
2008Ninja Gaiden IIJoe Hayabusa
Fracture
2009Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2Joe Hayabusa
2010Alpha ProtocolRonald Sung/Chinese Secret Police
2011Rage
2012Ninja Gaiden 3Joe Hayabusa
World of Warcraft: Mists of PandariaChen Stormstout
2013Dead Island: RiptideMarvin/Various characters
2015Heroes of the StormChen Stormstout
2017Batman: The Enemy WithinRumi Mori

References
  1. "After a 50-year career, veteran actor Keone Young is an 'outsider on the inside'".
  2. Noam Pitlik (Director) (2014). Taxi: Die Finale Season [The Final Season] (DVD) (in German and English). Germany: Paramount Home Media Distribution / Paramount Home Entertainment (Germany).


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