George Cheung


George Kee Cheung is a Hong Kong actor and stuntman with an extensive career in American television and film dating back to 1975, often playing Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Mongolian parts. His career has focused primarily on television work, though he has had numerous supporting roles in films such as Rambo: First Blood Part II, RoboCop 2, Under Siege, and ''Fist of the North Star.''

Early life

Cheung was born in Hong Kong and earned his degree in biology at the University of San Francisco.

Career

Some notable television programs he has guest starred on include M*A*S*H; Fantasy Island; Hart to Hart; MacGyver; Magnum, P.I.; Simon & Simon; Kung Fu: The Legend Continues; The A-Team; Knight Rider; How I Met Your Mother; Seinfeld; Thunder in Paradise; Martial Law; Walker, Texas Ranger; Nash Bridges; NYPD Blue; ER; The West Wing; Seibu Keisatsu; Lost and The Haves and the Have Nots.
His film appearances include Under Siege, Rambo: First Blood Part II, RoboCop 2, Lethal Weapon 4, Rush Hour, Starsky & Hutch and Mongolian Death Worm. In 2013, he voiced Wei Cheng in Grand Theft Auto V.

Filmography

Film

  • The Killer Elite as Bruce
  • The Enforcer as Mendez Henchman
  • The Kentucky Fried Movie as Guard No. 1
  • The Amsterdam Kill as Jimmy Wong
  • Invisible Strangler as Medical Examiner Jim
  • Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge as Doctor Pai
  • The Exterminator as Viet Cong Commander
  • The Beach Girls as Wang
  • Going Berserk as Kung Fu Fighter
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II as Lieutenant Tay
  • Big Trouble in Little China as Chang Sing No. 6
  • Opposing Force as Tuan
  • The Night Stalker as Thug
  • Steele Justice as Mob Thug No. 3
  • Weekend at Bernie's as Lomax's Gardener
  • Another 48 Hrs. as Hotel Guest
  • RoboCop 2 as Gilette
  • Guns as Sifu
  • The Hard Way as Drug Dealer
  • One Good Cop as Waiter
  • Fury in Red as George Chang
  • Showdown in Little Tokyo as Yoshida's Men
  • Ricochet as Huey, Drug Dealer
  • The Master as Paul
  • Death Ring as Mr. Chen
  • Storyville as Xang Tran
  • Sneakers as Chinese Restaurant Singer
  • Glengarry Glen Ross
  • Wishman as Servant No. 1
  • Under Siege as Commando
  • Cooperstown as Mr. Matsunaga
  • Joshua Tree as Chinese Gunmen No. 4
  • Shootfighter: Fight to the Death as Master
  • New York Cop as Tong
  • North as Chinese Barber
  • Deadly Target as Man No. 2
  • Fist of the North Star as Neville
  • Batman Forever as Guest
  • Galaxis as Eddie
  • The Adventurers as Uncle Tung
  • Police Story 4: First Strike as Chinese Group No. 1
  • White Tiger as Detective Fong
  • Carjack as Chang
  • True Vengeance as Hideko Minushoto
  • Brotherhood as Nick
  • High Voltage as Victor Phan
  • Lethal Weapon 4 as Fan
  • Rush Hour as Soo Yung's Driver
  • The Yakuza Way as Mike Sakata
  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Chinese Teacher
  • No Tomorrow as Ming
  • Ultimate Target as Raymond Fischer
  • Assassina – Codinome: Ghost
  • The Silent Force as Hue Gung Pao
  • U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force as Sensei Matsumura
  • Invincible as Tojo Sakamura
  • We Were Soldiers as NVA Officer
  • Wicked Game as Christopher
  • Starsky & Hutch as Chau
  • Sucker Free City as Mr. Tsing
  • American Fusion as Albert
  • 18 Fingers of Death! as Dr. Fook Yu
  • Mission: Impossible III as Shanghai Game Player
  • The Pursuit of Happyness as Chinese Maintenance Worker
  • Rush Hour 3 as Reynard Triad Gangster
  • Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter as Detective Ishanov
  • The Perfect Host as Storekeeper
  • Invincible Scripture as Tao Ling
  • Mongolian Death Worm as Timor
  • Anita Ho as Mr. Lee
  • Awesome Asian Bad Guys as George
  • Beyond the Game as Police Captain

    Television

  • The Bionic Woman as 2nd Agent
  • Wonder Woman as Mr. Munn
  • M*A*S*H as Korean Soldier
  • Magnum, P.I. as Choi
  • Manimal as Dragon the sifu
  • T. J. Hooker as Po and Dr. Coe
  • Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Chinese Triad member
  • MacGyver as General Narai / Troy / Dr Liang
  • Knight Rider as Suki Taneka
  • Saved by the Bell: The College Years as Chinese Professor
  • Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Chang Lu Ma
  • Thunder in Paradise as Da Ri
  • Walker Texas Ranger as Manzo Tokada
  • Murder She Wrote as Ikuma Nakata
  • Seinfeld as Owner
  • Sunset Beach as Mr. Chang
  • Mortal Kombat Conquest as Master Cho
  • ER as Mr. Chen
  • The West Wing as China Ambassador Ling-Po
  • How I Met Your Mother as Korean Elvis
  • Lost as Ambassador
  • House M.D as Xang
  • Hawaii Five-0 as Yao Fat
  • BMF as Han Jin

    Videogames

  • Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix as Huang Zhenmeng
  • Halo 2 as ILB: Mr. Shebura
  • Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction as Captain Kai Leu, China Soldier
  • The Matrix: Path of Neo as Kung Fu Soldier, Chinatown Gangster, Additional Walla
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Sao Feng's Henchman
  • Enemy Territory: Quake Wars as GDF Covert Ops, Additional VO
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune as Pirates No. 1
  • Dead to Rights: Retribution as Lao
  • Grand Theft Auto V as Wei Cheng, The Local Population
  • Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection as Pirates

    Other

In May 2008, Cheung was presented by California's Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus with the Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Award for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment.