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Keone Joseph Young is an American actor born on September 6, 1947, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father is Chinese, and his mother is Japanese. Young has had a long and successful career in film, television, stage, and voice acting, spanning over five decades. He has guest-starred in many TV shows and is a semi-regular on the HBO series "Deadwood" as Mr. Wu. Young is also notable for voicing Grandpa in "American Dragon: Jake Long" and Kaz in "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi." He has also voiced Mr. Sanban in "Codename: Kids Next Door," the firebending master Jeong Jeong in an episode of "Avatar: The Last Airbender," Kuzo in "The Mark of Kri" and its sequel "Rise of the Kasai," and Chen Stormstout in "World of Warcraft." Young has also acted in films, including "North" (1994) and "Men of War" (1994). 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 a producer. Young's mentor was Japanese-American actor and voice artist [[Mako Iwamatsu]].
Keone Joseph Young is an American actor born on September 6, 1947, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father is Chinese, and his mother is Japanese. Young has had a long and successful career in film, television, stage, and voice acting, spanning over five decades. He has guest-starred in many TV shows and is a semi-regular on the HBO series "Deadwood" as Mr. Wu. Young is also notable for voicing Grandpa in "American Dragon: Jake Long" and Kaz in "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi." He has also voiced Mr. Sanban in "Codename: Kids Next Door," the firebending master Jeong Jeong in an episode of "Avatar: The Last Airbender," Kuzo in "The Mark of Kri" and its sequel "Rise of the Kasai," and Chen Stormstout in "World of Warcraft." Young has also acted in films, including "North" (1994) and "Men of War" (1994). 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 a producer. Young's mentor was Japanese-American actor and voice artist [[Mako | Mako Iwamatsu]].
 
==Most Recent Appearances==
 
* [[Ultraman: Rising (TV Show) | Ultraman: Rising]] (2024)
 
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1976 || ''Baby Blue Marine'' || Katsu ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Private Benjamin' || Kim Osaka ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Eyewitness '' || Mr. Long's Son ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Frances'' || Chinese Doctor ||
|-
| 1984 || ''The Wild Life'' || Japanese Bowler ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Alien Nation'' || Winter ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1989 || ''Lost Angels'' || Atty. Victor Eng ||
|-
| ''Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers'' || Don Ho ||
|-
| ''[[Black Rain (Movie)|Black Rain]]'' || Karaoke Singer ||
|-
| 1990 || ''Fear'' || Detective William Wu ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Shanghai 1920'' || Ming ||
|-
| 1992 || ''Honeymoon in Vegas'' || Eddie Wong ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Surf Ninjas'' || Baba Ram ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1994 || ''Golden Gate'' || Benny Ying ||
|-
| ''My Girl 2'' || Daryl Tanaka ||
|-
| ''North'' || Governor Ho ||
|-
| 1995 || ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' || Mr. Watanabe ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996 || ''Striptease'' || Ling ||
|-
| ''Jack'' || Dr. Lin ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997 || ''Bad Day on the Block'' || Ron the Repairman ||
|-
| ''Playing God'' || Mr. Ksi ||
|-
| 1998 || ''At Sachem Farm'' || Mr. Tang ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Dude, Where's My Car?'' || Mr. Lee the Chinese Tailor ||
|-
| 2001 || ''Dr. Dolittle 2'' || Bee ||Voice
|-
| 2003 || ''Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' || Committee Clerk ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Mulan II'' || Lord Qin, additional voices || Voice, direct-to-video
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''[[Crank'' || Don Kim ||
|-
| ''Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo'' || Commander Uehara Daizo, Saico-Tek, Sushi Shop Owner || Voice, direct-to-video
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2009 || ''Why Am I Doing This?'' || Ming ||
|-
| ''Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword'' || Matsuhiro || Voice, direct-to-video
|-
| ''Crank: High Voltage'' || Don Kim ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012 || ''Men in Black 3'' || Mr. Wu ||
|-
| ''Stand Up Guys'' || Song ||
|-
| 2020 || ''Night in Paradise'' || Kuto || Voice, English dub
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! '''Year'''
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1969
| ''Room 222''
| Howie Wong
| Episode: "Naked Came We Into The World"
|-
| 1970
| ''The Bill Cosby Show''
| Player #2
| Episode: "This Mouth is Rated X"
|-
| 1972
| ''Search''
| Nagada
| Episode: "Short Circuit"
|-
| 1973
| ''The Streets of San Francisco''
| Willard Lu – Cobra
| Episode: "Trail of the Serpent"
|-
| 1974
| ''Jerry''
| Morree Wu
| Television film
|-
| 1974
| ''Kojak''
| Oriental
| Episode: "A Souvenir from Atlantic City"
|-
| 1976
| ''Grady''
| Delivery Man
| Episode: "The Weekend"
|-
| 1977
| ''Police Story''
| Boy #1
| Episode: "The Blue Fog"
|-
| 1978
| ''Husbands, Wives & Lovers''
| Young Waiter
| Episode: "The Women Strike"
|-
| 1981
| ''I'm a Big Girl Now''
| Willie Wong
| Episode: "With Becky You Get Eggroll"
|-
| 1982
| ''Hart to Hart''
| Kim
| Uncredited<br>Episode: "From the Depths of My Heart"
|-
| 1982
| ''Diff'rent Strokes''
| David Cheung
| Episode: "Hello, Daddy"
|-
| 1982
| ''Bring 'Em Back Alive''
| Nakamoto Associate
| Episode: "Seven Keys to Singapore"
|-
| 1982
| ''The Fall Guy''
| Japanese Man
| Episode: "Bail and Bond"
|-
| 1982
| ''Taxi''
| The Japanese Man
| Episode: "Alex Goes off the Wagon"
|-
| 1982
| ''The Jeffersons''
| Maitre D'
| Episode: "A Date with Danger"
|-
| 1982
| ''Cheers''
| Tourist #1
| Episode: "Coach Returns to Action"
|-
| 1983
| ''Matt Houston''
| Spider
| Episode: "The Rock and the Hard Place"
|-
| 1983
| ''Hill Street Blues''
| Storeowner
| Episode: "Here's Adventure, Here's Romance"
|-
| 1983
| ''Girls of the White Orchid''
| Akira
| Television film, also called ''Death Ride to Osaka''
|-
| 1984
| ''Buffalo Bill''
| Jerry Lewis Impersonator
| Episode: "Jerry Lewis Week"
|-
| 1984
| ''The Fall Guy''
| Mr. Soo
| Episode: "Always Say Always"
|-
| 1984–1985
| ''Challenge of the GoBots''
| Additional voices
| 65 episodes
|-
| 1984–1986
| ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero''
| Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe)
| Voice, 12 episodes
|-
| 1984–1986
| ''Webster (TV series)|Webster''
| Master Kuan, Giuseppe
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1984
| ''Remington Steele''
| Winston Zakata, Mr. Moto
| Episode: "Elementary Steele"
|-
| 1984
| ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King''
| Jay Nigeta
| Episode: "Remembrance of Things Past"
|-
| 1984
| ''The Duck Factory''
|
| Episode: "The Duck Stops Here"
|-
| 1985
| ''Challenge of a Lifetime''
| Dr. Honowa
| Television film
|-
| 1985
| ''St. Elsewhere''
| Hong
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''Magnum, P.I.''
| Mickey
| Episode: "Old Acquaintance"
|-
| 1985
| ''Lady Blue''
| Trang
| Episode: "The Widow Maker"
|-
| 1985
| ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King''
| Stanley Chow
| Episode: "Welcome to America, Mr. Brand"
|-
| 1985
| ''Jem''
| Additional voices
| Episode: "Battle of the Bands"
|-
| 1986
| ''The New Adventures of Jonny Quest''
| Additional voices
| Unknown episodes
|-
| 1986
| ''The Centurions''
| Additional voices
| 64 episodes
|-
| 1986
| ''Kay O'Brien''
| Dr. Michael Kwan
| Main cast<br>12 episodes
|-
| 1986
| ''Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos''
| Super Ninja
| Voice, 5 episodes
|-
| 1987
| ''Head of the Class''
| The Moderator
| Episode: "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!"
|-
| 1987
| ''The Oldest Rookie''
| Bok Song
| Episode: "A Game Effort"
|-
| 1987
| ''21 Jump Street''
| Mr. Tran
| Episode: "Christmas in Saigon"
|-
| 1988
| ''Tour of Duty ''
| Major Tung
| Episode: "Paradise Lost"
|-
| 1988
| ''Small Wonder''
| Dr. Chang
| Episode: "The Rock Band"
|-
| 1988
| ''Adventures of the Gummi Bears''
| Prince Yen-Moon
| Voice, episode: "The Magnificent Seven Gummies"
|-
| 1988
| ''DuckTales''
| Mung Ho
| Voice, episode: "Time is Money: Part 2 - The Duck Who Would Be King"
|-
| 1988
| ''Nightingales''
| Rick
| Television film
|-
| 1989
| ''Dear John''
| Mr. Yoshimura
| Episode: "Dream Babe"
|-
| 1989
| ''The Further Adventures of SuperTed''
| Additional voices
| 13 episodes
|-
| 1989
| ''The Karate Kid''
| Additional voices
| Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
|-
| 1989
| ''MacGyver ''
| Zhao
| Episode: "Children of Light"
|-
| 1989
| ''The Golden Girls''
| Dr. Chang
| Episode: "Sick and Tired: Part 2"
|-
| 1989
| ''Trenchcoat in Paradise]'
| Bob Kanuka
| Television film
|-
| 1990
| ''Challenger''
| Lt. Colonel Ellison Onizuka
| Television film
|-
| 1990
| ''Paradise ''
| Mr. Lee
| Episode: "Dust on the Wind"
|-
| 1990
| ''Last Flight Out''
| Tung Sanh
| Television film
|-
| 1990
| ''Generations''
| Mr. Chu
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''Ann Jillian''
|
| Episode: "A Housewarming"
|-
| 1991
| ''Dynasty: The Reunion''
| Mr. Woo
| 2 episodes<br>Television miniseries
|-
| 1991
| ''Family Matters''
| Fred Yamano
| Episode: "A Pair of Ladies"
|-
| 1991
| ''Mathnet''
| MBARI Rep
| Episode: "Despair in Monterey Bay"
|-
| 1992
| ''The Golden Girls''
| Mr. Tanaka
| Episode; "Rose: Portrait of a Woman"
|-
| 1992
| ''Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars''
| James Endo
| Episode: "Denise and De Nuptials"
|-
| 1992
| ''MacGyver''
| Chung
| Episode: "The Stringer"
|-
| 1993
| ''The Untouchables''
|
| Episode: "Chinatown"
|-
| 1993
| ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
| Buck Bokai
| Episode: "[[If Wishes Were Horses (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|If Wishes Were Horses]]"
|-
| 1993
| ''Mad About You''
| Al
| Episode: "A Pair of Hearts"
|-
| 1993
| ''Dead Before Dawn''
| James Young
| Television film
|-
| 1993
| ''Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland''
| Gerald Chong
| Television film
|-
| 1994
| ''The Byrds of Paradise''
| Mr. Lee
| Episode: "Hair Today, Gone to Maui"
|-
| 1994
| ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers''
| Additional voices
| Episode: "Twilight Ozone"
|-
| 1994
| ''Family Album (miniseries)''
| Private Investigator
| Miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''Get Smart''
| Prime Minister of Vanapopo
| Episode: "Passenger 99"
|-
| 1995
| ''Marker (TV series)|Marker''
| Taki Machidomi
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''Here Come the Munsters''
| Ralph the Limo Driver
| Television film
|-
| 1996
| ''The Faculty''
| Mr. Takehama
| Episode: "Carlos Garcia"
|-
| 1997
| ''Murphy Brown''
| Master Hahn
| Episode: "Desperate Times"
|-
| 1997
| ''Caroline in the City''
| Fong
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1998
| ''Jenny''
| M.C.
| Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Make Room for Daddy: Part 1"; credited as Keoni Young
|-
| 1998
| ''Conrad Bloom''
| Mr. Chang
| Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| 1998
| ''Boy Meets World''
| Professor
| Episode: "Ain't College Great?"
|-
| 1999
| ''Smart Guy''
| Ted Shaw
| Episode: "Cross Talk"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| Fish
| Voice, episode: "[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo (The Simpsons)]]"
|-
| 1999
| ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show''
| Master P'tui
| Episode: "Honey, I'm Kung Fu Fighting"
|-
| 1999
| ''Nash Bridges''
| Duke
| Episode: "Kill Switch"
|-
| 2000
| ''Baywatch''
| Kumu Pono
| Episode: "Breath of Life"
|-
| 2000
| ''Arliss''
|
| Episode: "Where There's a Will..."
|-
| 2000
| ''Static Shock''
| Mr. Lee
| Voice, episode: "Winds of Change"
|-
| 2000
| ''NYPD Blue''
| Charlie Sung
| Episode: "Goodbye Charlie"
|-
| 2000
| ''Rip Girls''
| Bo
| Television film
|-
| 2001
| ''Batman Beyond''
| Dr. Ho
| Voice, episode: "Countdown"
|-
| 2001
| ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''
| Acupuncturist
| Episode: "The Acupuncturist"
|-
| 2001–2005
| ''Alias''
| Professor Choy
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2001
| ''The Steve Harvey Show''
| Mr. Chin
| Episode: "Principal's Pet"
|-
| 2002
| ''The Invisible Man''
| Loh Ming
| Episode: "The Invisible Woman"
|-
| 2002
| ''Justice League ''
| Professor Arthur Chin
| Voice, episode: "The Brave and the Bold"
|-
| 2002
| ''King of the Hill''
| Additional voices
| Voice, episode: "[[Returning Japanese (Episode)]]"
|-
| 2002
| ''Everwood''
| Gino
| Episode: "The Great Doctor Brown"
|-
| 2002
| ''Judging Amy''
| Judge
| Episode: "Boys to Men"
|-
| 2002
| ''Star Trek: Enterprise''
| Hoshi's Father
| Episode: "[[Vanishing Point (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Vanishing Point]]"
|-
| 2003
| ''Jackie Chan Adventures''
| Wing
| Voice, episode: "A Night at the Opera"
|-
| 2003
| ''The Even Stevens Movie''
| Chief Tuka
| Television film
|-
| 2003–2017
| ''Samurai Jack''
| Various voices
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2003
| ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy''
| Quan Ti
| Voice, episode: "Grim for a Day/ChickenBall Z/Max Courage!"
|-
| 2003
| ''JAG''
| Police Officer
| Episode: "Secret Agent Man"
|-
| 2004
| ''Will & Grace''
| Owner
| Episode: "A Gay/December Romance"
|-
| 2004
| ''The Powerpuff Girls''
| Server, Monk
| Voice, episode: "Makes Zen to Me/Say Uncle"
|-
| 2004–2006
| ''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi''
| Kaz
| Voice, 39 episodes
|-
| 2004–2006
| ''Codename: Kids Next Door''
| Kani Sanban
| Voice, 3 episodes
|-
| 2004–2006
| ''Deadwood''
| Mr. Wu
| 18 episodes
|-
| 2004
| ''Strong Medicine]'
| Mr. Fong
| Episode: "Like Cures Like"
|-
| 2004
| ''The Batman''
| Hideo Katsu
| Voice, episode: "The Cat and the Bat"
|-
| 2005
| ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''
| Lao Shi
| Voice, episode: "Morpholomew"
|-
| 2005
| ''Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans''
| Katarou, The Monkey
| Voice, episode: "The Quest"
|-
| 2005
| '[House (TV series)|House''
| Clyde Park
| Episode: “Love Hurts”
|-
| 2005–2007
| ''American Dragon: Jake Long''
| Luong Lao Shi
| Voice, 45 episodes
|-
| 2005–2008
| ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''
| Jeong Jeong, Captain Li, High Sage
| Voice, 6 episodes
|-
| 2005
| ''NYPD Blue''
| Akira Nakada
| Episode: "Moving Day"
|-
| 2006
| ''NCIS (TV series)|NCIS''
| Lee Song
| Episode: "Light Sleeper"
|-
| 2006
| ''Return to Halloweentown''
| Silas Sinister
| Television film
|-
| 2007
| ''Ben 10''
| Ishiyama
| Voice, episode: "Game Over"
|-
| 2007
| ''In Case of Emergency (TV series)|In Case of Emergency''
| Mr. Tuckman
| Episode: "Forbidden Love"
|-
| 2007–2009
| ''Phineas & Ferb''
| Additional voices
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2007–2010
| ''The Young and the Restless''
| Judge Robert Chong, Mr. Wan
| 15 episodes
|-
| 2007
| ''John from Cincinnati''
| The Chinaman
| Episode: "His Visit: Day Nine"
|-
| 2007
| ''Cold Case''
| Shinji Nakamura - 2007
| Episode: "Family 8108"
|-
| 2007
| ''Random! Cartoons''
| Flashback Lance, Flashback Zoopie
| Voice, episode: "Squirly Town"
|-
| 2008
| ''The Mighty B!''
| Mr. Wu, additional voices
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2008
| ''American Dad!''
| Chick Salesman
| Voice, episode: "Pulling Double Booty"
|-
| 2008
| ''Crash (2008 TV series)|Crash''
| Law Officer Paul Kim
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''The Unit''
| General Lao
| Episode: "Bad Beat"
|-
| 2009
| ''Numbers (TV series)|Numbers''
| Walter Yoon
| Episode: "Trouble in Chinatown"
|-
| 2009
| ''Wolverine and the X-Men''
| [[Silver Samurai|Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai]], Yakuza Ninja
| Voice, episode: "[[Code of Conduct (Wolverine and the X-Men) | Code of Conduct]]"
|-
| 2009
| ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold''
| Operative
| Voice, episode: "When OMAC Attacks!"
|-
| 2010
| ''Zeke & Luther''
| Mr. Ng
| Episode: "Crouching Zeke, Dancing Luther"
|-
| 2010
| ''Glenn Martin, DDS''
| Master Linn
| Voice, episode: "Tooth Fairy"
|-
| 2010
| ''G.I. Joe: Renegades''
| Hard Master, Arata
| Voice, episode: "Return of the Arishikage"
|-
| 2011
| ''Mike & Molly''
| Abe
| Episode: "Samuel Gets Fired"
|-
| 2011–2013
| ''Transformers: Prime''
| Additional voices
| 25 episodes
|-
| 2011; 2019
| ''Young Justice''
| Sensei
| Voice, 2 episodes
|-
| 2011
| ''Ben 10: Ultimate Alien''
| Ishiyama, Julie's Dad
| Voice, episode: "The Perfect Girlfriend"
|-
| 2012
| ''Tron: Uprising''
| Additional voices
| Episode: "Beck's Beginning"
|-
| 2012
| ''Hemingway & Gellhorn''
| Mr. Ma
| Television film
|-
| 2012–2013
| ''Naruto|Naruto Shippuden''
| Disonasu
| Voice, 6 episodes; English dub
|-
| 2012
| ''Shake It Up''
| Mr. Watanabe
| Episode: "Made in Japan"
|-
| 2013
| ''Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness''
| Wu Yong
| Voice, episode: "A Tigress Tale"
|-
| 2013
| ''Sons of Anarchy (season 6)''
| Bohai Lin
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''The Legend of Korra''
| Additional voices
| Episodes: "Civil Wars"
|-
| 2013
| ''True Blood''
| Hido Takahashi
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''Mad''
| Yashida, Superhero Announcer, Candy Clerk
| Voice, episode: "Dullverine / Under the Dumb"
|-
| 2013
| ''Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters''
| Master Isao Okamoto
| Voice, 8 episodes
|-
| 2014
| ''NCIS: Los Angeles''
| Mr. Kim
| Episode: "Fish Out of Water"
|-
| 2014
| ''Turbo Fast''
| Maitre D'
| Voice, episode: "Turbo Drift"
|-
| 2014
| ''Franklin & Bash]'
| Sato
| Episode: "Good Cop/Bad Cop"
|-
| 2015
| ''The Man in the High Castle''
| General Hata
| Episode: "Kindness"
|-
| 2015–2017
| ''Star Wars Rebels''
| rowspan="2"| [[Commander Jun Sato]]
| Voice, 17 episodes
|-
| 2015
| ''Rebels Recon''
| Voice, episode: "Inside 'The Lost Commanders'"
|-
| 2015
| ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil''
| Elderly Japanese Driver
| Voice, episode: "Diaz Family Vacation/Brittney's Party"
|-
| 2016
| ''Ultimate Spider-Man''
| Mister Negative|Martin Li / Mr. Negative, Dragon Goon #2
| Voice, episode: "Return to the Spider-Verse: Part 3"
|-
| 2016–2017
| ''Sofia the First''
| Wu-Chang
| Voice, 2 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''Kevin Can Wait''
| Mr. Chu
| Episode: "The Fantastic Pho"
|-
| 2017
| ''Madam Secretary''
| Minister Byambyn Sendoo
| Episode: "Gift Horse"
|-
| 2017
| ''Queen of the South''
| Ki Moon
| Episode: "El Precio de la Fe"
|-
| 2017
| ''Rooster Teeth / Death Battle!''
| [[Silver Samurai]]
| Voice, episode: "Shredder vs. Silver Samurai"
|-
| 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 (2017 TV series)|DuckTales]]''
| Additional voices
| Episode: "Daytrip of Doom!"
|-
| 2018
| ''Designated Survivor''
| Ambassador Dewan
| Episode: "Bad Reception"
|-
| 2018
| ''Archer''
| Additional voices
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''Teen Titans Go!''
| Katarou
| Voice, episode: "Them Soviet Boys"
|-
| 2019
| ''Deadwood: The Movie''
| Mr. Wu
| Television film
|-
| 2019
| ''Mom''
| George
| Episode: "Chicken Hands and Toxic Narcissism"
|-
| 2020
| ''Stumptown''
| Dwaddle Chen
| Episode: "Reality Checks Don't Bounce"
|-
| 2021
| ''Big City Greens''
| Mr. Sato
| Voice, episode: "Rent Control"
|-
| 2021
| ''Tom and Jerry Special Shorts''
| Chef
| Voice, episode: "On a Roll"
|-
| 2021
| ''Yasuke (TV series)|Yasuke''
| Wardock Chef
| Voice, episode: "A Long Road"
|-
| 2021
|''Godzilla Singular Point''
| Tsunetomo Yamamoto
| Voice, English dub
|-
| 2021
| ''Record of Ragnarok''
| Sasaki Kojirō|Kojiro Sasaki
| Voice, English dub
|-
| 2021
| ''Squid Game''
| Additional voices
| English dub
|-
| 2021
| ''Star Wars: Visions''
| Kamahachi
| Voice, English dub; short film: ''Akakiri''
|-
| 2022–present
| ''Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles''
| Tetsujin, Hakai, additional voices
| Voice, 10 episodes
|-
| 2022
| ''Grace and Frankie''
| Mr. Fujibayashi
| Episode: "The Fake Funeral"
|}
 
 


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Keone Joseph Young is an American actor born on September 6, 1947, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father is Chinese, and his mother is Japanese. Young has had a long and successful career in film, television, stage, and voice acting, spanning over five decades. He has guest-starred in many TV shows and is a semi-regular on the HBO series "Deadwood" as Mr. Wu. Young is also notable for voicing Grandpa in "American Dragon: Jake Long" and Kaz in "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi." He has also voiced Mr. Sanban in "Codename: Kids Next Door," the firebending master Jeong Jeong in an episode of "Avatar: The Last Airbender," Kuzo in "The Mark of Kri" and its sequel "Rise of the Kasai," and Chen Stormstout in "World of Warcraft." Young has also acted in films, including "North" (1994) and "Men of War" (1994). 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 a producer. Young's mentor was Japanese-American actor and voice artist Mako Iwamatsu.

Most Recent Appearances[edit]


Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1976 Baby Blue Marine Katsu
1980 Private Benjamin' Kim Osaka
1981 Eyewitness Mr. Long's Son
1982 Frances Chinese Doctor
1984 The Wild Life Japanese Bowler
1988 Alien Nation Winter
1989 Lost Angels Atty. Victor Eng
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers Don Ho
Black Rain Karaoke Singer
1990 Fear Detective William Wu
1991 Shanghai 1920 Ming
1992 Honeymoon in Vegas Eddie Wong
1993 Surf Ninjas Baba Ram
1994 Golden Gate Benny Ying
My Girl 2 Daryl Tanaka
North Governor Ho
1995 The Brady Bunch Movie Mr. Watanabe
1996 Striptease Ling
Jack Dr. Lin
1997 Bad Day on the Block Ron the Repairman
Playing God Mr. Ksi
1998 At Sachem Farm Mr. Tang
2000 Dude, Where's My Car? Mr. Lee the Chinese Tailor
2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 Bee Voice
2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Committee Clerk
2005 Mulan II Lord Qin, additional voices Voice, direct-to-video
2006 [[Crank Don Kim
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo Commander Uehara Daizo, Saico-Tek, Sushi Shop Owner Voice, direct-to-video
2009 Why Am I Doing This? Ming
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Matsuhiro Voice, direct-to-video
Crank: High Voltage Don Kim
2012 Men in Black 3 Mr. Wu
Stand Up Guys Song
2020 Night in Paradise Kuto Voice, English dub

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1969 Room 222 Howie Wong Episode: "Naked Came We Into The World"
1970 The Bill Cosby Show Player #2 Episode: "This Mouth is Rated X"
1972 Search Nagada Episode: "Short Circuit"
1973 The Streets of San Francisco Willard Lu – Cobra Episode: "Trail of the Serpent"
1974 Jerry Morree Wu Television film
1974 Kojak Oriental Episode: "A Souvenir from Atlantic City"
1976 Grady Delivery Man Episode: "The Weekend"
1977 Police Story Boy #1 Episode: "The Blue Fog"
1978 Husbands, Wives & Lovers Young Waiter Episode: "The Women Strike"
1981 I'm a Big Girl Now Willie Wong Episode: "With Becky You Get Eggroll"
1982 Hart to Hart Kim Uncredited
Episode: "From the Depths of My Heart"
1982 Diff'rent Strokes David Cheung Episode: "Hello, Daddy"
1982 Bring 'Em Back Alive Nakamoto Associate Episode: "Seven Keys to Singapore"
1982 The Fall Guy Japanese Man Episode: "Bail and Bond"
1982 Taxi The Japanese Man Episode: "Alex Goes off the Wagon"
1982 The Jeffersons Maitre D' Episode: "A Date with Danger"
1982 Cheers Tourist #1 Episode: "Coach Returns to Action"
1983 Matt Houston Spider Episode: "The Rock and the Hard Place"
1983 Hill Street Blues Storeowner Episode: "Here's Adventure, Here's Romance"
1983 Girls of the White Orchid Akira Television film, also called Death Ride to Osaka
1984 Buffalo Bill Jerry Lewis Impersonator Episode: "Jerry Lewis Week"
1984 The Fall Guy Mr. Soo Episode: "Always Say Always"
1984–1985 Challenge of the GoBots Additional voices 65 episodes
1984–1986 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe) Voice, 12 episodes
1984–1986 Webster Master Kuan, Giuseppe 3 episodes
1984 Remington Steele Winston Zakata, Mr. Moto Episode: "Elementary Steele"
1984 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Jay Nigeta Episode: "Remembrance of Things Past"
1984 The Duck Factory Episode: "The Duck Stops Here"
1985 Challenge of a Lifetime Dr. Honowa Television film
1985 St. Elsewhere Hong 2 episodes
1985 Magnum, P.I. Mickey Episode: "Old Acquaintance"
1985 Lady Blue Trang Episode: "The Widow Maker"
1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Stanley Chow Episode: "Welcome to America, Mr. Brand"
1985 Jem Additional voices Episode: "Battle of the Bands"
1986 The New Adventures of Jonny Quest Additional voices Unknown episodes
1986 The Centurions Additional voices 64 episodes
1986 Kay O'Brien Dr. Michael Kwan Main cast
12 episodes
1986 Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos Super Ninja Voice, 5 episodes
1987 Head of the Class The Moderator Episode: "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!"
1987 The Oldest Rookie Bok Song Episode: "A Game Effort"
1987 21 Jump Street Mr. Tran Episode: "Christmas in Saigon"
1988 Tour of Duty Major Tung Episode: "Paradise Lost"
1988 Small Wonder Dr. Chang Episode: "The Rock Band"
1988 Adventures of the Gummi Bears Prince Yen-Moon Voice, episode: "The Magnificent Seven Gummies"
1988 DuckTales Mung Ho Voice, episode: "Time is Money: Part 2 - The Duck Who Would Be King"
1988 Nightingales Rick Television film
1989 Dear John Mr. Yoshimura Episode: "Dream Babe"
1989 The Further Adventures of SuperTed Additional voices 13 episodes
1989 The Karate Kid Additional voices Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
1989 MacGyver Zhao Episode: "Children of Light"
1989 The Golden Girls Dr. Chang Episode: "Sick and Tired: Part 2"
1989 Trenchcoat in Paradise]' Bob Kanuka Television film
1990 Challenger Lt. Colonel Ellison Onizuka Television film
1990 Paradise Mr. Lee Episode: "Dust on the Wind"
1990 Last Flight Out Tung Sanh Television film
1990 Generations Mr. Chu 7 episodes
1990 Ann Jillian Episode: "A Housewarming"
1991 Dynasty: The Reunion Mr. Woo 2 episodes
Television miniseries
1991 Family Matters Fred Yamano Episode: "A Pair of Ladies"
1991 Mathnet MBARI Rep Episode: "Despair in Monterey Bay"
1992 The Golden Girls Mr. Tanaka Episode; "Rose: Portrait of a Woman"
1992 Civil Wars James Endo Episode: "Denise and De Nuptials"
1992 MacGyver Chung Episode: "The Stringer"
1993 The Untouchables Episode: "Chinatown"
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Buck Bokai Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
1993 Mad About You Al Episode: "A Pair of Hearts"
1993 Dead Before Dawn James Young Television film
1993 Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland Gerald Chong Television film
1994 The Byrds of Paradise Mr. Lee Episode: "Hair Today, Gone to Maui"
1994 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Additional voices Episode: "Twilight Ozone"
1994 Family Album (miniseries) Private Investigator Miniseries, 2 episodes
1995 Get Smart Prime Minister of Vanapopo Episode: "Passenger 99"
1995 Marker Taki Machidomi 6 episodes
1995 Here Come the Munsters Ralph the Limo Driver Television film
1996 The Faculty Mr. Takehama Episode: "Carlos Garcia"
1997 Murphy Brown Master Hahn Episode: "Desperate Times"
1997 Caroline in the City Fong 2 episodes
1998 Jenny M.C. Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Make Room for Daddy: Part 1"; credited as Keoni Young
1998 Conrad Bloom Mr. Chang Episode: "Pilot"
1998 Boy Meets World Professor Episode: "Ain't College Great?"
1999 Smart Guy Ted Shaw Episode: "Cross Talk"
1999 The Simpsons Fish Voice, episode: "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo (The Simpsons)"
1999 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Master P'tui Episode: "Honey, I'm Kung Fu Fighting"
1999 Nash Bridges Duke Episode: "Kill Switch"
2000 Baywatch Kumu Pono Episode: "Breath of Life"
2000 Arliss Episode: "Where There's a Will..."
2000 Static Shock Mr. Lee Voice, episode: "Winds of Change"
2000 NYPD Blue Charlie Sung Episode: "Goodbye Charlie"
2000 Rip Girls Bo Television film
2001 Batman Beyond Dr. Ho Voice, episode: "Countdown"
2001 Curb Your Enthusiasm Acupuncturist Episode: "The Acupuncturist"
2001–2005 Alias Professor Choy 4 episodes
2001 The Steve Harvey Show Mr. Chin Episode: "Principal's Pet"
2002 The Invisible Man Loh Ming Episode: "The Invisible Woman"
2002 Justice League Professor Arthur Chin Voice, episode: "The Brave and the Bold"
2002 King of the Hill Additional voices Voice, episode: "Returning Japanese (Episode)"
2002 Everwood Gino Episode: "The Great Doctor Brown"
2002 Judging Amy Judge Episode: "Boys to Men"
2002 Star Trek: Enterprise Hoshi's Father Episode: "Vanishing Point"
2003 Jackie Chan Adventures Wing Voice, episode: "A Night at the Opera"
2003 The Even Stevens Movie Chief Tuka Television film
2003–2017 Samurai Jack Various voices 4 episodes
2003 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Quan Ti Voice, episode: "Grim for a Day/ChickenBall Z/Max Courage!"
2003 JAG Police Officer Episode: "Secret Agent Man"
2004 Will & Grace Owner Episode: "A Gay/December Romance"
2004 The Powerpuff Girls Server, Monk Voice, episode: "Makes Zen to Me/Say Uncle"
2004–2006 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Kaz Voice, 39 episodes
2004–2006 Codename: Kids Next Door Kani Sanban Voice, 3 episodes
2004–2006 Deadwood Mr. Wu 18 episodes
2004 Strong Medicine]' Mr. Fong Episode: "Like Cures Like"
2004 The Batman Hideo Katsu Voice, episode: "The Cat and the Bat"
2005 Lilo & Stitch: The Series Lao Shi Voice, episode: "Morpholomew"
2005 Teen Titans Katarou, The Monkey Voice, episode: "The Quest"
2005 House Clyde Park Episode: “Love Hurts”
2005–2007 American Dragon: Jake Long Luong Lao Shi Voice, 45 episodes
2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Jeong Jeong, Captain Li, High Sage Voice, 6 episodes
2005 NYPD Blue Akira Nakada Episode: "Moving Day"
2006 NCIS Lee Song Episode: "Light Sleeper"
2006 Return to Halloweentown Silas Sinister Television film
2007 Ben 10 Ishiyama Voice, episode: "Game Over"
2007 In Case of Emergency Mr. Tuckman Episode: "Forbidden Love"
2007–2009 Phineas & Ferb Additional voices 3 episodes
2007–2010 The Young and the Restless Judge Robert Chong, Mr. Wan 15 episodes
2007 John from Cincinnati The Chinaman Episode: "His Visit: Day Nine"
2007 Cold Case Shinji Nakamura - 2007 Episode: "Family 8108"
2007 Random! Cartoons Flashback Lance, Flashback Zoopie Voice, episode: "Squirly Town"
2008 The Mighty B! Mr. Wu, additional voices 5 episodes
2008 American Dad! Chick Salesman Voice, episode: "Pulling Double Booty"
2008 Crash Law Officer Paul Kim 2 episodes
2009 The Unit General Lao Episode: "Bad Beat"
2009 Numbers Walter Yoon Episode: "Trouble in Chinatown"
2009 Wolverine and the X-Men Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai, Yakuza Ninja Voice, episode: " Code of Conduct"
2009 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Operative Voice, episode: "When OMAC Attacks!"
2010 Zeke & Luther Mr. Ng Episode: "Crouching Zeke, Dancing Luther"
2010 Glenn Martin, DDS Master Linn Voice, episode: "Tooth Fairy"
2010 G.I. Joe: Renegades Hard Master, Arata Voice, episode: "Return of the Arishikage"
2011 Mike & Molly Abe Episode: "Samuel Gets Fired"
2011–2013 Transformers: Prime Additional voices 25 episodes
2011; 2019 Young Justice Sensei Voice, 2 episodes
2011 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Ishiyama, Julie's Dad Voice, episode: "The Perfect Girlfriend"
2012 Tron: Uprising Additional voices Episode: "Beck's Beginning"
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn Mr. Ma Television film
2012–2013 Naruto Shippuden Disonasu Voice, 6 episodes; English dub
2012 Shake It Up Mr. Watanabe Episode: "Made in Japan"
2013 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Wu Yong Voice, episode: "A Tigress Tale"
2013 Sons of Anarchy (season 6) Bohai Lin 2 episodes
2013 The Legend of Korra Additional voices Episodes: "Civil Wars"
2013 True Blood Hido Takahashi 5 episodes
2013 Mad Yashida, Superhero Announcer, Candy Clerk Voice, episode: "Dullverine / Under the Dumb"
2013 Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters Master Isao Okamoto Voice, 8 episodes
2014 NCIS: Los Angeles Mr. Kim Episode: "Fish Out of Water"
2014 Turbo Fast Maitre D' Voice, episode: "Turbo Drift"
2014 Franklin & Bash]' Sato Episode: "Good Cop/Bad Cop"
2015 The Man in the High Castle General Hata Episode: "Kindness"
2015–2017 Star Wars Rebels Commander Jun Sato Voice, 17 episodes
2015 Rebels Recon Voice, episode: "Inside 'The Lost Commanders'"
2015 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Elderly Japanese Driver Voice, episode: "Diaz Family Vacation/Brittney's Party"
2016 Ultimate Spider-Man Martin Li / Mr. Negative, Dragon Goon #2 Voice, episode: "Return to the Spider-Verse: Part 3"
2016–2017 Sofia the First Wu-Chang Voice, 2 episodes
2016 Kevin Can Wait Mr. Chu Episode: "The Fantastic Pho"
2017 Madam Secretary Minister Byambyn Sendoo Episode: "Gift Horse"
2017 Queen of the South Ki Moon Episode: "El Precio de la Fe"
2017 Rooster Teeth / Death Battle! Silver Samurai Voice, episode: "Shredder vs. Silver Samurai"
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!"
2018 Designated Survivor Ambassador Dewan Episode: "Bad Reception"
2018 Archer Additional voices 3 episodes
2019 Teen Titans Go! Katarou Voice, episode: "Them Soviet Boys"
2019 Deadwood: The Movie Mr. Wu Television film
2019 Mom George Episode: "Chicken Hands and Toxic Narcissism"
2020 Stumptown Dwaddle Chen Episode: "Reality Checks Don't Bounce"
2021 Big City Greens Mr. Sato Voice, episode: "Rent Control"
2021 Tom and Jerry Special Shorts Chef Voice, episode: "On a Roll"
2021 Yasuke Wardock Chef Voice, episode: "A Long Road"
2021 Godzilla Singular Point Tsunetomo Yamamoto Voice, English dub
2021 Record of Ragnarok Kojiro Sasaki Voice, English dub
2021 Squid Game Additional voices English dub
2021 Star Wars: Visions Kamahachi Voice, English dub; short film: Akakiri
2022–present Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles Tetsujin, Hakai, additional voices Voice, 10 episodes
2022 Grace and Frankie Mr. Fujibayashi Episode: "The Fake Funeral"
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