Calvin Jung

Calvin Jung
Born (1945-02-17) February 17, 1945 (age 76)
OccupationActor

Calvin Jung (born February 17, 1945) is an American actor who is best known for his appearances in the films The Day After, RoboCop and Lethal Weapon 4.[1]

Career

1970's: Early work

In the 1970s, Jung appeared in the "Ancient Chinese Secret" commercials for Calgon. Prior to his career in movies and television, Jung appeared in several plays of note in New York. He acted in Frank Chin's The Chickencoop Chinaman, the first play written by an Asian American to be produced by a major New York company, The American Place Theatre. Jung also appeared in Tina Howe's Museum, and David Henry Hwang's FOB.[2] On Broadway, Jung has appeared in three plays, all in one calendar year.[3] Jung made his debut in two plays only two days apart; he appeared in the Arthur Miller one-act A Memory of Two Mondays on January 26th, 1976, and appeared in a revival of They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard the following night. Both productions were running in repertoire on Broadway until March of that year. By the end of 1976, Jung was back on Broadway in Sly Fox, an adaptation by Larry Gelbart of work by Ben Jonson.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1971 Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me Harold Wong
1980 The Formula Sergeant Louis Yosuta LAPD Tactical Squad
1982 The Challenge Ando
1983 The Day After Dr. Sam Hachiya
1986 In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro Mitushi Uto
1987 RoboCop Steve Minh
1989 American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt Izumo
1991 Frankie and Johnny Officer Lee
1993 RoboCop 3 Steve Minh (archive footage) Flashback sequence, uncredited
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 Detective Ng
2002 Buddha Heads Suggzy Sugimoto
2004 True Vinyl Hashimoto
2005 American Gun Store owner
2010 Valentine's Day Flower Mart Simon
2010 Bed & Breakfast: Love is a Happy Accident Mr. Okata
2013 How I Met Your Mother Chinese Mobster

References

  1. ^ "Calvin Jung : Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  2. ^ http://lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/17473
  3. ^ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/calvin-jung-91451

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