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Peter Kwong
Peter Kwong
Age 73 years (Apr 9, 1952 – May 27, 2025)
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, USA
Movies 21
TV Shows 12

Peter Kwong

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Peter Kwong has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor whose accumulated screen time beats that of most leading names. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. 'Big Trouble in Little China' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Rain. Elsewhere on the filmography sits 'The Golden Child'. The filmography reaches back well before the best-known title. He has worked in action more often than in any other register.
Peter Kwong has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor whose accumulated screen time beats that of most leading names. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. 'Big Trouble in Little China' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Rain. Elsewhere on the filmography sits 'The Golden Child'. The filmography reaches back well before the best-known title. He has worked in action more often than in any other register.
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Lethal Weapon
Kenneth Hong
★ 7.3
2016Season 1
Cooties
Mr. Hatachi
★ 5.9
2014
Budz House
Japanese Businessman #1
★ 3.2
2011
Drake & Josh
Mr. Curtis
★ 8.4
2006Season 4
Dragon Dynasty
Shang Sel
★ 4.1
2006
King of the Hill
Mr. Ho (voice)
★ 7.4
2001Season 6
Row Your Boat
Tony Lo Fat
★ 3.9
1999
Running Red
Cheung
★ 5.5
1999
Theodore Rex
Toymaker
★ 3.6
1995
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Peter Kwong still alive?
Peter Kwong passed away on May 27, 2025 at age 73.
What are the most famous roles of Peter Kwong?
Peter Kwong is best known for roles in Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child, Cooties.
How many movies has Peter Kwong been in?
Over a 48-year career (since 1977), Peter Kwong has appeared in 21 movies and 12 TV shows.
What was Peter Kwong's first movie?
The career of Peter Kwong began with Panic in Echo Park (1977).
What is Peter Kwong's most recent movie or series?
Peter Kwong's most recent release is Lethal Weapon, which premiered on September 21, 2016.
What TV shows has Peter Kwong appeared in?
On television, Peter Kwong has appeared in Drake & Josh, Full House, The A-Team, MacGyver.
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Peter Kwong
Peter Kwong
1952-04-09 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Peter Kwong (April 9, 1952 — May 27, 2025) was a veteran of film, television and stage, best known for his roles as Rain in Big Trouble in Little China and as Tommy Tong in Eddie Murphy's The Golden Child (both 1986).

Kwong began his screen career in the mid-1970s with guest shots on such TV series as Wonder Woman and Black Sheep Squadron, and into the ’80s with Cagney & Lacey, Bret Maverick, The Greatest American Hero, Little House on the Prairie, Dynasty, The A-Team, Miami Vice, 227, St. Elsewhere, and Matt Houston.

Training with the East/West Players, Groundlings and other groups, Kwong would continue to work regularly in films and TV shows in the 2020s. Among his silver-screen credits are The Presidio, Gleaming the Cube, I’ll Do Anything, Paper Dragons and Cooties. His numerous TV guest roles also included such popular shows as General Hospital, JAG, My Wife and Kids, The Wayans Brothers, Sisters, Drake & Josh, Lethal Weapon and King of the Hill.

Kwong also was an accomplished martial artist, working in Northern Shaolin kung fu, Chinese kata and with weapons including swords, staffs, spears and nunchaku. Dancing was another specialty — from ballroom and martial arts fusion to disco and breaking.

Along with his nearly 50-year acting career, Kwong was active in Hollywood industry politics. He served on the SAG National Board of Directors for more than a decade and was on the AFTRA National Board of Directors. He also did a four-year stint on the Television Academy Board of Governors and was a member of the Actors Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, among other roles. Kwong ran for the the merged SAG-AFTRA National Board and L.A. Local Board in 2017.

He also was an activist against anti-Asian stereotyping in Hollywood. In 2016, Kwong was among about two dozen signatories on a letter to AMPAS decrying jokes made at the expense of Asians during the Oscars that year.

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