Soon-tek Oh
Soon-Tek Oh | |
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Born | |
Years active | 1971-present |
Soon-tek Oh | |
Hangul | 오순택 |
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Revised Romanization | O Sun-Taek |
McCune–Reischauer | O Sun-T'aek |
Soon-Tek Oh (Korean: 오순택, born 29 June 1943 in Mokpo in Korea, is a Korean-American actor best known for the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's Mulan and the sequel Mulan II. He has starred in many films, and also acted in television shows, including M*A*S*H, Charlie's Angels, Airwolf, Magnum, P. I., Hawaii Five-O, Kung-Fu, Zorro, and Touched By An Angel.
Oh was wrongly said to have been born in Japan, due to his career playing Japanese characters. He was born in Mokpo, South Korea. He emigrated with his family to America when he was a teenager. Oh attended high school at Gwangju, South Korea and attended Yonsei University in Seoul, the University of Southern California, and later received a MFA from UCLA.[1]
On Broadway, he appeared in the original cast of the Stephen Sondheim musical Pacific Overtures. He was one of the earliest members of East West Players, an Asian American theatre group founded in 1965. In 1995 he founded the Korean American theatre group, Society of Heritage Performers, which later evolved into the present Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.
Filmography
- Last Mountain (2005)
- Mulan II (2004)
- The Visit (2002)
- Special Weapons and Tactics (2002)
- The President's Man (2000)
- Roads and Bridges (2000)
- Mulan (1998)
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
- Stargate SG-1 (1997) - "Emancipation"
- Street Corner Justice (1996)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)
- S.F.W. (1994)
- Babylon 5 (1994) "TKO" - "The Muta-Do"
- Red Sun Rising (1994)
- A Home of Our Own (1993)
- Highlander: The Series (1992) "The Road Not Taken"
- Deadly Game (1991)
- Last Flight Out (1990)
- Collision Course (1990)
- Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker (1989)
- Soursweet (1989)
- The Red Spider (1988)
- Street Justice (1987)
- Death Wish 4 (1987)
- Steele Justice (1987)
- Yuki Shimoda (1985)
- Missing in Action 2 (1985)
- Bialy smok (1985)
- Death Ride to Osaka (1983)
- The Letter (1982)
- A Fragile Affair (1982)
- Marco Polo (1982)
- The Final Countdown (1980)
- Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) (name misspelled as Soon-Tiak Oh)
- One More Train to Rob (1971)
Notes
- ^ "About Soon-Tek Oh". Abbey Entertainment Beverly Hills. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
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External links
- Soon-tek Oh at IMDb
- Soon-Tek Oh at the NNDB
- 1943 births
- Living people
- American dramatists and playwrights of Asian descent
- American theatre directors of Asian descent
- American actors of Korean descent
- University of Southern California alumni
- South Korean emigrants to the United States
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Zainichi Korean people
- American film actor, 1940s birth stubs
- American television actor, 1940s birth stubs
- Asian American stubs