Keone Joseph Young is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as Dr. Michael Kwan in '' Kay O'Brien'' (1986), Mr. Wu in '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and as the dual roles of Judge Robert Chong and Mr. Wan in ''

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'' (2007–2010). His voice-over roles include Kaz in ''

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'' and Luong Lao Shi in '' American Dragon: Jake Long''.

Early life

Young was born in

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, to a Chinese father and Japanese mother, who both immigrated to Hawaii. His acting mentor was Mako.

Career

He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as '' Head of the Class'', ''

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'', ''

The Golden Girls ''The Golden Girls'' is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning seven seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Bea Arthur, Betty Wh ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' JAG'', '' The Steve Harvey Show'', '' Zeke and Luther'', '' Shake It Up: Made In Japan'' and on the daytime soaps ''

'' and ''

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''. He also portrayed the bodyguard of the Ancient One (

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) during the Asian Quarter storyline on ''

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''. Young played Dr. Michael Kwan on the short-lived multi-ethnic medical drama '' Kay O'Brien'', which aired in the fall of 1986 on CBS. Despite the fact that the network had high hopes for the series, just 9 of 13 episodes were aired. He was also a semi-regular on the HBO series '' Deadwood'' as Mr. Wu and played Henry Lin's Uncle on the FX series ''

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''. He also played Mr. Wu, unrelated to the ''Deadwood'' character, in the movie '' Men in Black 3'', and played the role of

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In the TV film ''

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''. Young has many voice-over credits as well, including Kaz in ''

'' and Luong Lao Shi in '' American Dragon: Jake Long''. Young also has several ''

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'' links: he played Buck Bokai, a famous

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player in the 24th century in the ''

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'' episode "

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". He also played

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's father in the '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode " Vanishing Point". Young appeared as Governor Ho in the movie ''

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'' starring Elijah Wood. In theatre, Young has had a long history with the

Asian American theatre Asian American theatre is theatre written, directed or acted by Asian Americans. From initial efforts by four theatre companies in the 1960s, Asian-American theatre has grown to around forty groups today. Early productions often had Asian themes ...

company, East West Players, in Los Angeles, where he not only performed but often served as producer. In 2013, Young joined the cast of HBO's ''

True Blood ''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on '' The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development. The ser ...

'' as Dr. Hido Takahashi, the man responsible for inventing the titular blood substitute.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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