James Pax (Born December 21, 1961) is an American actor who has acted in films produced in Hollywood, Hong Kong, and Japan. He was born to an English father and a Chinese mother.

Career

Once Pax turned his attention to acting, he took on roles in '' Big Trouble in Little China'' with

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, '' Year of the Dragon'' with John Lone, '' In Love and War'' with James Woods, ''Kinjite'' with

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, and '' Bethune: The Making of a Hero'' with

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. He also guest starred in numerous television shows and appeared as a series regular on '' Nasty Boys'' in 1990. In 1992, he returned to Asia and started acting in the Hong Kong and Japanese movie industries. In 2003 he came to China for the filming of ''Shanghai Solution'' in

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. Pax appeared in ''Shanghai Solution'', a true story based on the 30,000 Jews who fled to China in the 1940s, which aired on CCTV-8 in August 2005. He also starred in the Discovery Network program ''The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China'' in 2006 as

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Filmography

Film

Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pax, James Living people New York University Stern School of Business alumni USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni Place of birth missing (living people) 1961 births