Gedde Watanabe

Gedde Watanabe is one of those character actors whose voice and face quietly shaped a generation of moviegoers without ever demanding the spotlight. I find his career fascinating precisely because of its range: from the broad comedy of Sixteen Candles to lending warmth as Ling in Mulan, and then grounding the ensemble of ER as Nurse Yosh for six steady years. A Japanese American from Ogden, Utah, he carved out a lane in an industry that rarely made room for actors like him. I respect performers who become essential threads in the fabric of a project rather than the loud center, and Watanabe is exactly that kind of dependable, durable talent.

Name (English)

Gedde Watanabe

Name (Japanese)

ゲディ・ワタナベ

Reading

げでぃ・わたなべ

Born

June 26, 1955 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

Ogden, Utah, United States

Occupation

actor / voice actor / television actor / film actor / comedian

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedde%20Watanabe
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%83%99
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2469336

Tags

• Utah
• actor
• voice actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.