James Hong

James Hong commands my deepest respect through sheer endurance: over six hundred credits stretching from Hollywood's Golden Age to today. You may not know his name, but you have seen his face, and that is the mark of a true character actor. Earning a Walk of Fame star past ninety feels less like an honor than an overdue acknowledgment. He outlasted an industry that long sidelined Asian performers, simply by showing up and staying brilliant. I find a quiet, profound heroism in a life spent never starring yet always essential. Hong is living film history, and we are lucky he is still working.

Name (English)

James Hong

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・ホン

Reading

じぇーむず・ほん

Born

February 22, 1929 (age 97)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Origin

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Occupation

actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer / film actor

High school

Central High School

University

University of Southern California

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

• Official sitehttps://www.jameshong.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thejameshong/
• Xhttps://x.com/IAmJamesHong
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Hong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358990

Tags

• Minnesota
• actor
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

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