George Cheung

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George Cheung
Born George Kee Cheung
(1949-02-08) 8 February 1949 (age 75)
Hong Kong, China
Nationality Chinese
Occupation Actor, stunt man, singer, voice actor
Years active 1975-present

George Kee Cheung (born 8 February 1949) is a Chinese actor, stunt man, singer, and voice actor with an extensive career in American television and film dating back to 1975, often playing Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Mongolian parts. His career has focused primarily on television work.

Early life

Cheung was born in Hong Kong and earned his degree in biology at the University of San Francisco.[1]

Career

Some of the more recent notable television programs he has guest starred on include MacGyver, "Magnum, P.I.", The A-Team, Knight Rider, How I Met Your Mother, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, Seibu Keisatsu, and Lost. His film appearances include Under Siege, Rambo: First Blood Part II, RoboCop 2, Lethal Weapon 4, Rush Hour, Starsky & Hutch and Mongolian Death Worm.

In 2013, he voiced Mr. Wei Cheng in Grand Theft Auto V.

He played the role of sadistic interrogator who tortures captured American commando (played by bodybuilder Vitaly Rudakovskiy) in unreleased war drama-action film The Interrogation of Muscular P.O.W. (2014).

In May 2008, Cheung was presented by California's Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus with the Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Award for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment.[2]

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