Keone Young

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 The Young and the Restless (2007–2010). His voice-over roles include Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Kaz in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Super Ninja in Karate Kommandos, and Luong Lao Shi in American Dragon: Jake Long.

Keone Young
Young at the 2019 GalaxyCon Raleigh
Born	Keone Joseph Young Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1967–present

Early life

Young was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Chinese father and Japanese mother, who were born in Hawaii to immigrant parents.^[1] His acting mentor was Mako.^[2]

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, Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters, Samurai Jack, Futurama, The Simpsons, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Cheers, Alias, JAG, Justice League, The Steve Harvey Show, Zeke and Luther, Shake It Up: Made In Japan and on the daytime soaps The Young and the Restless and Generations. He also portrayed the bodyguard of the Ancient One (Keye Luke) during the Asian Quarter storyline on General Hospital.

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 Sons of Anarchy. He also played Mr. Wu, unrelated to the Deadwood character, in the film Men in Black 3, and played the role of Ellison Onizuka In the TV film Challenger.

Young has many voice-over credits as well, including Kaz in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and Luong Lao Shi in American Dragon: Jake Long.

Young also has several Star Trek links: he played Buck Bokai, a famous baseball player in the 24th century in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "If Wishes Were Horses". He also played Hoshi Sato's father in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Vanishing Point". Young appeared as Governor Ho in the film North starring Elijah Wood.

In theatre, Young has had a long history with the Asian-American theatre 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 as Dr. Hido Takahashi, the man responsible for inventing the titular blood substitute.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1976	Baby Blue Marine	Katsu
1980	Private Benjamin	Kim Osaka
1981	Eyewitness	Mr. Long's Son
1982	Frances	Chinese Doctor
1984	The Wild Life	Japanese Bowler
1988	Alien Nation	Winter
1989	Lost Angels	Atty. Victor Eng
	Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers	Don Ho
	Black Rain	Karaoke Singer
1990	Fear	Detective William Wu
1991	Shanghai 1920	Ming
1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Eddie Wong
1993	Surf Ninjas	Baba Ram
1994	Golden Gate	Benny Ying
	My Girl 2	Daryl Tanaka
	North	Governor Ho
1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Mr. Watanabe
1996	Striptease	Ling
	Jack	Dr. Lin
1997	Bad Day on the Block	Ron the Repairman
	Playing God	Mr. Ksi
1998	At Sachem Farm	Mr. Tang
2000	Dude, Where's My Car?	Mr. Lee the Chinese Tailor
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Bee	Voice	[3]
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Committee Clerk
2005	Mulan II	Lord Qin, additional voices	Voice, direct-to-video
2006	Crank	Don Kim
	Return to Halloweentown	Silas Sinister	Television film
2006	Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo	Commander Uehara Daizo, Saico-Tek, Sushi Shop Owner	Voice, direct-to-video	[3]
2009	Why Am I Doing This?	Ming
	Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword	Matsuhiro	Voice, direct-to-video	[3]
	Crank: High Voltage	Don Kim
2012	Men in Black 3	Mr. Wu
	Stand Up Guys	Song
2020	Night in Paradise	Kuto	Voice, English dub
2021	Bright: Samurai Soul	Tsukuyomi
2022	Inu-Oh	Teiichi		[3]
2023	Wish	Mountain Climber, Tall Man Tourist, Guard #1	Voice	[4]
2024	Ultraman: Rising	Dr. Onda	Voice	[5]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1969	Room 222	Howie Wong	Episode: "Naked Came We Into The World"
1970	The Bill Cosby Show	Player #2	Episode: "This Mouth is Rated X"
1972	Search	Nagada	Episode: "Short Circuit"
1973	The Streets of San Francisco	Willard Lu – Cobra	Episode: "Trail of the Serpent"
1974	Jerry	Morree Wu	Television film
	Kojak	Oriental	Episode: "A Souvenir from Atlantic City"
1976	Grady	Delivery Man	Episode: "The Weekend"
1977	Police Story	Boy #1	Episode: "The Blue Fog"
1978	Husbands, Wives & Lovers	Young Waiter	Episode: "The Women Strike"
1981	I'm a Big Girl Now	Willie Wong	Episode: "With Becky You Get Eggroll"
1982	Hart to Hart	Kim	Uncredited Episode: "From the Depths of My Heart"
	Diff'rent Strokes	David Cheung	Episode: "Hello, Daddy"
	Bring 'Em Back Alive	Nakamoto Associate	Episode: "Seven Keys to Singapore"
	The Fall Guy	Japanese Man	Episode: "Bail and Bond"
	Taxi	The Japanese Man	Episode: "Alex Goes off the Wagon"	[6]
	The Jeffersons	Maitre D'	Episode: "A Date with Danger"
	Cheers	Tourist #1	Episode: "Coach Returns to Action"
1983	Matt Houston	Spider	Episode: "The Rock and the Hard Place"
	Hill Street Blues	Storeowner	Episode: "Here's Adventure, Here's Romance"
	Girls of the White Orchid	Akira	Television film, also called Death Ride to Osaka
1984	Buffalo Bill	Jerry Lewis Impersonator	Episode: "Jerry Lewis Week"
	The Fall Guy	Mr. Soo	Episode: "Always Say Always"
	Remington Steele	Winston Zakata, Mr. Moto	Episode: "Elementary Steele"
	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Jay Nigeta	Episode: "Remembrance of Things Past"
	The Duck Factory		Episode: "The Duck Stops Here"
1984–1985	Challenge of the GoBots	Additional voices	65 episodes
1984–1986	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero	Storm Shadow	Voice, 12 episodes
	Webster	Master Kuan, Giuseppe	3 episodes
1985	Challenge of a Lifetime	Dr. Honowa	Television film
	St. Elsewhere	Hong	2 episodes
	Magnum, P.I.	Mickey	Episode: "Old Acquaintance"
	Lady Blue	Trang	Episode: "The Widow Maker"
	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Stanley Chow	Episode: "Welcome to America, Mr. Brand"
	Jem	Additional voices	Episode: "Battle of the Bands"
1986	The New Adventures of Jonny Quest	Additional voices	Unknown episodes
	The Centurions	Additional voices	64 episodes
	Kay O'Brien	Dr. Michael Kwan	Main cast 12 episodes
	Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos	Super Ninja	Voice, 5 episodes
1987	Head of the Class	The Moderator	Episode: "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming!"
	The Oldest Rookie	Bok Song	Episode: "A Game Effort"
	21 Jump Street	Mr. Tran	Episode: "Christmas in Saigon"
1988	Tour of Duty	Major Tung	Episode: "Paradise Lost"
	Small Wonder	Dr. Chang	Episode: "The Rock Band"
	Adventures of the Gummi Bears	Prince Yen-Moon	Voice, episode: "The Magnificent Seven Gummies"
	DuckTales	Mung Ho	Voice, episode: "Time is Money: Part 2 - The Duck Who Would Be King"
	Nightingales	Rick	Television film
1989	Dear John	Mr. Yoshimura	Episode: "Dream Babe"
	The Further Adventures of SuperTed	Additional voices	13 episodes
	The Karate Kid	Additional voices	Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
	MacGyver	Zhao	Episode: "Children of Light"
	The Golden Girls	Dr. Chang	Episode: "Sick and Tired: Part 2"
	Trenchcoat in Paradise	Bob Kanuka	Television film
1990	Challenger	Lt. Colonel Ellison Onizuka	Television film
	Paradise	Mr. Lee	Episode: "Dust on the Wind"
	Last Flight Out	Tung Sanh	Television film
	Generations	Mr. Chu	7 episodes
	Ann Jillian		Episode: "A Housewarming"
1991	Dynasty: The Reunion	Mr. Woo	2 episodes Television miniseries
	Family Matters	Fred Yamano	Episode: "A Pair of Ladies"
	Mathnet	MBARI Rep	Episode: "Despair in Monterey Bay"
1992	The Golden Girls	Mr. Tanaka	Episode; "Rose: Portrait of a Woman"
	Civil Wars	James Endo	Episode: "Denise and De Nuptials"
	MacGyver	Chung	Episode: "The Stringer"
1993	The Untouchables		Episode: "Chinatown"
	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Buck Bokai	Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
	Mad About You	Al	Episode: "A Pair of Hearts"
	Dead Before Dawn	James Young	Television film
	Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland	Gerald Chong	Television film
1994	The Byrds of Paradise	Mr. Lee	Episode: "Hair Today, Gone to Maui"
	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Additional voices	Episode: "Twilight Ozone"
	Family Album	Private Investigator	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1995	Get Smart	Prime Minister of Vanapopo	Episode: "Passenger 99"
	Marker	Taki Machidomi	6 episodes
	Here Come the Munsters	Ralph the Limo Driver	Television film
1996	The Faculty	Mr. Takehama	Episode: "Carlos Garcia"
1997	Murphy Brown	Master Hahn	Episode: "Desperate Times"
	Caroline in the City	Fong	2 episodes
1998	Jenny	M.C.	Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Make Room for Daddy: Part 1"; credited as Keoni Young
	Conrad Bloom	Mr. Chang	Episode: "Pilot"
	Boy Meets World	Professor	Episode: "Ain't College Great?"
1999	Smart Guy	Ted Shaw	Episode: "Cross Talk"
	The Simpsons	Fish	Voice, episode: "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo"
	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	Master P'tui	Episode: "Honey, I'm Kung Fu Fighting"
	Nash Bridges	Duke	Episode: "Kill Switch"
2000	Baywatch	Kumu Pono	Episode: "Breath of Life"
	Arliss		Episode: "Where There's a Will..."
	Static Shock	Mr. Lee	Voice, episode: "Winds of Change"	[3]
	NYPD Blue	Charlie Sung	Episode: "Goodbye Charlie"
	Rip Girls	Bo	Television film
2001	Batman Beyond	Dr. Ho	Voice, episode: "Countdown"	[3]
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Acupuncturist	Episode: "The Acupuncturist"
	The Steve Harvey Show	Mr. Chin	Episode: "Principal's Pet"
2001–2005	Alias	Professor Choy	4 episodes
2002	The Invisible Man	Loh Ming	Episode: "The Invisible Woman"
	Justice League	Professor Arthur Chin	Voice, episode: "The Brave and the Bold"	[3]
	King of the Hill	Additional voices	Voice, episode: "Returning Japanese"
	Everwood	Gino	Episode: "The Great Doctor Brown"
	Judging Amy	Judge	Episode: "Boys to Men"
	Star Trek: Enterprise	Hoshi's Father	Episode: "Vanishing Point"
2003	Jackie Chan Adventures	Wing	Voice, episode: "A Night at the Opera"
	The Even Stevens Movie	Chief Tuka	Television film
	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Quan Ti	Voice, episode: "Chicken Ball Z"
	JAG	Police Officer	Episode: "Secret Agent Man"
2003–2017	Samurai Jack	Emperor (Young), Caveman #1, Dog Owner, Old Monk	Voice, 4 episodes	[3]
2004	Will & Grace	Owner	Episode: "A Gay/December Romance"
	The Powerpuff Girls	Server, Monk	Voice, episode: "Makes Zen to Me"	[3]
	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Super Quasier, Monster Guard #1	Voice, 2 episodes
	Strong Medicine	Mr. Fong	Episode: "Like Cures Like"
	The Batman	Hideo Katsu	Voice, episode: "The Cat and the Bat"	[3]
2004–2006	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi	Kaz Harada, various voices	Voice, 39 episodes
	Codename: Kids Next Door	Kani Sanban	Voice, 3 episodes
	Deadwood	Mr. Wu	18 episodes	[7]
2005	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Lao Shi	Voice, episode: "Morpholomew"
	Teen Titans	Katarou	Voice, episode: "The Quest"	[3]
	House	Clyde Park	Episode: “Love Hurts”
	NYPD Blue	Akira Nakada	Episode: "Moving Day"
2005–2007	American Dragon: Jake Long	Luong Lao Shi	Voice, 45 episodes
2005–2008	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Jeong Jeong, Captain Li, High Sage	Voice, 6 episodes	[3]
2006	NCIS	Lee Song	Episode: "Light Sleeper"
	The X's	Viper, Reporter	Voice, episode: "Wealth vs. Stealth/Wee House"	[8]
2007	Ben 10	Ishiyama	Voice, episode: "Game Over"	[3]
	In Case of Emergency	Mr. Tuckman	Episode: "Forbidden Love"
	John from Cincinnati	The Chinaman	Episode: "His Visit: Day Nine"
	Cold Case	Shinji Nakamura - 2007	Episode: "Family 8108"
	Random! Cartoons	Flashback Lance, Flashback Zoopie	Voice, episode: "Squirly Town"
2007–2009	Phineas and Ferb	Additional voices	3 episodes	[3]
2007–2010	The Young and the Restless	Judge Robert Chong, Mr. Wan	15 episodes
2008	The Mighty B!	Mr. Wu, additional voices	5 episodes
	American Dad!	Chick Salesman	Voice, episode: "Pulling Double Booty"
	Crash	Law Officer Paul Kim	2 episodes
2009	The Unit	General Lao	Episode: "Bad Beat"
	Numbers	Walter Yoon	Episode: "Trouble in Chinatown"
	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Vacu-San, Howard, Guy #1	Voice, episode: "Samurai Vac/Turncoats"	[3]
	Wolverine and the X-Men	Silver Samurai, Yakuza Ninja	Voice, episode: "Code of Conduct"
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Operative	Voice, episode: "When OMAC Attacks!"	[3]
2010	Zeke & Luther	Mr. Ng	Episode: "Crouching Zeke, Dancing Luther"
	Glenn Martin, DDS	Master Linn	Voice, episode: "Tooth Fairy"
	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Hard Master, Arata	Voice, episode: "Return of the Arishikage"	[3]
2011	Mike & Molly	Abe	Episode: "Samuel Gets Fired"
	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Julie's Dad	Voice, episode: "The Perfect Girlfriend"	[3]
2011–2013	Transformers: Prime [citation needed]	Additional voices	25 episodes
2011; 2019	Young Justice	Sensei	Voice, 2 episodes	[3]
2012	Tron: Uprising	Additional voices	Episode: "Beck's Beginning"
	Hemingway & Gellhorn	Mr. Ma	Television film
	Shake It Up	Mr. Watanabe	Episode: "Made in Japan"
2012–2013	Naruto Shippuden	Disonasu	Voice, 6 episodes; English dub
2013	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Wu Yong	Voice, episode: "A Tigress Tale"	[3]
	Sons of Anarchy	Bohai Lin	2 episodes
	The Legend of Korra	Northern Tribe Soldier	Voice, episode: "Civil Wars"	[3]
	True Blood	Hido Takahashi	5 episodes
	Mad	Yashida, Superhero Announcer, Candy Clerk	Voice, episode: "Dullverine / Under the Dumb"
	Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters	Master Isao Okamoto	Voice, 8 episodes
2014	NCIS: Los Angeles	Mr. Kim	Episode: "Fish Out of Water"
	Turbo Fast	Maitre D'	Voice, episode: "Turbo Drift"	[3]
	Franklin & Bash	Sato	Episode: "Good Cop/Bad Cop"
2015	The Man in the High Castle	Field Marshal Shunroku Hata	Episode: "Kindness"
	Rebels Recon	Commander Jun Sato	Voice, episode: "Inside 'The Lost Commanders'"
	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Elderly Japanese Driver	Voice, episode: "Diaz Family Vacation/Brittney's Party"
2015–2017	Star Wars Rebels		Voice, 17 episodes
2016	Ultimate Spider-Man	Martin Li / Mr. Negative, Dragon Goon #2	Voice, episode: "Return to the Spider-Verse: Part 3"[3]
	Kevin Can Wait	Mr. Chu	Episode: "The Fantastic Pho"
2016–2017	Sofia the First	Wu-Chang	Voice, 2 episodes
2017	Madam Secretary	Minister Byambyn Sendoo	Episode: "Gift Horse"
	Queen of the South	Ki Moon	Episode: "El Precio de la Fe"
	Death Battle!	Silver Samurai	Voice, episode: "Shredder vs. Silver Samurai"
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Jei, Samurai #1	Voice, 3 episodes	[3]
	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Mr. Vehara, Sumo	Voice, episode: "The Curse of Kaniaku"
	DuckTales	Game Voice	Voice, episode: "Daytrip of Doom!"
2018	Designated Survivor	Ambassador Dewan	Episode: "Bad Reception"
	Archer	Additional voices	3 episodes
2019	Teen Titans Go!	Katarou	Voice, episode: "Them Soviet Boys"	[3]
	Deadwood: The Movie	Mr. Wu	Television film	[9]
	Mom	George	Episode: "Chicken Hands and Toxic Narcissism"
2020	Stumptown	Dwaddle Chen	Episode: "Reality Checks Don't Bounce"
2021	Big City Greens	Mr. Sato	Voice, episode: "Rent Control"	[10][11]
	Tom and Jerry Special Shorts	Chef	Voice, episode: "On a Roll"
	Yasuke	Wardock Chef	Voice, episode: "A Long Road"
	Godzilla Singular Point	Tsunetomo Yamamoto	Voice, English dub	[3]
	Record of Ragnarok	Sasaki Kojirō, Guan Yu, Fukurokuju
	Squid Game	Additional voices	English dub
	Star Wars: Visions	Kamahachi, Troopers	Voice, English dub; short film: Akakiri	[12]
2022	Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles	Tetsujin, Hakai, Keisatsu, Person #2	Voice, 10 episodes	[3]
	Grace and Frankie	Mr. Fujibayashi	Episode: "The Fake Funeral"
2023	Monkie Kid	Jade Emperor	Voice, episode: "The Jade Emperor"	[3]
	Blue Eye Samurai	Shindo Dojo Master	Voice, episode: "Hammerscale"	[13]
	All Rise	Harry Park	3 episodes
2023–present	Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai	Boss Chang, Fortune Telling Pigeon, Henchman 3, Henchman 4	Voice, recurring cast	[14]
2024	Bob Hearts Abishola	Mr. Toronaga	Voice, episode: "Diamonds Are Made to Sparkle"
	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture	Jugo Sumeragi	Voice, English version, episode: "Oborodzuki -Heji Mun-"	[15]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Source
2002	Law & Order: Dead on the Money	Paul Kim
	The Mark of Kri	Kuzo
2003	Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb	Ch'in Shi-Huang-Ti	[3]
	Gladius	Additional voices
	Law & Order II: Double or Nothing	Paul Kim
	True Crime: Streets of LA	Big Chong, Jimmy Fu	[3]
2004	Doom 3	Additional voices
	Men of Valor	Captain Van Bao
2005	Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines	Lu Fang	[16]
	Project Snowblind	Sgt. Major Chung	[3]
	Red Ninja: End of Honor
	SWAT 4	Hyun Jun Park	[3]
	Rainbow Six: Lockdown
	True Crime: New York City		[17]
2006	X-Men: The Official Game	Silver Samurai	[3]
	Red Steel
2007	Spider-Man 3	Mr. Chen	[3]
2008	Ninja Gaiden II	Joe Hayabusa
	Fracture
2009	Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2	Joe Hayabusa	[3]
2010	Alpha Protocol	Ronald Sung
2011	Rage	Coffer, Norbu
2012	Ninja Gaiden 3	Joe Hayabusa
	World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria	Chen Stormstout
2013	Dead Island: Riptide	Marvin	[3]
2015	Heroes of the Storm	Chen Stormstout
2016	Fallout 4: Far Harbor	Kenji Nakano
2017	Batman: The Enemy Within	Rumi Mori	[3]
2020	Ghost of Tsushima	Additional voices
2023	Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name	Yao	[3]
2024	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	Additional voices	[18]
2025	Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii		[19]