Soon-Tek Oh
| Soon-Tek Oh 오순택 | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 29, 1943 Mokpo, Japanese Korea |
| Other names | Soon-Taek Oh |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1967-2006 |
| Soon-Tek Oh | |
| Hangul | 오순택 (Oh Seun-taek) |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | O Sun-Taek |
| McCune–Reischauer | O Sun-T'aek |
Soon-Tek Oh (Korean: 오순택, Oh Sun-taek) – also spelled as Soon-Taek Oh or Soon-Taik Oh; born June 29, 1943) is a Korean-American actor best known for the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's Mulan and the direct-to-video sequel Mulan II. He has starred in many films, and also acted in television series, including MacGyver, M*A*S*H, Charlie's Angels, Airwolf, Magnum, P.I., Hawaii Five-O, Kung-Fu, Zorro, and Touched by an Angel.
Career
Oh was mistakenly said to have been born in Japan, due to his career playing Japanese characters and Korea having been under Japanese rule at the time. He was born in Mokpo, Korea, under Imperial Japanese rule. He emigrated with his family to the U.S. when he was a teenager. Oh attended high school at Gwangju, South Korea, and attended Yonsei University in Seoul, the University of Southern California, and later received an MFA from UCLA.[1]
On Broadway, he appeared in the original cast of the Stephen Sondheim musical Pacific Overtures. He was one of the earliest members of East West Players, an Asian American theatre group founded in 1965. In 1995 he founded the Korean American theatre group, Society of Heritage Performers, which later evolved into the present Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.
Partial filmography
Films
- Murderers' Row (1966) as Tempura - Japanese Secret Agent (uncredited)
- Yongary, Monster From The Deep (1967) as Chinese Agent (uncredited)
- One More Train to Rob (1971) as Yung
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as Lieutenant Hip (as Soon-Tiak Oh)
- Good Guys Wear Black (1978) as Mjr. Mhin Van Thieu - The Black Tigers
- The Final Countdown (1980) as Simura
- The Letter (1982) as Ong
- Bialy smok (1985) as Tai Ching
- Missing in Action 2 (1985) as Colonel Yin
- Yuki Shimoda (1985) as Yuki Shimoda
- Steele Justice (1987) as Gen. Bon Soong Kwan
- Biały smok (1987) as Tai-Ching
- Death Wish 4 (1987) as Detective Nozaki
- Soursweet (1989) as Red Cudgel
- Collision Course (1989) as Kitao
- A Home of Our Own (1993) as Mr. Munimura
- Red Sun Rising (1994) as Yamata
- S.F.W. (1994) as Milt Morris
- Street Corner Justice (1996) as Kwong Chuck Lee
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996) as General Yala (voice)
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997) as Sensei
- Yellow (1998) as Woon Lee
- Mulan (1998) as Fa Zhou (voice)
- The President's Man (2000) as General Vinh Tran
- Roads and Bridges (2001) as Father (voice)
- Forgotten Valor (2001) as Colonel
- True Blue (2001) as Tiger
- The Visit (2002) as Sujong's Father
- SWAT (2002) as Sayonara
- Mulan II (2004) as Fa Zhou (voice)
- Last Mountain (2005) as Karus
- Gang-jeok (2006) as Jong-chae
Television (partial list)
- The Invaders (1967) as Houseboy
- Hawaii Five-O (two episodes; 1968/1979) as Robert Kwon / David Chung / Chaing / Various Characters
- M*A*S*H (1975–1982; five episodes, as five different characters) as Joon - Sung / Ralph / Dr. Syn Paik / Korean Soldier / Mr. Kwang
- Logan's Run (1976)
- Baa Baa Black Sheep (1977) as Lieutenant Miragochi / Col. Tokura
- Diff'rent Strokes (1980)
- Magnum, P.I. (1981)
- East of Eden (1981) as Lee
- Quincy, M.E. (1982)
- Girls of the White Orchid (1983) as Hatanaka
- Marco Polo (1983) as Wang Zhu
- Airwolf (1984)
- MacGyver (1988) as Raymond Ling
- Highlander: The Series (1992)
- Babylon 5 (1994)
- Stargate SG-1 (1997)
- King of the Hill (2000)
Notes
- ↑ "About Soon-Tek Oh". Abbey Entertainment Beverly Hills. Archived from the original on 2002-03-15. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
External links
- Soon-Tek Oh on IMDb
- Soon-Tek Oh at the NNDB