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Peter Kwong
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Peter Kwong
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-04-09,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Peter Kwong (April 9, 1952 — May 27, 2025) was a veteran of film, television and stage, best known for his roles as Rain in Big Trouble in Little China and as Tommy Tong in Eddie Murphy's The Golden Child (both 1986). Kwong began his screen career in the mid-1970s with guest shots on such TV series as Wonder Woman and Black Sheep Squadron, and into the ’80s with Cagney & Lacey, Bret Maverick, The Greatest American Hero, Little House on the Prairie, Dynasty, The A-Team, Miami Vice, 227, St. Elsewhere, and Matt Houston. Training with the East/West Players, Groundlings and other groups, Kwong would continue to work regularly in films and TV shows in the 2020s. Among his silver-screen credits are The Presidio, Gleaming the Cube, I’ll Do Anything, Paper Dragons and Cooties. His numerous TV guest roles also included such popular shows as General Hospital, JAG, My Wife and Kids, The Wayans Brothers, Sisters, Drake & Josh, Lethal Weapon and King of the Hill. Kwong also was an accomplished martial artist, working in Northern Shaolin kung fu, Chinese kata and with weapons including swords, staffs, spears and nunchaku. Dancing was another specialty — from ballroom and martial arts fusion to disco and breaking. Along with his nearly 50-year acting career, Kwong was active in Hollywood industry politics. He served on the SAG National Board of Directors for more than a decade and was on the AFTRA National Board of Directors. He also did a four-year stint on the Television Academy Board of Governors and was a member of the Actors Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, among other roles. Kwong ran for the the merged SAG-AFTRA National Board and L.A. Local Board in 2017. He also was an activist against anti-Asian stereotyping in Hollywood. In 2016, Kwong was among about two dozen signatories on a letter to AMPAS decrying jokes made at the expense of Asians during the Oscars that year.

Filmography

Gleaming the Cube

6

Gleaming the Cube
1989-01-13

The Golden Child

5.91

The Golden Child
1986-12-12

Big Trouble in Little China

7.214

Big Trouble in Little China
1986-05-30

Never Too Young to Die

4.6

Never Too Young to Die
1986-06-13

4.7

Steele Justice
1987-05-08

3.875

Skeleton Coast
1988-04-14

5.3

Running Red
1999-03-30

I'll Do Anything

5.52

I'll Do Anything
1994-02-04

6.566

Angel Town
1990-02-23

4.1

Dragon Dynasty
2006-07-22

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story

7.5

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story
1984-11-12

5.9

The Presidio
1988-06-10

6.417

The Renegades
1982-08-11

6

Sunnyside
1979-06-01

Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up

5.5

Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
1994-12-27

5.877

Cooties
2014-10-10

7.136

Straight Time
1978-03-18

2.429

Ghost Rock
2004-06-08

Combination Platter

0

Combination Platter
1993-09-10

3.586

Theodore Rex
1995-12-14

Panic in Echo Park

4.875

Panic in Echo Park
1977-06-23

3.6

Row Your Boat
1999-04-18

The Memory of Eva Ryker

6

The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980-05-05

Brain Smasher... A Love Story

5.3

Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993-11-17

3.2

Budz House
2011-10-25

8.354

Drake & Josh
2004-01-11

Amazing Stories

7.466

Amazing Stories
1985-09-29

7.5

Full House
1987-09-22

7.47

The A-Team
1983-01-23

8

Tour of Duty
1987-09-24

7.722

MacGyver
1985-09-29

King of the Hill

7.35

King of the Hill
1997-01-12

7.296

Lethal Weapon
2016-09-21

7.5

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

6.693

Renegade
1992-09-19