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Best Actor: Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes 1956 Yul Brynner: The King and I: King Mongkut: Won Buryat (Mongol) descent as well First Asian (and first Asian-American, overall) to be nominated for Best Actor, First Asian (and first Asian-American) to win Best Actor. Brynner became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943. 1982 Ben ...
Best Supporting Actor: For Whom the Bell Tolls: Won 1956 Yul Brynner: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy: The King and I: Nominated 1957 Sessue Hayakawa: Best Supporting Actor: The Bridge on the River Kwai: Nominated 1962 Omar Sharif: Best Supporting Actor: Lawrence of Arabia: Won 1965 Best Actor – Drama: Doctor Zhivago: Won 1966 Mako: Best ...
James Hong is an American character actor, producer and director who has appeared in more than 600 films, TV shows and video games. [1] His career began in the 1950s when he redubbed soundtracks of several Asian films.
In the last few years, there has been a rise of Asian and Asian American representation in hit films, like the history-making best picture winner "Parasite," the rom-com hit "Crazy Rich Asians ...
The victory of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” at the 95th Oscars on Sunday is a milestone for Asian talent in front of and behind the camera. It’s also a sign that the Academy Awards is ...
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James Hong (born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director. Known as one of the most prolific character actors of all time, [1] [2] he has worked in numerous productions in U.S. media since the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s.
Twenty years after he was a young, struggling actor in Toronto, Thomas Lo is now the one giving young Asian actors their big breaks. He just had to go to Hong Kong to do it. The Chinese Canadian has been the creative director of one of the island city's biggest TV broadcasting companies for only a few years, but is already making original ...