Gedde Watanabe is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on June 26, 1955 in Ogden, Utah, United States. He played the character Long Duk Dong in the 1984 film Sixteen Candles. Other film credits are Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Armageddon, and Mulan II.
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In 1976, Watanabe’s first role was as a member of the original Broadway cast of Pacific Overtures, originating the roles of Priest, Girl, and The Boy. He has since appeared in a number of films and television series, the first of which was The Long Island Four in 1980.
He had a starring role in both the film Gung Ho and its television spinoff. In the 1989 movie UHF starring “Weird Al” Yankovic, Watanabe co-starred as Kuni, a karate instructor and abusive host of a TV game show called Wheel of Fish. He later reprised this role on the Weird Al Show. Watanabe appeared on Sesame Street from 1988 to 1991 as Hiroshi and had a recurring role as gay nurse Yoshi Takata on the television drama ER from 1997 to 2003. During the nineties, Watanabe studied acting at Theater Theater in Hollywood, California, with Chris Aable who introduced him to fellow actors Jon Cedar and Steve Burton. He voiced various Japanese characters on the animated television comedy The Simpsons. In 1998, he voiced Ling in the Disney animated film Mulan and reprised this role for the 2004 direct-to-video sequel, Mulan II and the 2005 video game Kingdom Hearts II.
He was raised and born in Ogden, Utah.
