Randall Duk Kim
Randall Duk Kim (born September 24, 1943 ) is an American film and stage actor of South Korean descent.
Life
Kim got his first role in the television series Hawaii Five-Zero , for which he played three times between 1968 and 1969. This was followed by his first role in the film with Ruler of the Island in 1970, but he was not mentioned in the credits . In the 1970s, Kim founded the American Players Theater in Spring Green , Wisconsin, and was a member of it until the 1990s.
From the late 1990s, Kim appeared regularly in internationally distributed films, such as General Alak in Anna and the King in 1999 . In 2003 he played the key maker for the second part of the Matrix trilogy. Kim also got a supporting role in the literary film adaptation of The Geisha . For Kung Fu Panda , which was released in 2008, he lent his voice to an animated character in the English version.
Filmography (selection)
- 1968; 1969: Hawaii Five-Zero ( Hawaii Five-0 , TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1970: Ruler of the Island (The Hawaiians)
- 1974: Nourish the Beast (TV movie)
- 1995: Everyman: Prisoners in Time (TV movie)
- 1998: The Replacement Killers - The Replacement Killers (The Replacement Killers)
- 1998: The Thin Red Line (The Thin Red Line)
- 1999: Anna and the King (Anna and the King)
- 2001: 100 Center Street (TV series, episode)
- 2001: Monkey King ( The Lost Empire , TV movie)
- 2003: MTV: Reloaded (TV movie)
- 2003: Matrix Reloaded (The Matrix Reloaded)
- 2003: Enter the Matrix (video game, voice)
- 2005: Homecoming
- 2005: Red Ninja: End of Honor (video game, voice)
- 2005: The Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)
- 2006: East Broadway
- 2006: Thief (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2007: Tailor Made (short film)
- 2007: John Woo presents Stranglehold (video game, voice)
- 2007: Year of the Fish
- 2008: Cashmere Mafia (TV series, an episode)
- 2008: New Amsterdam (TV series, one episode)
- 2008: Kung Fu Panda (voice for Grand Master Oogway)
- 2008: Kung Fu Panda: The Secret of the Furious Five ( Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five , short film, voice)
- 2008: Fringe - Borderline Cases of the FBI ( Fringe , TV series, an episode)
- 2009: Dragonball Evolution
- 2009: Ninja Assassin
- 2010: The Legend of Aang (The Last Airbender)
- 2014: John Wick
- 2016: Kung Fu Panda 3 (voice for Grandmaster Oogway)
- 2019: John Wick: Chapter 3 (John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum)
Web links
- Randall Duk Kim in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kim, Randall Duk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1943 |