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Ric Young

Born June 1, 1944 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia36 films

Eric Wing Wah Yung (born 1944), better known as Ric Young, is a Malaysian retired actor. He appeared in over 100 films and television programmes from his debut in 1958, mainly in the United Kingdom and later the United States. He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then moved to Los Angeles to study method acting under Shelley Winters and Lee Strasberg. Young was a series regular on spy action television series Alias (2001–04), playing Dr. Zhang Lee. He appeared in such films as You Only Live Twice (1967), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Emperor (1987), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), Nixon (1995), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), The Transporter (2002), and American Gangster (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ric Young, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Last Emperor posterFirst watchThe Last Emperor19877.6as InterrogatorA dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his…View film

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36 films as actor
  1. 2015TruthDr. Troy Mills
  2. 2013Getting Back to ZeroBig Boss Man
  3. 2010The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About ItNorth Korean Dictator
  4. 2008FireproofTerrell Sanders
  5. 2007American GangsterChinese General
  6. 2002The TransporterMr Kwai
  7. 2002Long Life, Happiness and ProsperityBing Lai
  8. 2001Kiss of the DragonMister Big
  9. 2000Chain of CommandKen Fung
  10. 1999The CorruptorHenry Lee
  11. 1997A Thousand Men and a BabyMr. Kim
  12. 1997NightmanMr. Chang
  13. 1997Seven Years in TibetGeneral Chang Jing Wu
  14. 1997Booty CallMr. Chiu
  15. 1995NixonMao Tse-Tung
  16. 1993Cyborg 2Bobby Lin
  17. 1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee StoryBruce's Father
  18. 1992Sketch ArtistJimmy
  19. 1988Keys to FreedomLieutenant Kwong
  20. 1987The Last EmperorInterrogator
  21. 1987Dragon ChowXiao
  22. 1987Ping PongAlan Wong
  23. 1984Success Is the Best RevengeChinese Waiter
  24. 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomKao Kan
  25. 1983High Road to ChinaKim Su Lee
  26. 1983Legend of the ChampionsHo Ling
  27. 1974Sex PlayWang Lo (as Eric Young)
  28. 1969The ChairmanYin
  29. 1967Pretty PollyLim Kee
  30. 1966The Brides of Fu ManchuControl Assistant
  31. 1966The EyeMunder
  32. 1965InvasionThe Lystrian
  33. 1965The Face of Fu ManchuGrand Lama
  34. 1965Lord JimMalay
  35. 1961The Sinister ManJohnny Choto
  36. 1961The Terror of the TongsConfucius (uncredited)