Keone Young

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.7107

Gender

Male

Birthday

06-Sep-1947

Age

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Also Known As
  • Keone Joseph Young
  • Keone Yong
  • Keoni Young

Keone Young

Biography

Keone Young is a prolific American character actor and voice artist with a career spanning over 50 years. He is perhaps most recognized for his live-action role as Mr. Wu in the HBO series Deadwood and its subsequent film.


Credits

Squirly Town Squirly Town (2009) Character: Flashback Lance / Flashback Zoopie (voice)
Straight-laced squirrel Lance gets a splitting headache after his crazy friend Zoopie puts a tarantula in the acorn butter. To cure his pain, Zoopie takes Lance on an adventure that tests the meaning of true friendship.
Monster Safari Monster Safari (2007) Character: Pang
Two bumbling cryptozoologists explore the four corners of the Earth, trying to prove that monsters exist.
Pol Pot's Birthday Pol Pot's Birthday (2004) Character: Pol Pot
The office staff of the most brutal dictator on earth attempts to throw their boss a surprise birthday party.
The Tao of Pong The Tao of Pong (2005) Character: Lao Tzu
When an ex-ping-pong prodigy seeks the wisdom of a taoist sage, he learns that life - and table tennis - is more about the journey than the destination.
Best Christmas Movies Ever! Best Christmas Movies Ever! (2024) Character: Self
Over 50 stars, writers, athletes, directors and critics share the spirit of the season.
Shake It Up: Made In Japan Shake It Up: Made In Japan (2012) Character: Mr. Wantanabe
A 90-minute song and dance-filled event follows best friends Rocky and CeCe as they travel to Tokyo to star in an interactive dance video game. While there, Rocky plans to explore Japan, but CeCe wants to seize the chance to become global dance superstars, their longtime dream. Meanwhile, there's a Mission Impossible-style race against time to save the world from The Rocky and Cece computer virus. The girls get into a fight but they make up as always.
Nightingales Nightingales (1988) Character: Bill Chao
"Nightingales" are eight student nurses living off campus in Southern California in this stylish Aaron Spelling production that ultimately was developed into a short-lived series which aired on NBC at the beginning of 1989. Subsequently edited down to 90 minutes, the film later served as the premiere episode for the series, which was reworked to add Suzanne Pleshette and Barry Newman as stars.
Higher Love Higher Love (2001) Character: Mr. Tang
Ross, who lives with his eccentric Uncle Cullen, is desperately trying to become a successful businessman. When he attempts to sell the family wine collection to finance a new venture, his uncle hatches a plan to remind Ross of the talent he left behind.
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra (1984) Character: Storm Shadow (voice)
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra is the second G.I. Joe miniseries based on the successful Hasbro Toys and Marvel Comics property. Using a laser core stolen from G.I.Joe, Cobra activates the Weather Dominator, an incredible weapon which controls the forces of Nature itself, Cobra Commander targets Washington for destruction, but the Joe team repels the attack and the Weather Dominator explodes into three parts setting off a chain reaction of natural disasters around the world. Can G.I.Joe recover the Weather Dominator in time to beat Cobra and save the world. It aired in 1984 and most of the 1984 and even some 1985 products are given plenty of screen time. Like the first miniseries, A Real American Hero, The Revenge of Cobra was written by Ron Friedman who created the series for television, and wrote all four miniseries.
Challenge of a Lifetime Challenge of a Lifetime (1985) Character: Dr. Honowa
Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has not done any running since high school. The experience brings them together.
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993) Character: Gerald Chong
Based on the actual events of the 1991 brush fires that swept across Northern California, which left countless people without homes. A rookie fire chief, who just started his new job, must deal with the raging fires.
Trenchcoat in Paradise Trenchcoat in Paradise (1989) Character: Bob Kanuka
Eddie Mazda is a hard nosed private eye who gets in too close to the mob and is forced to leave Jersey City. He decides to open up shop in Hawaii.
Dead Before Dawn Dead Before Dawn (1993) Character: Young
Based upon a true story. Wife with young family finds life becoming unbearable with her successful, but violent and abusive, husband. After filing for divorce, she quickly learns that her husband, through fear of his personal life embarrassing his clients, has commissioned an assassin to murder her before going to court. Unfortunately, for him, the hired assassin turns out to be an FBI agent. The FBI convince her that she must “pretend” to have been murdered in order to prove her husband’s involvement.
Stand Up Guys Stand Up Guys (2012) Character: Song
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect on their glory days and try to make up for lost time, one wrestles with a terrible quandary: Doc has orders to kill Val, and time is running out for him to figure out a way out of his dilemma.
Lost Angels Lost Angels (1989) Character: Atty. Victor Eng
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist who has taken an interest in him, will Tim try to pull himself out of the muck of teenage rebellion and ennui?
Striptease Striptease (1996) Character: Ling
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.
Mulan II Mulan II (2004) Character: Lord Qin (voice)
Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family.
Return to Halloweentown Return to Halloweentown (2006) Character: Silas Sinister
As Halloweentown prepares to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary, Marnie Piper and her brother Dylan return to Witch University, where trouble is in session from the Sinister Sisters and from someone who's plotting to use Marnie's powers for evil.
Last Flight Out Last Flight Out (1990) Character: Tung Sanh
Fact-based story set in Saigon on April, 1975, shortly after U.S. combat troops have withdrawn, and immediately before Communist forces overrun the city. American citizens try to help South Vietnamese refugees escape on the last commercial flight that will be permitted to leave the city.
Black Rain Black Rain (1989) Character: Karaoke Singer
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Men in Black 3 Men in Black 3 (2012) Character: Mr. Wu
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006) Character: Commander Uehara Daizo / Saico-Tek / Sushi Shop Owner (voice)
After a battle with a high-tech villain named, Saiko-Tek, the Teen Titans travel to the city of Tokyo where they find themselves embroiled in a conflict with an ancient enemy.
Eyewitness Eyewitness (1981) Character: Mr. Long's Son
NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. There's been a murder in the office building, and Tony suspects that Daryll may have insight into the crime, a notion that he furthers to stay close to her. However, when those behind the killing begin to think that he really knows something, they target the pair to keep their secrets hidden.
Crank Crank (2006) Character: Don Kim
Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.
Dr. Dolittle 2 Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) Character: Bee (voice)
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protected bear, but there's a problem: the bear's the only bear in the forest, so she can't reproduce. Undaunted, Dolittle persuades a circus bear to help out, but he has to teach him not just the ways of the wild, but the wiles of lady bears too.
The Brady Bunch Movie The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) Character: Mr. Watanabe
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Private Benjamin Private Benjamin (1980) Character: Kim Osaka
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
North North (1994) Character: Governor Ho
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
The Wild Life The Wild Life (1984) Character: Japanese Bowler
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
Wish Wish (2023) Character: Mountain Climber / Tall Man Tourist / Guard 1 (voice)
Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico - to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
Surf Ninjas Surf Ninjas (1993) Character: Baba Ram
Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance includes magically-induced martial arts prowess and seeing the future. Using their new powers, they act to overthrow the island's current dictator, a despotic madman with a metal face!
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers (1989) Character: Don Ho
A doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster money loaned for "remodeling." When they can't pay it back, the Mafia guy sends his nephews to work at the funeral home to keep a watch on the debtors, but the nephews end up helping in the search for new bodies, and mayhem ensues when some undesirable types are re-animated.
Hemingway & Gellhorn Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) Character: Mr. Ma
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Playing God Playing God (1997) Character: Mr. Ksi
Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, famed LA surgeon Dr Eugene Sands abandons his former life only to find himself crossing paths with Raymond Blossom, an infamous counterfeiter. Employed as a "gun-shot doctor" when Raymond's associates cannot risk visiting a hospital, Eugene is lured deep into the criminal world and becomes entangled with his boss's girlfriend.
My Girl 2 My Girl 2 (1994) Character: Daryl Tanaka
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (2015) Character: Commander Sato / Imperial Technician / Imperial Technician #3 (voice)
The Inquisitor is dead. The Ghost crew has connected with other rebel cells. And a new ally named Ahsoka Tano has emerged. Despite these successes and developments, the fight against the Empire takes a deadly turn, as the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader comes to Lothal.
Frances Frances (1982) Character: Docteur chinois
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe (1985) Character: Storm Shadow (voice)
Zartan and Cobra seize the Delta Space Station and destroy G.I. Joe headquarters. Shipwreck and Snake Eyes are lost behind enemy lines while Cobra Commander reveals his plan to deprive the world of electricity.
Rip Girls Rip Girls (2000) Character: Bo
A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During her adventures, Sydney finds friends, a new hobby with her fantastic photography, and the truth about her mother.
Honeymoon in Vegas Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) Character: Eddie Wong
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) Character: Committee Clerk
Now a rising young lawyer, Elle Woods is about to make partner at her firm, but when she finds out her dog's relatives are being used as cosmetic test subjects, she heads to Washington D.C. to fight for animal rights.
Deadwood: The Movie Deadwood: The Movie (2019) Character: Mr. Wu
Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.
On a Roll On a Roll (2021) Character: Chef (voice)
When a sushi chef sees Jerry scurrying around his restaurant, he tells Tom to earn his keep by catching that sushi-stealing mouse.
Golden Gate Golden Gate (1994) Character: Benny Ying
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist-spying against a Chinese laundryman. 10 years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.
上海1920 上海1920 (1991) Character: N/A
Billy Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawson wants to run a legitimate trade, but Billy craves the power that comes with leadership among the cities gangster underground.
Crank: High Voltage Crank: High Voltage (2009) Character: Don Kim
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender (2026) Character: Avatar Roku (voice)
Avatar Aang, the world’s last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens to upend the peace they sacrificed everything to achieve.
Bad Day on the Block Bad Day on the Block (1997) Character: Ron the Repairman
When decorated firefighter Lyle Wilder is restrained from seeing his wife and child after abuse allegations, he turns his attention to his neighbours. During a heatwave, what starts as a neighbourly feud turns into outright assault.
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009) Character: Matsuhiro (voice)
The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancientblade fabled to possess extraordinary supernaturalpowers.
Jack Jack (1996) Character: Dr. Lin
Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters public school for the first time, eager to make friends and live like any other kid—only to discover that growing up too fast means learning some of life’s hardest lessons early.
Girls of the White Orchid Girls of the White Orchid (1983) Character: Akira
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals.
Fear Fear (1990) Character: Detective William Wu
A psychic helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent, who wants to share the fear of his victims with her!
Challenger Challenger (1990) Character: Lt. Colonel Ellison Onizuka
A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments surrounding the use of the o-rings that ultimately were blamed for the explosion.
Ultraman: Rising Ultraman: Rising (2024) Character: Dr. Onda (voice)
A star athlete reluctantly returns home to take over his father's duties as Ultraman, shielding Tokyo from giant monsters as he becomes a legendary hero.
The Even Stevens Movie The Even Stevens Movie (2003) Character: Chief Tuka
The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the Stevens family crumbles, unaware that their family vacation is in fact a hidden camera reality show!
Dude, Where's My Car? Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) Character: Chinese Tailor
Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
The Karate Guard The Karate Guard (2005) Character: Ancient Wise One (voice)
Jerry's spiritual mentor appears and gives Jerry a gong to ring that summons a "Karate Guard" named Momo-sumo (played by Spike) to aid him whenever he needs help.



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