You know, that guy, you must know him

ohnonotgmail

Watching a Jason Statham film called Safe just there. And it has one of those actors that you recognise but can never remember their name. I had a look on IMDB and the guy was born in 1929. He is still working. He has 2 credits last year and one for 2021 already. Looking back he has credits for every year going back to 1954. Any other character actors with such a long career or who fit into the "you know, that guy, you must know him" category?



The guys name is James Hong btw.

waynescales1

“Cartwright! Cartwriiiight!”

smurf492

Jack Burtons greatest foil...

RandomViewer

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Watching a Jason Statham film called Safe just there. And it has one of those actors that you recognise but can never remember their name. I had a look on IMDB and the guy was born in 1929. He is still working. He has 2 credits last year and one for 2021 already. Looking back he has credits for every year going back to 1954. Any other character actors with such a long career or who fit into the "you know, that guy, you must know him" category?



The guys name is James Hong btw.

Angela Lansbury, Charles Durning,Petef Boyle, Frank Langella, Brian Blessed, Mick Carters grandad in Eastenders

CastorTroy

He even voiced a Lo Pan type character in the 2012 TMNT series.

I think Danny Trejo is one of these actors though probably better known.
For consistent actors I think James Hong is one of the main guys.

William Forsythe as well. He's a guy that I'm sure is a bigger actor but when I look him up I realise he's just been in a lot I've seen. Even now to look up who I was thinking of I searched for the John Doe series

NewbridgeIR

James Hong turned up in every 70s cop show - Harry O, Baretta, Streets Of San Franscisco, Cannon, Barnaby Jones. Always played sinister, cruel characters. Some career.

MfMan

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

James Hong turned up in every 70s cop show - Harry O, Baretta, Streets Of San Franscisco, Cannon, Barnaby Jones. Always played sinister, cruel characters. Some career.

Was an important supporting member of Chinatown too I think..

Mad_maxx

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Watching a Jason Statham film called Safe just there. And it has one of those actors that you recognise but can never remember their name. I had a look on IMDB and the guy was born in 1929. He is still working. He has 2 credits last year and one for 2021 already. Looking back he has credits for every year going back to 1954. Any other character actors with such a long career or who fit into the "you know, that guy, you must know him" category?



The guys name is James Hong btw.

was he in Tango and Cash too ?

Wedwood

He was also the sorcerer in cult classic Big Trouble in Little China.

pixelburp

One of those actors, like James Earl Jones, who was already so old when I had seen him regularly in film, that I had just presumed had already passed on. Mad how acting is one of the few careers you can continue into your 80s and 90s.

ohnonotgmail

Wedwood wrote: »

He was also the sorcerer in cult classic Big Trouble in Little China.

He was. And he looked really old in that. and that was 34 years ago.

mikhail

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Any other character actors with such a long career or who fit into the "you know, that guy, you must know him" category?

James Cromwell is the canonical "that guy", though his career only goes back to the mid-70s.

silverharp

Im watching the The Stand 1994 , this actor fits the bill Ray Walston

smurf492

silverharp wrote:

Im watching the The Stand 1994 , this actor fits the bill Ray Walston

My favourite Martian!

RandomViewer

Christopher Plummer been a mainstay of many films for 60 years, Malcom McDowall would be another, Charles Durning would have had a wide body of work as well,
Maggie Smith is another long running actor,

marklazarcovic

Charles dance on the go 50 years

larva

silverharp wrote: »

Im watching the The Stand 1994 , this actor fits the bill Ray Walston

He played Boothby in Star Trek TNG and for some reason Boothby made a reprisal in Voyager when disguised as one of Species 8472

ohnonotgmail

larva wrote: »

He played Boothby in Star Trek TNG and for some reason Boothby made a reprisal in Voyager when disguised as one of Species 8472

some of the more interesting Voyager episodes.

silverharp

silverharp wrote: »

Im watching the The Stand 1994 , this actor fits the bill Ray Walston

Thats Joe Biden in his younger days