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Peter Kwong

Peter Kwong

Actor · Born 1952-04-09 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

Peter Kwong (April 9, 1952 — May 27, 2025) was a veteran of film, television and stage, best known for his roles as Rain in Big Trouble in Little China and as Tommy Tong in Eddie Murphy's The Golden Child (both 1986). Kwong began his screen career in the mid-1970s with guest shots on such TV series as Wonder Woman and Black Sheep Squadron, and into the ’80s with Cagney & Lacey, Bret Maverick, The Greatest American Hero, Little House on the Prairie, Dynasty, The A-Team, Miami Vice, 227, St. Elsewhere, and Matt Houston. Training with the East/West Players, Groundlings and other groups, Kwong would continue to work regularly in films and TV shows in the 2020s. Among his silver-screen credits are The Presidio, Gleaming the Cube, I’ll Do Anything, Paper Dragons and Cooties. His numerous TV guest roles also included such popular shows as General Hospital, JAG, My Wife and Kids, The Wayans Brothers, Sisters, Drake & Josh, Lethal Weapon and King of the Hill. Kwong also was an accomplished martial artist, working in Northern Shaolin kung fu, Chinese kata and with weapons including swords, staffs, spears and nunchaku. Dancing was another specialty — from ballroom and martial arts fusion t…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) — Rain
  2. Drake & Josh (2004) — Mr. Curtis
  3. The Golden Child (1986) — Tommy Tong
  4. Full House (1987) — The Dentist
  5. The A-Team (1983) — Tommy Chen
  6. MacGyver (1985) — Steven Lee
  7. Cooties (2014) — Mr. Hatachi
  8. Lethal Weapon (2016) — Kenneth Hong
  9. King of the Hill (1997) — Mr. Ho (voice)
  10. Miami Vice (1984) — Grandson
  11. The Presidio (1988) — Squad Room Officer
  12. Beauty and the Beast (1987) — Peter Chiang
  13. Amazing Stories (1985) — weatherman
  14. Straight Time (1978) — Grocery Clerk
  15. Tour of Duty (1987) — Nguyen
  16. Renegade (1992) — Henry Chu
  17. Gleaming the Cube (1989) — Bobby Nguyen
  18. Theodore Rex (1995) — Toymaker
  19. St. Elsewhere (1982) — Dr. Wang
  20. Never Too Young to Die (1986) — Cliff
  21. I'll Do Anything (1994) — Popcorn Pictures Intern
  22. Angel Town (1990) — Henry
  23. Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993) — Red Monk
  24. Steele Justice (1987) — Pham
  25. Slapstick of Another Kind (1982) — Chinese Astronaut
  26. Dragon Dynasty (2006) — Shang Sel
  27. Running Red (1999) — Cheung
  28. Row Your Boat (1999) — Tony Lo Fat
  29. Skeleton Coast (1988) — Tohsiro
  30. Panic in Echo Park (1977)
  31. Budz House (2011) — Japanese Businessman #1
  32. Ghost Rock (2004)
  33. The Renegades (1982) — Dragon
  34. Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984)
  35. Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1994) — David Wong
  36. Sunnyside (1979) — Alvin
  37. The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980) — (uncredited)
  38. Combination Platter (1993) — Stanley
  39. Police Story (1988) — Sgt. Briggs