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'''Randall Duk Kim''' (born September 24, 1943) is a [[Korean-American]] |
'''Randall Duk Kim''' (born September 24, 1943) is a [[Korean-American]] stage, television and film actor. Kim was also the artistic director and mainstay lead actor at the [[American Players Theatre]] in [[Spring Green, Wisconsin]], which he founded with Anne Occhiogrosso and Charles Bright. Since he was eighteen, Kim has portrayed a wide variety of roles on the stage, best known for his role as [[Keymaker|the Keymaker]] in ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]''. He was one of the first Asian-American actors to play a leading role in an American production of a Shakespeare play when he played the title role in The New York [[The Public Theater|Public Theater]]'s 1974 production of ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]''.<ref>{{iobdb title|3081|Pericles, Prince of Tyre}}</ref>He has spent most of his career in theatre. He also played the title role in ''[[Hamlet]] at the [[Guthrie Theatre]] in 1978-79.<ref>{{Citation |
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Randall Duk Kim | |
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| Born | September 24, 1943 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김덕문 |
| Hanja | 金德文 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Deokmun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Tŏk-mun |
| Website | http://www.randalldukkim.com |
Randall Duk Kim (born September 24, 1943) is a Korean-American stage, television and film actor. Kim was also the artistic director and mainstay lead actor at the American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, which he founded with Anne Occhiogrosso and Charles Bright. Since he was eighteen, Kim has portrayed a wide variety of roles on the stage, best known for his role as the Keymaker in The Matrix Reloaded. He was one of the first Asian-American actors to play a leading role in an American production of a Shakespeare play when he played the title role in The New York Public Theater's 1974 production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre.[1]He has spent most of his career in theatre. He also played the title role in Hamlet at the Guthrie Theatre in 1978-79.[2]
He played Kralaholme in the 1996 revival of The King and I on Broadway, later succeeding to the leading role. He played the Keymaker in The Matrix Reloaded, and voiced Master Oogway in Kung Fu Panda. In 2008 he played Dashiell Kim in an episode of the television series Fringe created by J.J. Abrams. He also played Grandpa Gohan in the 2009 live action adaptation of Dragonball Evolution and a tattoo master in Ninja Assassin.
References
- ^ Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- ^ George, David (Spring, 1979), "Shakespeare in Minneapolis", Shakepeare Quarterly, 30 (2), Folger Shakespeare Library: 219, doi:10.2307/2869313, JSTOR 2869313
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External links
- Randall Duk Kim at IMDb
- Randall Duk Kim at the Internet Broadway Database
- Randall Duk Kim at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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