Henry O

Not to be confused with O. Henry.

Henry O
Born	Jiang Xiren (蒋锡礽) 1927 (age 96–97) Shanghai, China
Nationality (legal)	Chinese–American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	?–present
Spouse	Ying Chen
Children	Jiang Ji-yong, Jiang Ji-yun and Ji-li Jiang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	區亨利
Simplified Chinese	区亨利
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ōu Hēnglì
Website	henryo.org

Henry O (simplified Chinese: 区亨利; traditional Chinese: 區亨利; pinyin: Ōu Hēnglì) is a Chinese–American actor. He is the father of Ji-li Jiang, the author of Red Scarf Girl.

O was born in Shanghai in 1927 and attended British and American missionary schools in China. He worked an actor in China.

During the Cultural Revolution he was falsely accused of counter-revolutionary crimes and was detained and forced to do hard labor by the Chinese government.

Filmography

Most of O's credits after 1983 are after his arrival to the United States.

Television

• Marco Polo (1983) – astrologer
• The West Wing (2000) – Jhin Wei in "Shibboleth"
• The Sopranos (2006) – Monk #1 in episodes "Mayham" and "Join the Club"

Film

• Premium Rush (2012) – Mr. Leung
• 2012 (2009) – Lama Rinpoche
• Rush Hour 3 (2007) – Master Yu
• A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) – Mr Shi
• They Wait (2007) – Pharmacist
• Romeo Must Die (2000) – Ch'u Sing, father of Han Sing
• The Last Emperor (1987) – Lord Chamberlain
• American Shaolin (1992) – Master San De

Personal

O and his family left China and settled in the United States in the 1980s to take care of his daughter Ji-yun's children. Henry O is his stage named and is derived from O. Henry.

O resides in San Francisco area and is married to Ying Chen. They have three children including Jiang Ji-yong, Jiang Ji-yun and author Ji-li Jiang. O is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.