Randall Duk Kim
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Randall Duk Kim | |
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| Born | September 24, 1943 |
| Nationality (legal) | Korean American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김덕문 |
| Hanja | 金德文 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Deokmun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Tŏk-mun |
Randall Duk Kim (born September 24, 1943) is a Korean American[citation needed] stage, film and television actor.
Career
Kim was born and raised in Hawaii.[2] He was a founder, artistic director and mainstay lead actor at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, which he co-founded with Anne Occhiogrosso and Charles Bright.[3][4][5][6][7] Since he was eighteen, Kim has portrayed a wide variety of roles on the stage, focusing upon Western classical works, including Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen and Molière. Kim also starred in the first play written by an Asian American to be produced professionally in New York, The Chickencoop Chinaman by Frank Chin, which was mounted by The American Place Theatre in 1972. Kim starred in Chin's second play, The Year of the Dragon in 1974. Despite his theatrical prowess, Kim is perhaps best known for his role as the Keymaker in the film 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.[8] He has spent most of his career in theatre. He also played the title role in Hamlet at the Guthrie Theatre in 1978–79.[9]
He played Kralahome in the 1996 revival of The King and I on Broadway, later succeeding to the leading role. Other Broadway credits include Golden Child and the revised version of Flower Drum Song, both written by David Henry Hwang. He voiced Grand Master Oogway in Kung Fu Panda.[10] 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.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Hawaiians | Asia at 19 | Uncredited |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Tadao - Japanese Messenger Boy | Unconfirmed; uncredited |
| 1974 | Nourish the Beast | Actor | Credited as Randy Kim; television film |
| 1995 | Prisoners in Time | Nagase Takashi | Television film |
| 1998 | The Replacement Killers | Alan Chan | |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Nisei Interpreter | Uncredited |
| 1999 | Anna and the King | General Alak | |
| 2001 | The Lost Empire | Shu | |
| 2003 | MTV Movie Awards Reloaded | Keymaker | Short television film |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Keymaker | |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Dr. Crab | |
| 2006 | Falling for Grace | Mr. Hung | |
| 2007 | Tailor Made | Wong | Short film |
| 2007 | Year of the Fish | Auntie Yaga/Old Man/Foreman | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Master Oogway (voice) | |
| 2008 | Secrets of the Furious Five | Master Oogway (voice) | |
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Grandpa Gohan | |
| 2009 | Ninja Assassin | Tattoo Master | |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Old Man in Temple | |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Master Oogway (voice) | |
| 2014 | John Wick | Continental Doctor | |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Master Oogway (voice) | |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Continental Doctor |
TV series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968–1969 | Hawaii Five-O | Eddie/John Lo/Oscar | Credited as Randall Kim; "By the Numbers" (#1.9), "Deathwatch" (#1.11), "King Kamehameha Blues" (#2.8) |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | Pham Van Trong | "Hostage" (#1.5) |
| 2006 | Thief | Uncle Lau | Pilot (#1.1), "Flight" (#1.5), "In the Wind" (#1.6) |
| 2008 | Cashmere Mafia | John Mason | "The Deciders" (#1.4) |
| 2008 | New Amsterdam | Donald Chen | "Legacy" (#1.6) |
| 2008 | Fringe | Dashiell Kim | "The Equation" (#1.8) |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Master Oogway (voice) | "Ghost of Oogway" (#1.14) |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Enter the Matrix | Keymaker |
| 2005 | Red Ninja: End of Honor | Shingen |
| 2007 | Stranglehold | James Wong |
| 2015 | Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends | Master Oogway (voice) |
References
- ^ http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/May/25/il/il03a.html
- ^ http://www.randalldukkim.com/
- ^ Starpulse: biography
- ^ filmbug biography
- ^ Yahoo movie biography
- ^ amctv short bio
- ^ american players theatre history
- ^ Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- ^ George, David (Spring 1979), "Shakespeare in Minneapolis", Shakespeare Quarterly, 30 (2), Folger Shakespeare Library: 219, doi:10.2307/2869313, JSTOR 2869313
- ^ http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2012/10/broadway_veteran_randall_duk_k.html
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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