About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1952-04-09
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:
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Peter Kwong

Overview

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 to disco and breaking.

Along with his nearly 50-year acting career, Kwong was active in Hollywood industry politics. He served on the SAG National Board of Directors for more than a decade and was on the AFTRA National Board of Directors. He also did a four-year stint on the Television Academy Board of Governors and was a member of the Actors Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, among other roles. Kwong ran for the the merged SAG-AFTRA National Board and L.A. Local Board in 2017.

He also was an activist against anti-Asian stereotyping in Hollywood. In 2016, Kwong was among about two dozen signatories on a letter to AMPAS decrying jokes made at the expense of Asians during the Oscars that year.

Known for

Acting

2014 Cooties Actor Mr. Hatachi 58
Average
2011 Budz House Actor Japanese Businessman #1 58
Average
2006 Dragon Dynasty Actor Shang Sel 58
Average
2004 Ghost Rock Actor 58
Average
1999 Row Your Boat Actor Tony Lo Fat 58
Average
1999 Running Red Actor Cheung 58
Average
1995 Theodore Rex Actor Toymaker 54
Average
1994 Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up Actor David Wong 58
Average
1994 I'll Do Anything Actor Popcorn Pictures Intern 58
Average
1993 Brain Smasher... A Love Story Actor Red Monk 58
Average
1993 Combination Platter Actor Stanley N/A
N/A
1990 Angel Town Actor Henry 59
Average
1989 Gleaming the Cube Actor Bobby Nguyen 58
Average
1988 The Presidio Actor Squad Room Officer 58
Average
1988 Skeleton Coast Actor Tohsiro 58
Average
1987 Steele Justice Actor Pham 58
Average
1986 The Golden Child Actor Tommy Tong 58
Average
1986 Never Too Young to Die Actor Cliff 57
Average
1986 Big Trouble in Little China Actor Rain 70
Good
1984 Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story Actor 59
Average
1982 The Renegades Actor Dragon 58
Average
1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker Actor (uncredited) 59
Average
1979 Sunnyside Actor Alvin 58
Average
1978 Straight Time Actor Grocery Clerk 62
Fair
1977 Panic in Echo Park Actor 59
Average

Crew

2006 Dragon Dynasty Crew Fight Choreographer 58
Average