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- Gary "Gedde" Watanabe is a Hollywood actor and comedian of Japanese American origin. He is best known for his portrayal of Long Duk Dong in the 1984 movie ‘Sixteen Candles’. Throughout his career he has mostly portrayed East Asian characters with heavy accents although he doesn’t speak any Japanese.
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He is known for voicing the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel Mulan II (2004), as well as playing Long Duk Dong in the film Sixteen Candles (1984) and Takahara "Kaz" Kazihiro in Gung Ho (1986), and Nurse Yosh Takata in the NBC medical drama ER from 1997 to 2003.
Gary "Gedde" Watanabe is a Hollywood actor and comedian of Japanese American origin. He is best known for his portrayal of Long Duk Dong in the 1984 movie ‘Sixteen Candles’. Throughout his career he has mostly portrayed East Asian characters with heavy accents although he doesn’t speak any Japanese.
Gedde Watanabe was born on 26 June 1955 in Ogden, Utah, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Sixteen Candles (1984), UHF (1989) and Parental Guidance (2012).
- January 1, 1
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- Ogden, Utah, USA
Chris Makepeace, Robert Rusler, and Gedde Watanabe in Vamp (1986)- Sab Shimono, Gedde Watanabe, and Sô Yamamura in Gung Ho (1986)
- Michael Keaton, Rodney Kageyama, Jerry Tondo, and Gedde Watanabe in Gung Ho (1986)
- Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, and Gedde Watanabe in Booty Call (1997)
- Kathleen and Gedde Watanabe filming "The Food Chain"
- Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tony Hawk, Tom Everett Scott, Gedde Watanabe, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush, and Kyle Breitkopf in Parental Guidance (2012)
- Michael Keaton, George Wendt, Rodney Kageyama, and Gedde Watanabe in Gung Ho (1986)
- Grace Jones, Sandy Baron, Billy Drago, Chris Makepeace, Dedee Pfeiffer, Robert Rusler, and Gedde Watanabe in Vamp (1986)
Gedde Watanabe was born on 26 June 1955 in Ogden, Utah, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Sixteen Candles (1984), UHF (1989) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).
- June 26, 1955
May 6, 2024 · Japanese-American actor Gedde Watanabe had a prominent role in one of the best high school movies of all time: Sixteen Candles. He made his film debut playing Long Duk Dong, who is a Chinese...
May 20, 2014 · In the years since the portrayal — Long Duk Dong and Sixteen Candles was released 30 years ago this month — Gedde Watanabe has appeared more than two dozen films, played Nurse Yosh on ER, and...
Played by gay actor Gedde Watanabe, Dong was a classmate of protagonist Sam Baker (Ringwald), who happened to be living with her grandparents while in the exchange program.
