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Long Duk Dong. Long Duk Dong is a fictional character who appears in Sixteen Candles, a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. Played by Japanese American actor Gedde Watanabe, the character is a Chinese foreign exchange student and a supporting character in the film set at a US suburban high school.
Feb 15, 2022 · Gedde Watanabe talked about his role in “Sixteen Candles” and how things have changed for him and the Asian community in Hollywood since then. He talked about Asian actors that are doing great ...
Jun 11, 2022 · Gedde Watanabe has a net worth of 2 million dollars as of 2022. his primary source is the roles he plays like a television and film actor. He earns around 15 thousand dollars per episode in television series and 52 thousand dollars per year as an actor.
ゲディ・ワタナベ（Gedde Watanabe、1955年 6月26日 - ）は、アメリカ合衆国 ユタ州生まれの日系人 俳優・声優。 来歴 [ 編集 ] ユタ州 の オグデン という町で生まれ、高校卒業までをそこで過ごす。
Gedde Watanabe Says He Didn’t Find His 'Sixteen Candles' Role Offensive at the Time. Sixteen Candles was released in 1984 and instantly became a Hollywood classic. With Molly Ringwald, Michael ...
Gedde Watanabe, who plays foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong, described the movie’s continued success as “quite incredible” and something he didn’t see coming.
For Gedde Watanabe, life began in the rural town of Ogden, UT. Since his parents were Japanese-Americans (Watanabe's mother was placed in a Japanese internment camp during World War II), throughout his early life Watanabe felt an overwhelming sense that he was an outsider.
