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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,...
- Kevin Smokler
- Contributor
Actor: Sixteen Candles. 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).
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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)
In Sixteen Candles (1984), Long Duk Dong (played by Gedde Watanabe) is a Chinese foreign exchange student who stays with the grandparents of the film's protagonist Samantha (played by Molly Ringwald). He appears accompanied by a gong sound.
May 5, 2024 · Gedde Watanabe, the actor who played Long Duk Dong in 'Sixteen Candles,' reflects on the role 40 years later, noting he didn't find his character offensive at the time.
- Gillian Telling
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.
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.
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May 4, 2024 · Utah-born Japanese American actor Gedde Watanabe’s Sixteen Candles character, Chinese exchange student Long Duk Dong, was controversial even at the time of the film’s release, with the New...
