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Actor: Kindergarten Cop. Galen Yuen was born on 4 January 1952 in the USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Kindergarten Cop (1990), Crank: High Voltage (2009) and Rescue Dawn (2006). He died on 8 September 2015.
- Actor, Writer, Director
- January 4, 1952
- Galen Yuen
- September 8, 2015
Sep 17, 2023 · Hollywood Chinese actor had an unknown past as a San Francisco gangster. Galen Yuen, pictured in the 1970s, was a member of a Chinese gang who later became a Hollywood actor. He is the subject of a new Apple Originals podcast, "Magnificent Jerk." | Courtesy Maya Lin Sugarman.
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- Asian American Communities Reporter
Sep 12, 2023 · Lin Sugarman’s journey to uncover Yuen’s true story is now a podcast titled Magnificent Jerk. Across seven engrossing episodes, we find out that Yuen had been a member of notorious Chinese-American gangs in the Chinatowns of both San Francisco and Oakland. He had acted as a pimp, served time in prison and survived serious drug addiction.
Sep 18, 2023 · The True Story of a Fake Story About a Real Life. New podcast 'Magnificent Jerk' explores the eccentric life and career of actor/writer Galen Yuen. The way most people probably remembered Galen Yuen -- if they knew or knew of him at all -- was as a working actor with a few dozen minor movie and TV roles, playing characters like "Yakuza Member ...
Yuen died in 2015 at 63. Fast forward a few years later, when journalist Maya Lin Sugarman finds a box of forgotten screenplays — written by her late uncle, Galen — that sets her on a journey to uncover the truth about his tumultuous life.
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Sep 13, 2023 · Hosted by journalist Maya Lin Sugarman, “Magnificent Jerk” uncovers the real story of her eccentric uncle, actor and writer Galen Yuen. Press Release September 13, 2023. Apple Original podcast “Magnificent Jerk” will premiere globally with the first two episodes on September 18, 2023, followed by new episodes weekly on Apple TV+.
Sep 8, 2015 · Galen Yuen is known as an Actor, Writer, Director, and Stunts. Some of his work includes Crank: High Voltage, Rescue Dawn, Kindergarten Cop, Double Impact, Lionheart, Checking Out, Making of a True Story: Rescue Dawn, and In Dangerous Company.
