Young, Ric

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YOUNG, Ric

(Eric Young)

PERSONAL

Education: Trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, Actors Studio West, Lee Strasberg Institute, London, and with Peter Flood, Los Angeles.

Addresses: Agent—Martin Gage, Gage Group, 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 515, Los Angeles, CA 90069; Coast to Coast Talent Group, Inc., 3350 Barham Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90068. Manager—Current Entertainment, 1411 Fifth St., Santa Monica, CA 90401; BTB Management, 1326 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404; Ted Schachter, Schachter Entertainment, 1157 South Beverly Dr., Second Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90035.

Career: Actor.

Member: Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Golden Halo and Silver Halo, Southern California Motion Picture Council; German Emmy Award, outstanding foreign actor.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Eric Young) The Lystrian, Invasion, 1966.

Chinese hood, Hussy, 1979.

Kim Su Lee, High Road to China, Warner Bros., 1983.

Chinese waiter, Success Is the Best Revenge (also known as Le succes a tout prix), DeVere/Emerald Film Partnership/Gaumont, 1984.

Debs, The Ice Pirates, United Artists, 1984.

Kao Kan, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (also known as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Death and The Temple of Doom), Paramount, 1984.

Alan Wong, Ping Pong, Samuel Goldwyn, 1986.

Interrogator, The Last Emperor (also known as Le dernier empereur and L'ultimo imperatore), Artisan Entertainment, 1987.

Lieutenant Kwong, Keys to Freedom (also known as Death Dealers), 1988.

Xiao, Drachenfutter (also known as Dragon Chow and Dragon's Food), New Yorker Films, 1988.

Bobby Lin, Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (also known as Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow), Trimark Pictures, 1993.

Bruce Lee's father, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (also known as Dragon: Life of Bruce Lee), Universal, 1993.

Mao Tse Tung, Nixon, Buena Vista, 1995.

General Chang Jing Wu, Seven Years in Tibet, TriStar, 1997.

Mr. Chiu, Booty Call, Columbia/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997.

Henry Lee, The Corruptor (also known as N.Y.P.D. 15), New Line Cinema, 1999.

Reporter, The Contender, DreamWorks, 2000.

Mister Big, Kiss of the Dragon (also known as KOD: Kiss of the Dragon and Le baiser mortel du dragon), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Mr. Kwai, The Transporter (also known as Le transporteur), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

Bing Lai, Long Life, Happiness, and Prosperity, Cineplex Odeon/Film Movement, 2004.

ESPN reporter, Mickey, Slugger Pictures, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Tin Tin, Room Service, Thames Television, c. 1979.

Jacques, General Hospital, ABC, 1990.

Taiwanese torturer (known as suit and glasses), Alias, ABC, between 2001 and 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Chu Yen/Tsu-Yan, Noble House (also known as James Clavell's "Noble House"), NBC, 1988.

Father Mercy, Signs and Wonders, BBC, 1995, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1995.

Confucius, The Lost Empire (also known as Monkey King—Ein Krieger zwischen den Welten), NBC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Chow, Tatort—Die chinesische Methode, [Germany], 1991.

Jimmy, Sketch Artist, Showtime, 1992.

Mr. Kim, A Thousand Men and a Baby (also known as Narrow Escape), CBS, 1997.

Fung, Chain of Command, HBO, 2000.

News reporter, Hannibal, Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Father Lim, Tenko Reunion, BBC, 1985.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Ho Ling, "The Beginning," The Champions, Incorporated Television Company, 1969.

Police captain, "The Gun-Runners," The Champions, Incorporated Television Company, 1969.

Oakley, "The Door of Opportunity," W. Somerset Maugham (also known as W. Somerset Maugham: The Door of Opportunity), BBC-2, 1970.

Chinese travel agent, "Nine Dragons," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1976.

Ginka, "Children of Auron," Blake's 7, BBC, 1980.

Father Lim, Tenko, BBC, multiple episodes in 1981.

"High Rise," Booker, Fox, 1989.

Voice of Hiroshi, "Bushido," Gargoyles (animated), ABC and syndicated, 1996.

Voices of Dja'Lang Mukharno and Mr. Mahasson, "Diamonds and Jade," The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (animated; also known as Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures), TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network, 1997.

Chang, "Devil in Disguise," Night Man, syndicated, 1998.

Khun Chao, Kingpin, NBC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

"World Premiere," Night Man, syndicated, 1997.

Reporter, Commander-in-Chief, ABC, 2005.

Stage Appearances:

Arthur and Leila, O'Neill Theatre Center, Waterford, CT, 1992.

Red, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1999.

Appeared in House of Sleeping Beauty, Soho Poly Theatre, London; also appeared in Dance and the Railroad, Made in Britain, and Season. Performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Major Tours:

Toured British cities in a production of The Letter.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, From the (Under)Ground Up: The Making of "The Corruptor," New Line Home Video, 1999.

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