James Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota, but at some point along the way became interested in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California and practiced for 1½ years as a road engineer with the County of Los Angeles. He took sick leaves and vacation time to do films. He finally quit engineering to focus on acting full time.

He is one of the founders of the East-West Players, the oldest Asian American theater in Los Angeles. He served as president and charter member of the Association of Asian Pacific American Artists.

Hong is one of the most prolific and well-recognized Asian-American character actors of movies and television. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is planning to produce and direct his own films.

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Tim Allen, James Hong, and Richard Karn in Home Improvement (1991)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, James Hong, and Eun-Kyung Ryu in Seinfeld (1989)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Hong in Seinfeld (1989)

Jerry Seinfeld and James Hong in Seinfeld (1989)

James Hong and Eun-Kyung Ryu in Seinfeld (1989)

Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, Faye Dunaway, and James Hong in Faye (2024)

Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, and James Hong in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Hans Zimmer, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Jack Black, Melissa Cobb, Mark Osborne, John Powell, and John Stevenson in Kung Fu Panda (2008)

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