Gedde Watanabe - wikipedia Gedde Watanabe Gedde Watanabe Watanabe in April 2014 Gary Watanabe ( 1955 - 06 - 26 ) June 26, 1955 ( age 63 ) Ogden, Utah, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1976 -- present Gedde Watanabe ( born Gary Watanabe ; June 26, 1955 ) is a Japanese American actor and comedian. Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 3.3 Video games 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Career In 1976, Watanabe 's first role was as a member of the original Broadway cast of Pacific Overtures, originating the roles of Priest, Girl, and The Boy. He has since appeared in a number of films and television series, the first of which was The Long Island Four in 1980. Many of his roles are caricatured East Asians with heavy accents, though he does not speak Japanese. Jason Buchanan wrote for Allmovie, `` The character that Gedde Watanabe is most remembered for is Long Duk Dong, the clumsy foreign exchange student in ( the 1984 film ) Sixteen Candles, '' a role decried by some Asian - American groups as `` stereotypical, racist and part of a long history of Hollywood 's offensive depictions of Asian men. '' `` I was making people laugh. I did n't realize how it was going to affect people, '' Watanabe said in 2008. `` It took me a while to understand that. In fact, I was working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and I was accosted a couple of times by a couple of women who were just really irate and angry. They asked, ' How could you do a role like that ? ' But it 's funny, too, because at the same time I laugh at the character. It 's an odd animal. '' He had a starring role in both the film Gung Ho and its television spinoff. In the 1989 movie UHF starring `` Weird Al '' Yankovic, Watanabe co-starred as Kuni, a karate instructor and abusive host of a TV game show called Wheel of Fish. He later reprised this role on the Weird Al Show. Watanabe appeared on Sesame Street from 1988 to 1991 as Hiroshi and had a recurring role as gay nurse Yoshi Takata on the television drama ER from 1998 to 2002. During the nineties, Watanabe studied acting at Theater Theater in Hollywood, California, with Chris Aable who introduced him to fellow actors Jon Cedar and Steve Burton. He voiced various Japanese characters on the animated television comedy The Simpsons. In 1998, he voiced Ling in the Disney animated film Mulan and reprised this role for the 2004 direct - to - video sequel, Mulan II and the 2005 video game Kingdom Hearts II. Personal life Watanabe grew up in Ogden, Utah in a Japanese American family. His mother, who had been previously interned during the World War II internment of Japanese Americans, worked as a seamstress at the Utah Tailoring Company. He was in several dramatic productions in high school, both acting and singing. After graduation, Watanabe left Ogden for San Francisco, where he hoped to make his living as a street musician while honing his acting skills. Filmography Film The Long Island Four ( 1980 ) Sixteen Candles ( 1984 ) as Long Duk Dong Volunteers ( 1985 ) as At Toon Gung Ho ( 1986 ) as Oishi Kazuhiro Vamp ( 1986 ) as Duncan The Spring ( 1989 ) as Matty UHF ( 1989 ) as Kuni Gremlins 2 : The New Batch ( 1990 ) as Mr. Katsuji Boys on the Side ( 1995 ) as Steve Perfect Alibi ( 1995 ) as Detective Onoda That Thing You Do ( 1996 ) as Play - Tone Photographer Psycho Sushi ( 1997 ) as Yoshi Nick and Jane ( 1997 ) as Enzo Booty Call ( 1997 ) as Chan Mulan ( 1998 ) as Ling ( voice ) Armageddon ( 1998 ) as Asian Tourist ( uncredited ) Frank in Five ( 1999 ) as Waiter Guinevere ( 1999 ) as Ed EDtv ( 1999 ) as Greg Thank You, Good Night ( 2001 ) as Cafe Owner Slackers ( 2002 ) as Japanese Proctor On the Couch ( 2004 ) as Charlie Alfie ( 2004 ) as Wing Mulan II ( 2004 ) as Ling ( voice ) Two for the Money ( 2005 ) as Milton Fortune Hunters ( 2007 ) as Mr. Yu Sunny & Share Love You ( 2007 ) as Eliza 's Dad, The Doctor Forgetting Sarah Marshall ( 2008 ) as Hotel Manager The Onion Movie ( 2008 ) Not Forgotten ( 2009 ) as Agent Nakamura Scooby - Doo ! and the Samurai Sword ( 2009 ) as Kenji ( voice ) Parental Guidance ( 2012 ) as Mr. Cheng 47 Ronin ( 2013 ) as Troupe Leader Television Gung Ho ( 1986 ) as Kaz Kazuhiro Booker -- `` Someone Stole Lucille '' ( 1986 ), as Max Sesame Street ( 1988 ), as Hiroshi Murphy Brown -- `` The Bitch 's Back '' ( 1988 ), as Guru Prem On the Television -- `` Babe Watch '' and `` My Five Dads '' ( 1990 ), Various Grand -- `` An Obtuse Triangle '' ( 1990 ), as Taki Mifune Down Home ( 1990 ) as Tran Newhart -- `` The Last Newhart '' ( 1990 ), as Mr. Takadachi Happily Ever After : Fairy Tales for Every Child -- `` The Emperor 's New Clothes '' ( 1995 ), as Nuri ( voice ), `` The Little Mermaid '' ( 1997 ), as Emperor ( voice ) Duckman -- `` The Mallardian Candidate '' ( 1996 ) Seinfeld -- `` The Checks '' ( 1996 ), as Mr. Oh ER ( 1997 -- 2003 ) as Nurse Yoshi Takata The Weird Al Show -- `` Back to School '' ( 1997 ), as Kuni The Simpsons -- `` In Marge We Trust '' ( 1997 ), as Factory Foreman ( voice ), and `` Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo '' ( 1999 ), as Japanese Father ( voice ) Rugrats ( 1998 ) `` Chuckie 's Duckling / A Dog 's Life '', as Kangaroo ( voice ) Home Improvement -- `` Home Alone '' ( 1999 ), as Nobo Nakamura Secret Agent Man ( 2000 ) `` Uncle S.A.M. '' episode, as Ling Batman Beyond -- `` Revenant '' ( 1999 ), as Principal Nakamura and `` Untouchable '' ( 2000 ), as Dr. Suzuki L.A. Law : The Movie ( 2002 ) as Cyril My Wife and Kids ( 2002 ) `` Diary Of A Mad Teen '' episode, as Dr. Phil Ling Kim Possible -- `` Attack of the Killer Bebes '' ( 2002 ) and `` Graduation : Part I '' ( 2007 ), as Prof. Bob Chen What 's New, Scooby - Doo ? -- `` Lights ! Camera ! Mayhem ! '' ( 2003 ), as Vincent Wong ( voice ) Everwood -- `` Oh, The Places You 'll Go '' ( 2005 ), as Art Model Family ( 2006 ) as Terrence Video games Kingdom Hearts II ( 2005 ) as Ling See also Biography portal Film portal Asian Americans portal References ^ Jump up to : `` Gedde Watanabe ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Ji, Hyun Lim ( 22 -- 28 June 2001 ). `` Backstage with Gedde Watanabe ''. Asian Week. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 4 August 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2013. Jump up ^ Buchanan, Jason. `` Gedde Watanabe Biography ''. Starpulse.com. Starpulse.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013. ^ Jump up to : MacAdam, Alison ( 24 March 2008 ). `` Long Duk Dong : Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes ? ''. All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved 31 December 2016. Jump up ^ Smokler, Kevin ( 20 May 2014 ). `` Gedde Watanabe Discusses 30 Years of Sixteen Candles and Long Duk Dong ''. Vulture. Retrieved 31 December 2016. External links Gedde Watanabe on IMDb Gedde Watanabe at the Internet Broadway Database WorldCat Identities BNF : cb14238018p ( data ) ISNI : 0000 0000 1010 8999 MusicBrainz : 9e35598a - 4573 - 4077 - a972 - 5158c1074071 VIAF : 46973634 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gedde_Watanabe&oldid=858602665 '' Categories : 1955 births 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors Living people American male film actors American male musical theatre actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American people of Japanese descent Japanese comedians Male actors from Utah American male actors of Japanese descent People from Ogden, Utah Hidden categories : Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2012 Articles with IBDb links Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans تۆرکجه Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 8 September 2018, at 10 : 22 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played long duck dong in 16 candles
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