Keone Young

Keone Joseph Young (born September 6, 1947) is an American actor.
== Early Life ==
Young was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Chinese father and Japanese mother, who both immigrated to Hawaii. His acting mentor was Mako.
== Career ==
He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as Head of the Class, Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters, Samurai Jack, Futurama, The Simpsons, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Cheers, Alias, JAG, Justice League, The Steve Harvey Show, Zeke and Luther, Shake It Up: Made In Japan and on the daytime soaps The Young and the Restless and Generations. He also portrayed the bodyguard of the Ancient One (Keye Luke) during the Asian Quarter storyline on General Hospital.
Young played Dr. Michael Kwan on the short-lived multi-ethnic medical drama Kay O'Brien, which aired in the fall of 1986 on CBS. Despite the fact that the network had high hopes for the series, just 9 of 13 episodes were aired. He was also a semi-regular on the HBO series Deadwood as Mr. Wu and played Henry Lin's Uncle on the FX series Sons of Anarchy. He also played Mr. Wu, unrelated to the Deadwood character, in the film Men in Black 3, and played the role of Ellison Onizuka In the TV film Challenger.
Young has many voice-over credits as well, including Kaz in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and Luong Lao Shi in American Dragon: Jake Long.
Young also has several Star Trek links: he played Buck Bokai, a famous baseball player in the 24th century in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "If Wishes Were Horses". He also played Hoshi Sato's father in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Vanishing Point". Young appeared as Governor Ho in the film North starring Elijah Wood.
In theatre, Young has had a long history with the Asian American theatre company, East West Players, in Los Angeles, where he not only performed but often served as producer.
In 2013, Young joined the cast of HBO's True Blood as Dr. Hido Takahashi, the man responsible for inventing the titular blood substitute.
== Disney Filmography ==
Year 	Title 	Role
1988 	DuckTales 	Mung Ho
1998 	Boy Meets World 	Professor
1999 	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	Master P'tui
2000 	Rip Girls 	Bo
2003 	The Even Stevens Movie 	Chief Tuka
2005 	Mulan II 	Lord Qin
2005 	Lilo & Stitch: The Series 	Lao Shi
2005-2007	American Dragon: Jake Long 	Luong Lao Shi
2006 	Return to Halloweentown 	Silas Sinister
2007-2009	Phineas and Ferb 	Queen Wahini Crowner
2012 	Shake It Up 	Mr. Watanabe
2016-2017	Sofia the First 	Wu-Chang
2017 	DuckTales 	Game Voice
2021 	Big City Greens 	Mr. Sato
Category:Actors
Category:American Actors
Category:Halloweentown
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