ACTOR

Gedde Watanabe

1955 - Today

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Gary "Gedde" Watanabe (; born June 26, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for voicing the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel Mulan II (2004), as well as playing Long Duk Dong in the film Sixteen Candles (1984) and Takahara "Kaz" Kazihiro in Gung Ho (1986), and Nurse Yosh Takata in the NBC medical drama ER from 1997 to 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gedde Watanabe has received more than 1,517,033 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gedde Watanabe is the 10,370th most popular actor (down from 9,390th in 2019), the 15,081st most popular biography from United States (down from 13,666th in 2019) and the 4,872nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 36.24

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gedde Watanabe ranks 10,370 out of 13,578. Before him are Merritt Wever, Quinton Aaron, Neena Gupta, Marjorie Reynolds, Joe Dempsie, and Cosma Shiva Hagen. After him are Eddie Steeples, Joan Davis, David Corenswet, Andrey Merzlikin, Frances Reid, and Stephen Bishop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Gedde Watanabe ranks 684. Before him are David J. Tholen, Sheldon Whitehouse, René Valenzuela, José Pilar Reyes, Flip Saunders, and John Paulson. After him are Lusia Harris, Geraldine Brooks, Vinod Khosla, Stoyanka Kurbatova, Thomas David Jones, and Dannel Malloy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gedde Watanabe ranks 15,081 out of 20,380. Before him are Quinton Aaron (1984), Joe Caldwell (1941), Kyle Hines (1986), Marjorie Reynolds (1917), Matthew J. Holman (1967), and Cosma Shiva Hagen (1981). After him are Eddie Steeples (1973), Kendra Sunderland (1995), Joan Davis (1912), Charles O. Hobaugh (1961), Dick Boushka (1934), and David Corenswet (1993).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gedde Watanabe ranks 4,872. Before him are Kelsey Chow (1991), Anika Noni Rose (1972), Merritt Wever (1980), Quinton Aaron (1984), Marjorie Reynolds (1917), and Cosma Shiva Hagen (1981). After him are Eddie Steeples (1973), Joan Davis (1912), David Corenswet (1993), Frances Reid (1914), Stephen Bishop (1951), and Gale Robbins (1921).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mulan
Ling (voice)
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
Jun 18o 19987.909 / 10
Sixteen Candles
Long Duk Dong
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
May 4o 19846.773 / 10
Mulan II
Ling (voice)
Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family.
Nov 3o 20046.492 / 10