ACTOR

Victor Wong

1927 - 2001

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Victor Gee Keung Wong (traditional Chinese: 黃自強; simplified Chinese: 黄自強; pinyin: Huáng Zìqiáng; Jyutping: Wong4 Zi6koeng4; July 30, 1927 – September 12, 2001) was an American actor, artist, and journalist of Chinese descent. He appeared in supporting roles in films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including Chinese sorcerer Egg Shen in John Carpenter's cult film Big Trouble in Little China, royal adviser Chen Bao Shen in the Best Picture–winning The Last Emperor (1987), rural storekeeper Walter Chang in the comedy horror film Tremors (1990), and Grandpa Mori in the 3 Ninjas tetralogy (1992-98). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Wong has received more than 40,111 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Victor Wong is the 2,760th most popular actor (up from 2,788th in 2019), the 4,283rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,419th in 2019) and the 1,250th most popular American Actor.

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  • 40k

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  • 51.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Victor Wong ranks 2,760 out of 13,578. Before her are Palle Huld, Siegfried Rauch, Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Todd, Celeste Holm, and Tomas Arana. After her are Leslie Phillips, Gila Almagor, Delroy Lindo, Paulette Dubost, Kristanna Loken, and Leila Abashidze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Victor Wong ranks 198. Before her are Halton Arp, Carlos Romero, Jarl Kulle, Dany Robin, Cecil Bødker, and Claudio Brook. After her are Edmund Gettier, Éva Székely, Vasyl Makukh, Júlio Duarte Langa, Florencio Campomanes, and Torbjørn Falkanger. Among people deceased in 2001, Victor Wong ranks 140. Before her are Chuck Schuldiner, R. K. Narayan, Hilde Holger, Beatrice Straight, Burt Kennedy, and J. J. Johnson. After her are Viktor Astafyev, Javier Urruticoechea, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Ray Walston, Melanie Thornton, and Phoolan Devi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Victor Wong ranks 4,283 out of 20,380. Before her are Minnie Riperton (1947), J. J. Johnson (1924), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), Tony Todd (1954), Celeste Holm (1917), and Tomas Arana (1955). After her are Beals Wright (1879), Lysander Spooner (1808), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Richard F. Outcault (1863), and Roy Jones Jr. (1969).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Victor Wong ranks 1,250. Before her are Wallace Beery (1885), Roseanne Barr (1952), Lesley Ann Warren (1946), Tony Todd (1954), Celeste Holm (1917), and Tomas Arana (1955). After her are Kristanna Loken (1979), Eve Meyer (1928), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Lynn Cohen (1933), Tyne Daly (1946), and Mildred Natwick (1905).

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Television and Movie Roles

Big Trouble in Little China
Egg Shen
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
May 30th 19867.2 / 10
Tremors
Walter Chang
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Jan 19th 19906.9 / 10
3 Ninjas
Grandpa Mori Tanaka
Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro whom the boys affectionately refer to as Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is a highly skilled in the fields of Martial arts and Ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the boys in his techniques. After an organized crime ring proves to be too much for the FBI, it's time for the 3 brother NINJAS! To use their martial arts skills, they team up to battle the crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers!
Aug 7th 19925.7 / 10