Donnie Yen, who stars in the amazing “Ip Man” series of flims. (Photo: Flickr)
The legendary and inimitable Jackie Chan. (Photo: Flickr)
Shohreh Aghdashloo. (Photo: IMDB)
Ken Watanabe. (Photo: IMDB)
Ki Hong Lee. (Photo: IMDB)
Jet Li. (Photo: Twitter)
John Cho. (Photo: IMDB)
Freida Pinto. (Photo: IMDB)
Dev Patel. (Photo: IMDB)
Yun-Fat Chow. (Photo: IMDB)
Ming-Na Wen. (Photo: IMDB)
Tamlyn Tomita. (Photo: IMDB)
Tim Kang. (Photo: IMDB)
Steven Yeun of “The Walking Dead.” (Photo: Wikimedia)
Ken Leung. (Photo: IMDB)
Michelle Yeoh. (Photo: IMDB)
Margaret Cho. (Photo: Flickr)
Lucy Liu. (Photo: IMDB)
Masi Oka. (Photo: IMDB)
Ziyi Zhang. (Photo: IMDB)
Archie Panjabi. (Photo: IMDB)
Sandra Oh. (Photo: IMDB)
Rinko Kikuchi. (Photo: IMDB)
Li Gong. (Photo: IMDB)
Paraminder Nagra. (Photo: IMDB)
People often ask why there aren’t more Asian-Americans starring in Hollywood. But the more prudent question might be, why don’t Asian actors get more credit for shaping American cinema? Movie history is filled with show-stealing performances by Japanese, Chinese and Korean actors in Western films, from Pat “Mr. Migayi” Morita in The Karate Kid to Lucy Liu in Kill Bill.
Enjoy a gallery of 25 Asian-American actors receiving worldwide acclaim – and enjoying steady work in Tinseltown.
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