Keone Young

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name = Keone Young
birthdate = September 6, 1947
birthplace = Honolulu, Hawaii

Keone J. Young (born September 6, 1947) is an American character actor.

Young was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father is Chinese, his mother is Japanese. He has guest starred in many TV shows, and is a semi-regular on the HBO series "Deadwood" as Mr. Wu.

Young gives voice to Grandpa in ' and Kaz in "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi". He has also voiced Mr. Sanban in ' and the firebending master ", The Deserter" in of the Asian-influenced "Avatar the Last Airbender" and Storm Shadow in the Sunbow G.I. Joe animated series, as well as many video games. He is also voice to a Mr. Wu in Nickelodeon's show The Mighty B!.

He played Buck Bokai, a famous baseball player by the 24th century, in the ' episode "If Wishes Were Horses". He also played Hoshi Sato's father in the ' episode "Vanishing Point". In ' he voices the villain Commander Uehara Daizo, Saico-Tek, and other voices. He also did the voice of Jidan from the anime, Mirmo!. In Movies, He played as Ellison Onizuka in 1990 TV movie, "Challenger" and Gerald Chong in 1993 TV movie, '. He has starred in many Disney channel Original Films. He starred in Rip Girls, The Even Stevens Movie, and Return to Halloweentown.

Young also did the voice of Marshall Kai Ti Chang in Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. 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.

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