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James Pax

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James Pax
Born (1961-12-21) December 21, 1961 (age 62)
United States
Alma materNew York University
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present

James Pax (Born December 21, 1961) is an American actor who has acted in films produced in Hollywood, Hong Kong, and Japan. He was born to an English father and a Chinese mother.

Career

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Once Pax turned his attention to acting, he took on roles in Big Trouble in Little China with Kurt Russell, Year of the Dragon with John Lone, In Love and War with James Woods, Kinjite with Charles Bronson, and Bethune: The Making of a Hero with Donald Sutherland. He also guest starred in numerous television shows and appeared as a series regular on Nasty Boys in 1990. In 1992, he returned to Asia and started acting in the Hong Kong and Japanese movie industries. In 2003 he came to China for the filming of Shanghai Solution in Dalian. Pax appeared in Shanghai Solution, a true story based on the 30,000 Jews who fled to China in the 1940s, which aired on CCTV-8 in August 2005. He also starred in the Discovery Network program The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China in 2006 as Qin Shi Huang.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
1985 Invasion U.S.A. Koyo
1986 Big Trouble in Little China Lightning
1989 Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Hiroshi Hada
1990 Bethune: The Making of a Hero Mr. Tung
1993 The Heroic Trio Inventor
1993 Shootfighter: Fight to the Death Teng
1993 Love Among the Triad Pak-Shek
1993 Crazy Hong Kong Tony
1993 Lang xin ru tie Billy Chan
1994 The Dragon Chronicles – The Maidens Tai Hung
1995 Enemy Shadow Panther
1995 Gates of Hell Mr. Pax
1998 Love Kills Rookie Cop #2

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Chien Chang Episode: "Three Little Spies"
1986 T. J. Hooker Makio Episode: "Blood Sport"
1986 MacGyver Stone Episode: "The Wish Child"
1987 Shell Game The Tiger Episode: "Pai Gow"
1987 In Love and War Rabbit Television film
1987 Stingray Captain Episode: "Anytime, Anywhere"
1987 Tour of Duty NVA Doctor Episode: "Notes from the Underground"
1988 Matlock Dr. Paul Liu Episode: "The Genius"
1989 Nasty Boys Jimmy Kee Television film
1989 Man Against the Mob Tommy Chaing Television film
1990 Murder in Paradise Jim Ishita Television film
1990 Nasty Boys Jimmy Kee 13 episodes
1997 Silk Stalkings Quinn Chow Episode: "Exit the Dragon"
1997 Nash Bridges Bobby Wu Episode: "Wild Card"
1999 Martial Law Golden Dragon Episode: "Painted Faces"
2000 Seven Days The Interrogator / Ling Wu Episode: "Deja Vu All Over Again"
2004 I'm Looking Forward to Being Loved Zou Yifan 9 episodes
2006 The First Emperor Emperor Television documentary

References

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  1. ^ "Building a Wall, Uniting A Nation". The Washington Post. January 29, 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
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