James Pax (Born December 21, 1961) is an American actor who has acted in films produced in Hollywood, Hong Kong, and Japan. He is born to an English father and a Chinese mother.
Career
Once Pax turned his attention to acting, he took on roles in ''
Big Trouble in Little China
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'' with
Kurt Russell, ''
Year of the Dragon'' with
John Lone
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A veteran ...
, ''
In Love and War'' with
James Woods
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, ''Kinjite'' with
Charles Bronson, and ''Bethune'' with
Donald Sutherland
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. 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
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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
Qin Shi Huang (, ; 259–210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of a unified China. Rather than maintain the title of " king" ( ''wáng'') borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the First Empero ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Japanese male actors
Living people
New York University Stern School of Business alumni
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
1961 births