Victor Wong (actor, born 1927)

Victor Wong
Wong in 1983
Born	Victor Gee Keung Wong (1927-07-30)July 30, 1927 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	September 12, 2001(2001-09-12) (aged 74) Locke, California, U.S.
Alma mater	UC Berkeley University of Chicago San Francisco Art Institute
Occupations	Actor Journalist Artist
Years active	1968–1998
Spouses	Olive Thurman Robin Goodfellow Carol Freeland Dawn Rose (m. 19??; his death)
Children	5, including Lyon Wong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃自強
Simplified Chinese	黄自強
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Zìqiáng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wong4 Zi6koeng4

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). He also played several starring roles for independent filmmaker Wayne Wang, who described him as his "alter ego".

Earlier in his career, Wong worked for KQED as an on-air reporter and later a pioneering photojournalist.^[1] His association with Mark Rothko, whom he met during his studies at the San Francisco Art Institute, saw him interact with several luminaries of the Beat Generation, including Jack Kerouac, who fictionalized him as "Arthur Ma" in his novel Big Sur.^[2]