---
name: "Brian Yang"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-yang"
fi1m_id: "brian-yang"
imdb_id: "nm0990657"
tmdb_id: 1190809
wikidata_id: "Q4965706"
roles: []
born: "28 October 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:50:34.303959+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Yang

## Identity

Brian Yang

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-yang
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-yang
- **IMDb ID:** nm0990657
- **TMDB ID:** 1190809
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4965706
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Yang_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965706, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990657/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1190809

Actor. Born 28 October 1973 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 28 October 1973, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2010–2019
- **Also known as:**  楊明燊
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Yang_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965706, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990657/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1190809

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hawaii Five-0*](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) (65)

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## Biography

Brian Yang (Chinese: 楊明燊) is an American actor and producer. Born on 28 October 1973 in Columbus, Ohio, he was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and studied biology and dramatic arts at the University of California, Berkeley. His parents are immigrants from Taiwan; he speaks English and Mandarin.

Yang is best known for playing the recurring role of lab technician Charlie Fong on the television series *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), appearing in approximately 30 episodes between 2011 and 2014. His other acting credits include roles in *Saving Face* (2004), *The Man with the Iron Fists* (2012), *Westworld* (2016), *The Blacklist* (2013) and *The Laundromat* (2019). He has also worked as a producer on projects including the documentary *Linsanity* (2013).

In 2013 Yang received the Rémy Martin Asian American Achievement Award in Film and Television at the Asian American International Film Festival.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Laundromat* (2019), Fi1m 48, as Arresting Officer #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Fi1m 65, as Charlie Fong — [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shaky Shivers* (2023), Producer
- *Dealing with Dad* (2022), Producer
- *How I Met Your Father* (2022), series, as Rick
- *Fear of Rain* (2021), as Dr. Yang
- *Sky Blossom* (2020), Executive Producer
- *9-1-1: Lone Star* (2020), series, as Sergeant Lin
- *The Laundromat* (2019), as Arresting Officer #1 — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Rex
- *Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story* (2018), Producer
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Jonathan Wang
- *The Neighborhood Nightmare* (2018), as George Chung
- *The Last Two Lovers at the End of the World* (2017), Actor
- *The Jade Pendant* (2017), as Sam Yuen
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Naval Officer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Step Up All In* (2014), as Sweet Beaches Dancer
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Matthew Cho — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Someone I Used to Know* (2013), as Luke Chen · Producer
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Charlie Fong — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *The People I've Slept With* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Chinatown Film Project* (2009), as The Man with the Cigarette
- *Saving Face* (2004), as Little Yu
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, as Chinese Soldier
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Sgt. Freddy Chen — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Gallery

- ![Brian Yang](https://film.one/media/person/325489/gallery-b86990496dc8.jpg) Brian Yang — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Yang](https://film.one/media/person/325489/gallery-18354535183e.jpg) Brian Yang — Image via TMDB
- ![Brian Yang](https://film.one/media/person/325489/gallery-551252894eea.jpg) Brian Yang — Image via TMDB

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