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name: "Chua Kah Joo"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T12:48:01.637714+00:00"
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# Chua Kah Joo

Actor. Born in Singapour - Singapour.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** Chua Kahjoo
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/699

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom.md) (65)

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## Biography

Chua Kah Joo is a Singaporean actor. He played Chen in *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984). His other screen credits include Wong's Aide in *High Road to China* (1983), a dancer in *Absolute Beginners* (1986), the Chinese takeaway owner in an episode of *Only Fools and Horses* (1986), and roles in *EastEnders* and *The Professionals*.

He trained as a professional ballet dancer and worked with companies in Europe in the 1970s. He later taught Wing Chun kung fu in London from the 1980s, where he was cast in the Indiana Jones film, before returning to Singapore in 1990.

*Sources: imdb.com, wingchunsg.com, mothership.sg, screenrant.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), Fi1m 65, as Chen — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Soursweet* (1988), as Lo
- *Elphida* (1987), as Chinese Man
- *Scoop* (1987), as Lascar Steward
- *Absolute Beginners* (1986), as Dancer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Chinese Man
- *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), as Chen — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom.md)
- *High Road to China* (1983), as Wong's Aide
- *Tenko* (1981), series, as Jo
- *Only Fools and Horses* (1981), series, as Takeaway owner — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-fools-and-horses.md)
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Choy

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