---
name: "Donald Li"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-li"
fi1m_id: "donald-li"
imdb_id: "nm0508397"
tmdb_id: 168246
wikidata_id: "Q30303527"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:42:43.553705+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."
---

# Donald Li

## Identity

Donald Li

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donald-li
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donald-li
- **IMDb ID:** nm0508397
- **TMDB ID:** 168246
- **Wikidata ID:** Q30303527
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Li, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30303527, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0508397/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168246

Actor. Born 1 January 1961 in Hong Kong, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Hong Kong, China
- **Active:** 1986–2012
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Li, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30303527, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0508397/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168246

## Biography

Donald Li is a Chinese actor. Born in 1961 in Hong Kong, he began his career in the early 1980s and has appeared in numerous film and television roles.

He is known for playing Eddie Lee in *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), a member of the World Security Council in *The Avengers* (2012), and Detective Kim in *U.S. Marshals* (1998). Other credits include *Memoirs of an Invisible Man* (1992), *Rapid Fire* (1992), *Goal!* (2005), and appearances in series such as *Hawaii Five-0* and *Bosch*.

Li has also worked in theatre, playing multiple roles in Alan Cook's stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's *East of Eden*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Avengers* (2012), Fi1m 80, as World Security Council — [page](https://film.one/film/the-avengers.md)
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Fi1m 78, as Eddie Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Bosch* (2015), series, as Charlie Lui
- *The Second Coming* (2014), Actor
- *The Avengers* (2012), as World Security Council — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-avengers.md)
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Mr. Kang — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), series, as Asian Man — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Goal!* (2005), as Chinese Restaurant Manager
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Waiter #1
- *Epoch* (2001), as Chinese Scientist
- *Falcon Down* (2001), as Capt. Chow
- *Deep Core* (2000), as Colonel Sun Po
- *U.S. Marshals* (1998), as Detective Kim
- *Saved By the Bell: Hawaiian Style* (1992), as Keanu
- *Rapid Fire* (1992), as Tall Guard
- *Memoirs of an Invisible Man* (1992), as Cab Driver
- *One Crazy Summer* (1986), as Chrong Freen
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), as Eddie Lee — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Joe Boy
- *Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole* (1983), as Etuk
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Bailiff
- *The Enforcer* (1976), as Policeman, Policeman Escorting Kids (uncredited)

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