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name: "James Pax"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-pax"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 December 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:18.968480+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."
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# James Pax

Actor. Born 21 December 1961 in Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 December 1961, Japan
- **Also known as:** James Pak, Jame Pax, Bak Chin-Sek

## Biography

James Pax is an American actor born on 21 December 1961 in Japan. He is known for his role as Lightning in the 1986 film *Big Trouble in Little China*.

Pax has appeared in films including *Invasion U.S.A.* (1985), *Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects* (1989), *Bethune: The Making of a Hero* (1990) and *The Heroic Trio* (1993). His television credits include episodes of *MacGyver*, *Matlock* and *Tour of Duty*, and a series regular role in *Nasty Boys* (1989). He has also worked in Hong Kong and Japanese cinema and holds additional credits under the names James Pak and Bak Chin-Sek.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Fi1m 78, as Lightning — [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)

## Also known for

- *MacGyver* (1985), Stone
- *Invasion U.S.A.* (1985), Koyo Gotoda
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), NVA Doctor
- *Matlock* (1986), Dr. Paul Liu
- *Martial Law* (1998), Golden Dragon
- *Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects* (1989), Hiroshi Hada
- *The Heroic Trio* (1993), Doctor
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982)

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