---
name: "John F. Cruz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-f-cruz"
fi1m_id: "john-f-cruz"
imdb_id: "nm2490656"
tmdb_id: 135533
wikidata_id: "Q123505835"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 38
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T16:10:41.832520+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."
---

# John F. Cruz

## Identity

John F. Cruz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-f-cruz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-f-cruz
- **IMDb ID:** nm2490656
- **TMDB ID:** 135533
- **Wikidata ID:** Q123505835
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123505835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2490656/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/135533

Actor. Born in Green River, Wyoming, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** John Cruz, 墨弘
- **Average Fi1m score:** 38, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123505835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2490656/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/135533

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Battle at Lake Changjin*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md) (36)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John F. Cruz, also credited as John Cruz and under the stage name Mo Hong (墨弘), is an American actor. He previously founded ImageMind Software, which developed digital video technologies for personal computers in the 1990s, before beginning an acting career in the mid-2010s and relocating to China around 2016.

He is known for portraying U.S. Major General Oliver P. Smith in the Chinese war films *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021) and its sequel *Water Gate Bridge* (2022). Other credits include roles in *Ip Man 4: The Finale* (2019), the historical film *Diplomatic Situation* (2019), and the television series *Wai jiao feng yun* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge* (2022), Fi1m 39, as General O.P. Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin-ii-water-gate-bridge.md)
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), Fi1m 36, as General O.P. Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge* (2022), as General O.P. Smith — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin-ii-water-gate-bridge.md)
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), as General O.P. Smith — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)
- *Chinese Doctors* (2021), as Dr. Bruce Aylward
- *Ip Man 4: The Finale* (2019), as Sergeant Major
- *Day Zero* (2011), series, as General Simeon Cain · Stunt Coordinator
- *Saving Sarah Cain* (2007), as Samuel King

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