---
name: "John Louie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-louie"
fi1m_id: "john-louie"
imdb_id: "nm0521829"
tmdb_id: 16167
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 August 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:38:57.646802+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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# John Louie

## Identity

John Louie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-louie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-louie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0521829
- **TMDB ID:** 16167
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521829/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16167

Actor. Born 16 August 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 August 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521829/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16167

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Gremlins*](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md) (80)

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## Biography

John Louie is an American actor. He was born on 16 August 1970 in Los Angeles, California.

He is known for his roles as the Chinese Boy in *Gremlins* (1984) and as Shingo in *Oh, God! Book II* (1980). His other film and television credits include *They Call Me Bruce?* (1982), *Riptide* (1984) and *Summer Camp Nightmare* (1986). He also provided voice work as the Chinese Magician and Newsie in an episode of the animated series *Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai* (2023).

Louie attended Stanford University, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science and Quantitative Economics in 1992, and Harvard Business School, where he earned an M.B.A. in 1996. He later worked in business, including as Managing Director and CEO of Mattel Australia/New Zealand.

*Sources: imdb.com, gremlins.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gremlins* (1984), Fi1m 80, as Chinese Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai* (2023), series, as Chinese Magician / Newsie (voice)
- *Gremlins* (1984), as Chinese Boy — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)
- *They Call Me Bruce?* (1982), as Joon
- *Oh, God! Book II* (1980), as Shingo
- *Scout's Honor* (1980), as Patrick

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