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name: "Ric Young"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 June 1944"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:02.447653+00:00"
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# Ric Young

Actor. Born 1 June 1944 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 June 1944, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- **Also known as:** Eric Young

## Biography

Ric Young is a Malaysian retired actor, also credited early in his career as Eric Young. Born in Kuala Lumpur in 1944, he began performing in radio sketches as a child and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London under a King George VI Coronation Scholarship.

He appeared in over 100 films and television programmes from his debut in 1958, working primarily in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. Young is known for roles including Kao Kan in *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), the Interrogator in *The Last Emperor* (1987), Bruce Lee's father in *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story* (1993), General Chang Jing Wu in *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997), Mr Kwai in *The Transporter* (2002), and a Chinese General in *American Gangster* (2007). He was a series regular on *Alias* (2001–04) as Dr Zhang Lee.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Fi1m 80, as Interrogator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)

## Also known for

- *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), Kao Kan
- *American Gangster* (2007), Chinese General
- *The Transporter* (2002), Mr Kwai
- *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997), General Chang Jing Wu
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), General Pak
- *Kiss of the Dragon* (2001), Mister Big
- *Fireproof* (2008), Terrell Sanders
- *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story* (1993), Bruce's Father

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