Soon-Tek Oh

Soon-Tek Oh
Born	(1943-06-29) 29 June 1943 Mokpo, Korea
Other names	Soon-Taek Oh
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1967-present

Soon-Tek Oh
Hangul	오순택 (Oh Seun-taek)
Revised Romanization	O Sun-Taek
McCune–Reischauer	O Sun-T'aek

Soon-Tek Oh (Korean: 오순택 (Oh Seun-taek) – also spelled as Soon-Taek Oh; born 29 June 1943) is a Korean-American actor best known for the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's Mulan and the sequel Mulan II. He has starred in many films, and also acted in television series, including MacGyver, M*A*S*H, Charlie's Angels, Airwolf, Magnum, P.I., Hawaii Five-O, Kung-Fu, Zorro, and Touched by an Angel.

Oh was wrongly said to have been born in Japan, due to his career playing Japanese characters. He was born in Mokpo, Korea, under Imperial Japanese rule. He emigrated with his family to America when he was a teenager. Oh attended high school at Gwangju, South Korea, and attended Yonsei University in Seoul, the University of Southern California, and later received an MFA from UCLA.

On Broadway, he appeared in the original cast of the Stephen Sondheim musical Pacific Overtures. He was one of the earliest members of East West Players, an Asian American theatre group founded in 1965. In 1995 he founded the Korean American theatre group, Society of Heritage Performers, which later evolved into the present Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.

Partial filmography

Films

• Mulan II (2004)
• SWAT (2003)
• The Visit (2002)
• The President's Man (2000)
• Mulan (1998)
• Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)
• S.F.W. (1994)
• A Home of Our Own (1993)
• Collision Course (1990)
• Soursweet (1989)
• Death Wish 4 (1987)
• Steele Justice (1987)
• Yuki Shimoda (1985)
• Missing in Action 2 (1985)
• Bialy smok (1985)
• The Letter (1982)
• The Final Countdown (1980)
• Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974; credited as Soon-Tiak Oh)
• One More Train to Rob (1971)
• Yongary, Monster From The Deep (1967)

Television (partial list)

• King of the Hill (2000)
• Stargate SG-1 (1997)
• Babylon 5 (1994)
• Highlander: The Series (1992)
• MacGyver (1988)
• Airwolf (1984)
• Marco Polo (1982)
• "East of Eden (TV miniseries)" (1981)
• Magnum, P.I. (1981)
• Diff'rent Strokes (1980)
• The Final Countdown (1980)
• Baa Baa Black Sheep (1977)
• Logan's Run (1976)
• M*A*S*H (1975–82; five episodes, as five different characters)
• Hawaii Five-O (two episodes; 1968/1975)
• The Invaders (1967)

External links

• Soon-Tek Oh at the Internet Movie Database
• Soon-Tek Oh at the NNDB