Too often Asian actors fall way under the radar and are often typecast in Hollywood. Battling stereotypes and other challenges, many talented actors are criminally underrated. Like other thespians, they go the indie film route or can't break out of the small screen cul de sac.
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, here's a status report of some of just a few of the most promising Asian actors:
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, here's a status report of some of just a few of the most promising Asian actors:
Ken Watanabe
Claim to fame: The Last Samurai
Underrated performance(s): Batman Begins, Inception, Memoirs of a Geisha
Last seen: Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (Japan, 2012)
Next up: ???
Michelle Yeoh
Claim to fame: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Claim to fame: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Underrated performance(s): The Lady, Memoirs of a Geisha
Last seen: The Lady (2012)
Ming-Na
Claim to fame: TV's ER
Jet Li
Claim to fame: Hero
Jackie Chan
Claim to fame: the Rush Hour movies
Underrated performance(s): Rumble in the Bronx
Last seen: 1911 (2011, China)
Next up: Chinese Zodiac (2012, China)
Claim to fame: Kill Bill, Charlie's Angels
Ziyi Zhang
Claim to fame: Memoirs of a Geisha
Claim to fame: Slumdog Millionaire
Parminda Nagra
Claim to fame: TV's ER
Ben Kingsley
Claim to fame: Gandhi
Underrated performance(s): Sneakers
Claim to fame: the Harold & Kumar movies
Next up: TV's Prairie Dogs (2012)
Claim to fame: TV's ER
Underrated performance(s): The Joy Luck Club
Last seen: TV's Eureka
Jet Li
Underrated performance(s): Hero (bears repeating)
Last seen: The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, China)Jackie Chan
Underrated performance(s): Rumble in the Bronx
Last seen: 1911 (2011, China)
Next up: Chinese Zodiac (2012, China)
Lucy Liu
Underrated performance(s): TV's Southland, Detachment, Lucky Number Slevin
Last seen: 1911 (2011, China)
Ziyi Zhang
Underrated performance(s): Memoirs of a Geisha, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers
Last seen: Til Death Do Us Part (2011, China)Sandra Oh
Claim to fame: TV's Grey's Anatomy
Underrated performance(s): Rabbit HoleLast seen: TV's Grey's Anatomy
Next up: 33 Liberty Lane (2013)
Freida Pinto
Underrated performance(s): Trishna
Last seen: Trishna (2012)Parminda Nagra
Underrated performance(s): Bend it Like Beckham
Last seen: TV's Alcatraz (2012)Next up: Twenty8k (2012, UK)
Ben Kingsley
Underrated performance(s): Sneakers
Last seen: Hugo (2011)
Irrfan
Claim to fame: Slumdog Millionaire
Underrated performance(s): The Namesake
Last seen: Thank You (2011)
Next up: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)Kal Penn
Underrated performance(s): The Namesake
Last seen: TV's HouseNext up: TV's Prairie Dogs (2012)
Last seen: TV's Southland (2012)
Next up: TV's Arachnaconda, A Place Where the Sea Remembers (2013)
Next up: TV's Arachnaconda, A Place Where the Sea Remembers (2013)
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