21 Celebrities Who Put Minnesota On The Map

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21. James Hong

James Hong falls into that elusive category of actors that you have seen in myriad movies without ever learning their name. James has been acting since mid-1950s and it is safe to say that he has become a part of Hollywood history over the years.

The following are just some of the classic movies James appeared in: Chinatown, Airplane!, True Confessions, Blade Runner and, of course, Big Trouble in Little China where he played the role of David Lo Pan. Thanks to his Chinese ancestry and the innate Hollywood racism towards people of Asian heritage, he has been typecast for the most of his career.

James is a Minnesotan who was born in Minneapolis but moved to Hong Kong for early education. He returned to the US to study civil engineering at the University of South California but he will always remain a Minnesotan in our eyes. And one hell of a Minnesotan at that.

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