Born in Liverpool, one of eight children. David's father was a Chinese seaman from the Canton area of southern China, and his mother was from Liverpool. He trained at E15 Acting School, London in 1973 and since then worked in Film, Television, Theatre, Radio and other voice work both in the UK and internationally. David still visits and works there...
[on his play 'Gold Mountain'] I had to learn to respect my father - and I do now. But we have the father and son characters have conversations I would never have been able to have with my father. And I love that about any kind of drama: you can make the inarticulate articulate in drama without destroying the reality of what they're doing.
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I didn't like my dad. It was my own arrogance in a sense: I took the high moral ground and said, 'You're basically a waste of space. Any wrong choice you were going to make in your life, you made it - apart from having your family.
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Fact
1
Had a role in Empire of The Sun but it was deleted from the final print.
2
Has acted in both the Doctor Who franchise and The Eon James Bond Franchise .
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Distance
2014/VI
Short completed
Chen
Emper
completed
Zhang
All That Remains
2016
Noburu Nagai
The Sea, the God, the Man
2016
Short
God
24: Live Another Day
2014
TV Series
President Wei
Holby City
2013
TV Series
Raymond Lo
Brink
2011
Video Game
Additional Voices (voice)
Re-Evolution
2011
Councillor
Just Cause 2
2010
Video Game voice
Spirit Warriors
2010
TV Series
Dingxiang / Ding-Xiang
The School That Roared
2009
Winnie's Dad
ChuckleVision
2008
TV Series
Chives the Butler
Act of Grace
2008
Kai
Liverpool Nativity
2007
TV Movie
Magi
Casualty
2006
TV Series
Jiang Guang
Zoltan the Great
2005
Short
Dak
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
2003
Video Game
Ko'vash (voice)
The Bill
2003
TV Series
Li Chen
Oscar Charlie
2002
TV Series
Dr Pang
My Kingdom
2001
Merv
Fate of the Dragon
2001
Video Game voice
Arabian Nights
2000
TV Mini-Series
Assad
Silver
1999
Video Game
Cagen (voice)
Fast Food
1999
Mr. Fortune-cookie
Entrapment
1999
Chief of Police
Hamlet
1996
Sailor One
Bugs
1996
TV Series
Chaku
Thief Takers
1996
TV Series
Jimmy Mak
Rich Deceiver
1995
TV Movie
Ricky Ramon
Wild Justice
1994
TV Movie
Wong
Goodbye Hong Kong
1994
Peter Ma
Every Silver Lining
1993
TV Series
Leonard
Tatort
1991
TV Series
Chow Hap-man
Making Out
1989-1990
TV Series
Mr. Kim
Blue Funnel
1990
Short
Daniel
Brookside
1989
TV Series
Michael Choi
Murder by Moonlight
1989
TV Movie
Chang
King & Castle
1988
TV Series
Tony Chen
Out of Order
1987
Policeman
Ping Pong
1987
Mike Wong
A View to a Kill
1985
Chuck Lee
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
Wu Han
The Professionals
1982
TV Series
Editor
The Chinese Detective
1981-1982
TV Series
Detective Sergeant John Ho
Armchair Thriller
1981
TV Series
Denny
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
1980
TV Movie
Quintus
The Cuckoo Waltz
1980
TV Series
Mr. Ling
Quatermass
1979
TV Mini-Series
Frank Chen
Doctor Who
1979
TV Series
Veldan
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979
Frank Chen
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
1978
TV Series
Bandit
Savages
1975
TV Movie
Kumai
Whodunnit?
1975
TV Series
Ray Hunt
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chinese Whispers
2000
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chinese Whispers
2000
Short
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Breakfast
2009
TV Series
Himself
The Missing Chink
2004
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Inside 'A View to a Kill'
2000
Video documentary short
Himself
Cluedo
1990
TV Series
Himself
Policing London
1985
Documentary short
Steven
3-2-1
1982
TV Series
The Adventure Game
1981
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) as Wu Han
$950,000
