Cretton, an executive producer on "American Born Chinese," persuaded Yeoh to join the cast. "He texted me saying 'Let's play,'" Yeoh said. "American Born Chinese," based on the 2006 graphic novel ...

Asian American actors say the struggles they have faced to make it to the screen are a result of the country's xenophobic attitudes towards Asian Americans, South Asians, ...

Asian-American actors have a higher barrier to entry than white actors, even when it comes to voicing non-white characters. Chung, who spent years booking TV guest roles and commercials before ...

She acted in over 60 films before her death in 1961. She also was the first American actor of Asian descent to play a lead on a TV show. A biographical film of Anna May Wong is currently in the works.

FILE - Chinese American actor Anna May Wong, whose first film appearance was in 1922 was "Chinese Parrot," appears on Jan. 22, 1946. More than 60 years after her death, ...

A San Francisco-raised Asian American actor’s next role will be center stage at one of The City’s most famed celebrations. Rich Ting, who has appeared in films and shows such as “The Man in ...

Movie star Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American person to be featured on a US coin. Wong will appear on the back of a quarter as part of the US Mint’s American Women Quarters Program ...

It's vastly different to work as an Asian actor in North American hubs — Toronto, Los Angeles, New York — than in those in Asia — such as Hong Kong or Taipei.

Chinese American actor Anna May Wong, whose first film appearance was in 1922 was "Chinese Parrot," appears on Jan. 22, 1946. (AP Photo/Carl Nesensohn, file) AP.

Over the next hour, these five Asian American actors jumped from monologue to monologue, portraying a Jewish Korean adoptee on a return visit to his birth country; a Chinese American man who finds ...

"American Born Chinese" opens with the beginning of a new school year for Jin Wang. He's a Chinese American teen who just wants to be a normal high school student, playing on the JV soccer team ...

PASENDA, Calif. — Co-stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan seem to be "Everything Everywhere All at Once" as they reunite for the Disney+ series "American Born Chinese." For the comedy series ...