PETER Kwong, a beloved film star, martial arts knowledgeable and performing veteran has died on the age of 73.

The Large Hassle in Little China star handed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday night time, in response to one among his shut representatives.

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Kwong managed to have roles in practically 90 movies and tv reveals over the course of his stellar profession.

He first broke via as a TV actor within the late Seventies and went on to star in reveals equivalent to The A-Staff, Surprise Girl, Little Home on the Prairie and Miami Vice.

His first movie function got here in 1977 within the drama Panic in Echo Park.

Lower than a decade later, in 1986, Kwong took up one among his most well-known roles as Tommy Tong in Eddie Murphy’s comedy-adventure The Golden Youngster.

That very same yr Kwong appeared in a second cult traditional film as Rain in Large Hassle in Little China.

He was one of many three super-powered martial artists within the John Carpenter 1986 motion traditional which additionally starred Kim Cattrall and Kurt Russell.

The Nineteen Nineties noticed Kwong seem in a spread of different TV reveals, in each drama and comedy, together with Renegade, Malcolm & Eddie, The District, My Spouse and Children, JAG and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

He additionally featured in movies together with The Presidio, Gleaming the Dice, I will Do Something, Paper Dragons and Cooties.

The ultimate credit score on Kwong’s spectacular resume is because the voice of Mike within the comedy collection Pepito’s Mamadas.

Alongside his movie and TV profession, Kwong was additionally a martial arts knowledgeable.

He was a grasp in Northern Shaolin kung fu, Chinese language kata and will use a spread of weapons together with swords, staffs, spears, and nunchaku.

Kwong was additionally knowledgeable dancer which included ballroom, martial arts fusion, disco and breaking.

Outdoors of Hollywood, he was on the SAG Nationwide Board of Administrators for greater than a decade and was additionally a member of the AFTRA Nationwide Board of Administrators.

He additionally served on the Tv Academy Board of Governors and the Actors Department Government Committee of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences.

Kwong’s longtime good friend Peter R.J. Deyell paid tribute as he advised Deadline: “He had an exquisite life and profession.

“I watched him battle for the issues he believed in, and I championed him for that.

“He was at all times a gentleman and prepared to assist.”

Kwong was even honoured in 2023 with the Snow Leopard Award for Excellent Cinematic Achievement on the Asian World Movie Pageant.

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