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Home/People/Ric Young
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Born
Jun 1, 1944
Age 81
Place of Birth
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

35
Movies
25
TV Shows
Also Known As
Eric Young
IMDb Profile

Ric Young

Acting

Biography
Eric Wing Wah Yung (born 1944), better known as Ric Young, is a Malaysian retired actor. He appeared in over 100 films and television programmes from his debut in 1958, mainly in the United Kingdom and later the United States. He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then moved to Los Angeles to study method acting under Shelley Winters and Lee Strasberg. Young was a series regular on spy action television series Alias (2001–04), playing Dr. Zhang Lee. He appeared in such films as You Only Live Twice (1967), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Emperor (1987), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), Nixon (1995), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), The Transporter (2002), and American Gangster (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ric Young, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Truth poster

Truth

as Dr. Troy Mills
2015
Getting Back to Zero poster

Getting Back to Zero

as Big Boss Man
2013
The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It poster

The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It

as North Korean Dictator
2010
Fireproof poster

Fireproof

as Terrell Sanders
2008
American Gangster poster

American Gangster

as Chinese General
2007
The Transporter poster

The Transporter

as Mr Kwai
2002
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity poster

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

as Bing Lai
2002
Kiss of the Dragon poster

Kiss of the Dragon

as Mister Big
2001
Chain of Command poster

Chain of Command

as Ken Fung
2000
The Corruptor poster

The Corruptor

as Henry Lee
1999
A Thousand Men and a Baby poster

A Thousand Men and a Baby

as Mr. Kim
1997
Nightman poster

Nightman

as Mr. Chang
1997
Seven Years in Tibet poster

Seven Years in Tibet

as General Chang Jing Wu
1997
Booty Call poster

Booty Call

as Mr. Chiu
1997
Nixon poster

Nixon

as Mao Tse-Tung
1995
Cyborg 2 poster

Cyborg 2

as Bobby Lin
1993
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story poster

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

as Bruce's Father
1993
Sketch Artist poster

Sketch Artist

as Jimmy
1992
Keys to Freedom poster

Keys to Freedom

as Lieutenant Kwong
1988
The Last Emperor poster

The Last Emperor

as Interrogator
1987