Peter Kwong

Peter Kwong April 9 1952 May 27 2025 was a veteran of film television and stage best known for his roles as Rain in Big Trouble in Little China and as Tommy Tong in Eddie Murphys The Golden Child both 1986 Kwong began his screen career in the mid1970s with guest shots on such TV series as Wonder Woman and Black Sheep Squadron and into the 80s with Cagney Lacey Bret Maverick The Greatest American Hero Little House on the Prairie Dynasty The ATeam Miami Vice 227 St Elsewhere and Matt Houston Training with the EastWest Players Groundlings and other groups Kwong would continue to work regularly in films and TV shows in the 2020s Among his silverscreen credits are The Presidio Gleaming the Cube Ill Do Anything Paper Dragons and Cooties His numerous TV guest roles also included such popular shows as General Hospital JAG My Wife and Kids The Wayans Brothers Sisters Drake Josh Lethal Weapon and King of the Hill Kwong also was an accomplished martial artist working in Northern Shaolin kung fu Chinese kata and with weapons including swords staffs spears and nunchaku Dancing was another specialty from ballroom and martial arts fusion to disco and breaking Along with his nearly 50year acting career Kwong was active in Hollywood industry politics He served on the SAG National Board of Directors for more than a decade and was on the AFTRA National Board of Directors He also did a fouryear stint on the Television Academy Board of Governors and was a member of the Actors Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences among other roles Kwong ran for the the merged SAGAFTRA National Board and LA Local Board in 2017 He also was an activist against antiAsian stereotyping in Hollywood In 2016 Kwong was among about two dozen signatories on a letter to AMPAS decrying jokes made at the expense of Asians during the Oscars that year