James Pax (Born December 21, 1961) is an American actor who has acted in films produced in Hollywood, Hong Kong, and Japan. He was born to an English father and a Chinese mother.
Career
Once Pax turned his attention to acting, he took on roles in Big Trouble in Little China with Kurt Russell, Year of the Dragon with John Lone, In Love and War with James Woods, Kinjite with Charles Bronson, and Bethune: The Making of a Hero with Donald Sutherland. He also guest starred in numerous television shows and appeared as a series regular on Nasty Boys in 1990. In 1992, he returned to Asia and started acting in the Hong Kong and Japanese movie industries. In 2003 he came to China for the filming of Shanghai Solution in Dalian. Pax appeared in Shanghai Solution, a true story based on the 30,000 Jews who fled to China in the 1940s, which aired on CCTV-8 in August 2005. He also starred in the Discovery Network program The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China in 2006 as Qin Shi Huang.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole1985Invasion U.S.A.Koyo1986Big Trouble in Little ChinaLightning1989Kinjite: Forbidden SubjectsHiroshi Hada1990Bethune: The Making of a HeroMr. Tung1993The Heroic TrioInventor1993Shootfighter: Fight to the DeathTeng1993Love Among the TriadPak-Shek1993Crazy Hong KongTony1993Lang xin ru tieBilly Chan1994The Dragon Chronicles – The MaidensTai Hung1995Enemy ShadowPanther1995Gates of HellMr. Pax1998Love KillsRookie Cop #2
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1986Scarecrow and Mrs. KingChien ChangEpisode: "Three Little Spies"1986T. J. HookerMakioEpisode: "Blood Sport"1986MacGyverStoneEpisode: "The Wish Child"1987Shell GameThe TigerEpisode: "Pai Gow"1987In Love and WarRabbitTelevision film1987StingrayCaptainEpisode: "Anytime, Anywhere"1987Tour of DutyNVA DoctorEpisode: "Notes from the Underground"1988MatlockDr. Paul LiuEpisode: "The Genius"1989Nasty BoysJimmy KeeTelevision film1989Man Against the MobTommy ChaingTelevision film1990Murder in ParadiseJim IshitaTelevision film1990Nasty BoysJimmy Kee13 episodes1997Silk StalkingsQuinn ChowEpisode: "Exit the Dragon"1997Nash BridgesBobby WuEpisode: "Wild Card"1999Martial LawGolden DragonEpisode: "Painted Faces"2000Seven DaysThe Interrogator / Ling WuEpisode: "Deja Vu All Over Again"2004I'm Looking Forward to Being LovedZou Yifan9 episodes2006The First EmperorEmperorTelevision documentary
Audio Year Title Role Notes 2025 The Temple of the Killer Tiger Monkeys Mai Fu Ling Podcast series
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