Kelvin Han Yee (born June 14, 1961) is an American actor of Asian descent. His career spans over 30 years of film, television and theater.

Kelvin Han Yee
Born (1961-06-14) June 14, 1961 (age 63)
OccupationActor
Years active1993 (1993)–present

As a teenager, Yee became involved with the pioneering work of Asian American Theater Company. He was an original member of San Francisco's The National Theater Of The Deranged and San Francisco Mime Troupe. He was a member of the acting company at American Conservatory Theater for six seasons. He has acted with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, East West Players, Mark Taper Forum and Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.[1]

From left to right: Laureen Chew, Cora Miao, Marc Hayashi, Kelvin Han Yee.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986 A Great Wall Paul Fang
1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer Master Cho
1995 Copycat Chinese inspector
1996 Chalk TC
1998 Patch Adams Orderly
1999 Dumbarton Bridge Tron Indie film
Life Tastes Good Max
True Crime Zachary Platt
2001 Sweet November Burly man
2002 Cherish Officer Yee
2005 The Island Censor
2006 E-Ring Admiral Chen
2007 Lucky You Chico Bahn
2008 Milk Gordon Lau
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Vietnamese mob boss
Silver Case Business Man 1
Answers to Nothing Medic
2012 Keye Luke Lee Luke
2013 Wedding Palace Wheeler Dealer Uncle
2014 Fail/Safe Kingpin Short
The Jade Trader Shin Shaw
2015 Silver Case: Director's Cut Business Man 1 Originally released in 2011
Dead End Mr. Lee Short
I Won't Miss You Tim's Dad Short
2016 Comfort Martin
Singularity Mr. Lee Short
2018 Destroyer Lieutenant Oshima
Faith Under Fire Harlon Moline
2019 Samir Frank
2023 Godzilla Minus One Tatsuo Hotta English dub
May December Joe Yoo Sr.

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996–1997, 2000–2001 Nash Bridges Gene Kwon / Dr. Fong / Qwon Li / Gordon Chang Episodes: "'Til Death Do Us Part" (as Gene Kwon; 1996), "Bombshell" (as Dr. Fong; 1997), "Heist" (as Qwon Li; 2000), "Bear Trap" (as Gordon Chang; 2001)
2004 Hawaii Detective Scott Chen
Sucker Free City Henchman Television film
The Bold and the Beautiful Dr. Ying
2005 24 Craig Erwich
The Young and the Restless Dr. Jun
Curb Your Enthusiasm Newscaster
2007 Chuck Rashan Chan
2008 Days of Our Lives Doctor
The Mentalist Davis Pilot episode
Raising the Bar Judge Anthony Hu
Entourage Taxi Driver
Prison Break Company Surgeon / Doctor
2008–2009 Crash Chun Soo Park
2009 Golden Boy Mitch Television film
Lie to Me Ambassador Park Jung-Soo
Eastwick Doctor
Accidentally on Purpose Dad
2010 Criminal Minds Detective Ekler Episode: "The Fight"
2011 Hawaii Five-0 Chief of Police Mahaka Episode: "Ua Hiki Mai Kapalena Pau (Until the End is Near)", "Oia'i'o (Truth)" (Season 1, episodes 23–24; uncredited)
Quantum Cops The Chief Web series
2012 Chinatown Squad Uncle Wong Television movie
2015 Chicago P.D. Dennis Lee Episode: "The Three Gs"
The Story of Billy the Kidd Keegan Oryee Television movie
2018 S.W.A.T. Jae Kim Episode: "K-Town", "Vendetta" (Season 1, episodes 11 & 20)
GLOW Henry Wu Episode: "Mother of All Matches"
2019–2024 9-1-1 John Lee Episodes: "Chimney Begins" (2019), "Seize the Day" (2020), "There Goes The Groom" (2024)
2019 Grey's Anatomy Dr. James Lou Episode: "Good Shepherd"
Blue Bloods Mr. Chen
All Rise Judge Randall Roberts
2020 FBI: Most Wanted Mr. Woo
2021 The Unicorn Dr. Wilson
Bosch Assistant Chief of Police Lester Sales
Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series) Dan Liu
2022 Space Force (TV series) General Gao
Reacher (TV series) Butch
Partner Track Franklin "Papa" Min
2023 Beef Bruce Lau Episode: "The Drama of Original Choice"
Law & Order: Organized Crime Captain Lin Episode: "Chinatown", "Blood Ties" (Season 3, episodes 16–17)
Quantum Leap (2022 TV series) Liu Wei Episode: "S.O.S."
2024 The Brothers Sun Zhi Zhu Episode: "Favor for a Favor"

References

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  1. ^ "Nelson Wong, AArisings: A-Profiler: Kelvin Han Yee". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
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