Jerry Tondo Explained
Jerry Tondo |
Birth Name: | Jerry Shigekazu Tondo |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1950 |
Birth Place: | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actor, voice actor |
Jerry Shigekazu Tondo (born October 10, 1950) is a Japanese-American actor and voice actor. He is known for providing the voice of the character Chien-Po in the animated film Mulan.[1] Other titles Tondo has contributed to include Gung Ho,[2] The Secret Saturdays and Mulan II.[3]
Biography
Tondo discovered acting while attending high school in San Francisco, California. He was offered scholarships to play football, but decided to study sociology. He then enrolled in a theater course. He served on the board of directors while participating as a company member of the Asian American Theater Co. He moved to Los Angeles, California and started working with the East-West Players. Five years later he joined the Mark Taper Forum/Improvisation Theater Project. For six years he toured with the project. He was also a performing member of Cold Tofu Improv. He currently resides with his wife and two children in Manhattan Beach, California.
Filmography
Notes1983 | Girls of the White Orchid | Policeman | Television film, alternative title Death Ride to Osaka |
1985 | Brothers | Sailor #1 | Episode: "Gobba, Gobba" |
1986 | Trapper John, M.D. | Mills | Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" |
1987 | The Three Kings | | Television film |
1988 | Beauty and the Beast | Eddie | Episode: "China Moon" |
The Tracey Ullman Show | Stage manager | Episode: "3.1" |
Miracle at Beekman's Place | | Television film |
1991 | Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | Aioki |
2008-2009 | The Secret Saturdays | Hibagon / Professor Talu Mizuki | Voice, 3 episodes | |
Notes and References
- http://homepage.usask.ca/~jjs142/mulan.htm Mulan
- http://www.listal.com/movie/gung-ho-1986 Gung Ho
- Variety Weekly Magazine, Monday, February 21, 2005 (p.12)