Kim Chan

Kim Chan was born on Dec 28, 1917 in China. Kim Chan's big-screen debut came with The Owl and the Pussycat directed by Herbert Ross in 1970, strarring Theatre Cashier. Kim Chan is known for The Fifth Element directed by Luc Besson, Bruce Willis stars as Korben Dallas and Gary Oldman as Zorg. The upcoming new movie Kim Chan plays is 16 Blocks which will be released on Mar 03, 2006.

Born in China, Kim Chan fled China in 1928 with his father Lem and two older sisters. Settling first in Rhode Island, then in New York, Kim left his family after his father caught him lying about an afternoon spent at the cinema. Faced with an ultimatum, Kim left for years as a day laborer, occasionally homeless, frequently sleeping on vermin-infested ironing boards.Yet when he was not laboring in laundries and restaurants, Kim Chan sought work as an actor in film, television, and the theater. Many roles were small, often reflecting racial stereotypes - casting as a Japanese soldier was common in the 1940s. Chan's big break came only in 1983 with his comedic turn as Jonno, the butler to the late night talk show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) in Martin Scorsese's _The King of Comedy (1983)_. Since then he has appeared in numerous roles, seemingly never wanting for work.