Peter Kwong

About

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 Murphy's The Golden Child (both 1986). Kwong began his screen career in the mid-1970s 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 A-Team, Miami Vice, 227, St. Elsewhere, and Matt Houston. Training with the East/West Players, Groundlings and other groups, Kwong would continue to work regularly in films and TV shows in the 2020s. Among his silver-screen credits are The Presidio, Gleaming the Cube, I’ll 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...

Known for

King of the HillSeries • 1997MacGyverSeries • 1985Miami ViceSeries • 1984Full HouseSeries • 1987The A-TeamSeries • 1983St. ElsewhereSeries • 1982Lethal WeaponSeries • 2016RenegadeSeries • 1992Drake & JoshSeries • 2004Tour of DutySeries • 1987Amazing StoriesSeries • 1985Big Trouble in Little ChinaMovie • 1986CootiesMovie • 2014Straight TimeMovie • 1978The Golden ChildMovie • 1986Steele JusticeMovie • 1987Theodore RexMovie • 1995I'll Do AnythingMovie • 1994The PresidioMovie • 1988Gleaming the CubeMovie • 1989Angel TownMovie • 1990Never Too Young to DieMovie • 1986Slapstick of Another KindMovie • 1982Brain Smasher... A Love StoryMovie • 1993