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Gedde Watanabe

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Gedde Watanabe

Born Jun 26, 1955 · 71 years82 titles 45 movies · 37 TV
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Biography

Gedde Watanabe is an American actor and comedian best known for his breakout role as the foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong in the 1984 teen classic Sixteen Candles.

Also known as

Gary Watanabe · Geddy Watanabe · Gede Watanabe

Born

Jun 26, 1955

Ogden, Utah, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Career timeline

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1976 2 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1982 1 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 3 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 5 title(s)

1990 3 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 2 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1995 3 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

1997 4 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

1999 6 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2002 6 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 3 title(s)

2005 3 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 3 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)