Henry O
Henry O (actually, Jiang Xi Ren ) ( born July 27, 1927) is a Chinese actor, who now lives and works in the United States.
Life
O grew up in China, where he attended English and American missionary schools. After he had collected several decades of experience as an actor and assistant artistic director in children's theater, he emigrated with his wife to the United States, where his grandson lived. From the late 1980s O began to appear as an actor in international cinema productions. Almost without exception, he was firmly placed on the role of older Asians, which he set in award winning dramas such as Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning The Last Emperor (1987) and Scott Hicks ' Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), as well as action films such as American Shaolin ( 1991), Romeo must Die (2000) and Rush Hour 3 (2007) took over. He was also with guest appearances in popular American television shows such as The West Wing, ER - Representing the emergency room or The Sopranos. The breakthrough as a film actor in 2007 paved for him by his first leading role in Wayne Wang's drama Mr. Shi and the song of cicadas. The title role of a pensioner from Beijing, visiting his daughter living in the U.S. who have passed any Chinese way of life was represented in the same year in competition at the Festival Internacional de Cine Spanish de Donostia- San Sebastián. There was Wang's film with the Golden Shell, the main prize of the festival excellent, while O Circle Best Actor Award, among others, against the German Moritz Bleibtreu ( Free Rainer - Your TV is lying ) was able to secure. 2009, the actor alongside John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson and Amanda Peet is part of the ensemble cast of Roland Emmerich's disaster movie, 2012.