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Jerry Tondo
Jerry Tondo
Born	Jerry Shigekazu Tondo; October 10, 1950 (age 74); San Francisco, California
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor

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Jerry Shigekazu Tondo (born October 10, 1950) is a Japanese American actor and voice actor 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

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Ghost Warrior	Sushi chef
1986	Gung Ho	Kazuo
1989	Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills	June-bug
1990	Circuitry Man	Fatch
1994	It's Pat	Sushi chef
1994	Drop Zone	DEA guard
1995	Nick of Time	Chief Aide
1998	Mulan	Chien-Po	Voice
1999	Godzilla 2000: Millennium		Voice
2004	Mulan II	Chien-Po	Voice, Direct-to-video

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Girls of the White Orchid	Policeman	TV movie, 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		TV movie
1988	Beauty and the Beast	Eddie	Episode: "China Moon"
	The Tracey Ullman Show	Stage manager	Episode: "3.1"
	Miracle at Beekman's Place		TV movie
1991	Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis	Aioki	TV movie
2008-2009	The Secret Saturdays	Hibagon / Professor Talu Mizuki	Voice, 3 episodes

Video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan	Chien-Po	Voice
1998	Mulan Story Studio	Chien-Po
2005	The Matrix: Path of Neo	Japanese assassin
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Chien-Po	English version, voice
2007	Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+	Chien-Po	English version, voice

References

^ Mulan
^ Gung Ho
^ Variety Weekly Magazine, Monday, February 21, 2005 (p.12)

External links

Jerry Tondo at IMDb

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[1] Mulan

[2] Gung Ho

[3] Variety Weekly Magazine, Monday, February 21, 2005 (p.12)

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