Gedde Watanabe

Gary 'Gedde' Watanabe is a Japanese-American actor born on June 26, 1955. He is best known for his role as Long Duk Dong in the film Sixteen Candles (1984) and as Takahara 'Kaz' Kazihiro in Gung Ho (1986). Watanabe also voiced the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel Mulan II (2004). He played Nurse Yoshi Takata in the NBC medical drama ER from 1997 to 2003. Watanabe was an original cast member of the Stephen Sondheim musical Pacific Overtures. Born and raised in Ogden, Utah, he began his acting career on Broadway in 1976. Watanabe has appeared in several film and television productions.