Glen Chin
Known for Acting · 38 credits
- Born
- 1948-01-27
- Died
- 2018-08-16
- Place of birth
- Stockton, California, USA
- Also known as
- Glen Chin Ying-Ming · 陳英明 · 陈英明
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glen Chin (January 27, 1948 – August 16, 2018) was an American actor of Chinese descent who starred in film and television.
Chin grew up in Stockton, California, where he attended Amos Alonzo Stagg High School and was active in drama and choir. He studied music at the University of Pacific Conservatory of Music and played the double bass violin with the Stockton Symphony.
Chin appeared in 50 First Dates as the humorous Hawaiian café regular, The Underachievers (1987), and After One Cigarette as Shigeru. He appeared in Chinese cinema in such films as Hollywood Hong Kong. Chin's television credits include Boy Meets World (the Eskimo), Night Stand with Dick Dietrick (Coco), Mighty Max, and Seinfeld. He played a villain's role in the 1998 movie, Knock Off (film).
In the Seinfeld episode "The Opera", Chin plays Harry Fong, a character who buys a scalped ticket to an opera from George Costanza right before (or during) his girlfriend Susan ends up making the opera, so in the end, Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Benes, Cosmo Kramer, Chin's character, and Susan all end up watching the opera.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Movies (29)
Who's That Girl
1987
as Bank Guard
50 First Dates
2004
as Café Regular
Rumble in the Bronx
1995
as Man (uncredited)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Sumo Wrestler
Natural Born Killers
1994
as Druggist
Mr. Nice Guy
1997
as Man (uncredited)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993
as Jailer
The Art of War
2000
as Ochai
Defending Your Life
1991
as Sumo Wrestler
3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994
as Nurse Shibuya
Knock Off
1998
as Skinny
Snapdragon
1993
as Merchant
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
1990
as Jo the Butcher
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
1987
as Earring
The Master
1992
as Taxi Driver
The Days of Being Dumb
1992
as General Lee
Saved By the Bell: Hawaiian Style
1992
as Pono
Hollywood Hong Kong
2002
as Mr. Chu
Sunny and the Elephant
2008
as Payao
Enter the Phoenix
2004
as Fat Ox
The Iron Triangle
1989
as Chau
The Drummer
2007
as Uncle Tak
Maxie
1985
as Chinese Movie Patron
Stories Forlorn
2014
as Dealer Chao
East of A
2000
as Hiro
Shangri-La Plaza
1990
as Customer #3
In This Corner
as Jerry
Macau Twilight
2007
as Passenger
Jasmine
2015
as Doctor Wu
About Glen Chin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Glen Chin (January 27, 1948 – August 16, 2018) was an American actor of Chinese descent who starred in film and television. Chin grew up in Stockton, California, where he attended Amos Alonzo Stagg High School and was active in drama and choir. He studied music at the University of Pacific Conservatory of Music and played the double bass violin with the Stockton Symphony. Chin appeared in 50 First Dates as the humorous Hawaiian café regular, The Underachievers (1987), and After One Cigarette as Shigeru. He… With 38 credits spanning from 1982 to 2015, Glen Chin has appeared in 29 films and 9 TV shows.
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- Who's That Girl (1987) — as Bank Guard
- 50 First Dates (2004) — as Café Regular
- Rumble in the Bronx (1995) — as Man (uncredited)
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) — as Sumo Wrestler
- Natural Born Killers (1994) — as Druggist
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