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Glen Chin

Acting Born Jan 27, 1948 Stockton, California, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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.

In Michael Jackson's music video for "Black or White", Chin morphs into Tyra Banks.

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Known for

Seinfeld

as Harry Fong

Boy Meets World

as Eskimo
Film

Who's That Girl

as Bank Guard
Film

50 First Dates

as Café Regular
Film

Planet of the Apes

2001
Film

The Art of War

as Ochai

Full filmography

  • Seinfeld (1989) as Harry Fong
  • Boy Meets World (1993) as Eskimo
  • Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989) as Japanese Businessman
  • Matt Houston (1982)
  • Sledge Hammer! (1986) as Nakamichi
  • 227 (1985)
  • Who's That Girl (1987) as Bank Guard
  • 50 First Dates (2004) as Café Regular
  • Harry and the Hendersons (1991) as Sumo Wrestler
  • Son of the Beach (2000)
  • Natural Born Killers (1994) as Druggist
  • Rumble in the Bronx (1995) as Man (uncredited)
  • She's the Sheriff (1987) as Hirohito Yamamoto
  • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) as Sumo Wrestler
  • Mr. Nice Guy (1997) as Man (uncredited)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) as Jailer
  • The Art of War (2000) as Ochai
  • Knock Off (1998) as Skinny
  • The Master (1992) as Taxi Driver
  • Defending Your Life (1991) as Sumo Wrestler
  • 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994) as Nurse Shibuya
  • Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) as Earring
  • Enter the Phoenix (2004) as Fat Ox
  • The Days of Being Dumb (1992) as General Lee