Kelvin Han Yee

Kelvin Han Yee (born June 14, 1961) is an American actor of Asian descent. His career spans over 30 years of film, television and theater.

Kelvin Han Yee
Born	(1961-06-14) June 14, 1961 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993 (1993)–present

As a teenager, Yee became involved with the pioneering work of Asian American Theater Company. He was an original member of San Francisco's The National Theater Of The Deranged and San Francisco Mime Troupe. He was a member of the acting company at American Conservatory Theater for six seasons. He has acted with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, East West Players, Mark Taper Forum and Lodestone Theatre Ensemble.

From left to right: Laureen Chew, Cora Miao, Marc Hayashi, Kelvin Han Yee.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	A Great Wall	Paul Fang
1993	So I Married an Axe Murderer	Master Cho
1995	Copycat	Chinese inspector
1996	Chalk	TC
1998	Patch Adams	Orderly
1999	Dumbarton Bridge	Tron	Indie film
	Life Tastes Good	Max
	True Crime	Zachary Platt
2001	Sweet November	Burly man
2002	Cherish	Officer Yee
2005	The Island	Censor
2006	E-Ring	Admiral Chen
2007	Lucky You	Chico Bahn
2008	Milk	Gordon Lau
2011	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star	Vietnamese mob boss
	Silver Case	Business Man 1
	Answers to Nothing	Medic
2012	Keye Luke	Lee Luke
2013	Wedding Palace	Wheeler Dealer Uncle
2014	Fail/Safe	Kingpin	Short
	The Jade Trader	Shin Shaw
2015	Silver Case: Director's Cut	Business Man 1	Originally released in 2011
	Dead End	Mr. Lee	Short
	I Won't Miss You	Tim's Dad	Short
2016	Comfort	Martin
	Singularity	Mr. Lee	Short
2018	Destroyer	Lieutenant Oshima
	Faith Under Fire	Harlon Moline
2019	Samir	Frank
2023	Godzilla Minus One	Tatsuo Hotta	English dub
	May December	Joe Yoo Sr.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996–1997, 2000–2001	Nash Bridges	Gene Kwon / Dr. Fong / Qwon Li / Gordon Chang	Episodes: "'Til Death Do Us Part" (as Gene Kwon; 1996), "Bombshell" (as Dr. Fong; 1997), "Heist" (as Qwon Li; 2000), "Bear Trap" (as Gordon Chang; 2001)
2004	Hawaii	Detective Scott Chen	Episode: "Cops 'n' Robbers"
	Sucker Free City	Henchman	Television film
	The Bold and the Beautiful	Dr. Ying
2005	24	Craig Erwich	Episode: "Day 4: 1:00p.m.-2:00p.m."
	The Young and the Restless	Dr. Jun
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Newscaster	Episode: "Lewis Needs a Kidney"
2007	Chuck	Rashan Chan	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Crown Vic"
2008	Days of Our Lives	Doctor
	The Mentalist	Davis	Pilot episode
	Raising the Bar	Judge Anthony Hu	Episode: "Bagels and Locks"
	Entourage	Taxi Driver	Episode: "First Class Jerk"
	Prison Break	Company Surgeon / Doctor	2 episodes
2008–2009	Crash	Chun Soo Park	5 episodes
2009	Golden Boy	Mitch	Television film
	Lie to Me	Ambassador Park Jung-Soo	Episode: "Love Always"
	Eastwick	Doctor	Episode: "Reaping and Sewing"
	Accidentally on Purpose	Dad	Episode: "Class"
2010	Criminal Minds	Detective Ekler	Episode: "The Fight"
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Chief of Police Mahaka	Episode: "Ua Hiki Mai Kapalena Pau (Until the End is Near)", "Oia'i'o (Truth)" (Season 1, episodes 23–24; uncredited)
	Quantum Cops	The Chief	Web series
2012	Chinatown Squad	Uncle Wong	Television movie
2015	Chicago P.D.	Dennis Lee	Episode: "The Three Gs"
	The Story of Billy the Kidd	Keegan Oryee	Television movie
2018	S.W.A.T.	Jae Kim	Episode: "K-Town", "Vendetta" (Season 1, episodes 11 & 20)
	GLOW	Henry Wu	Episode: "Mother of All Matches"
2019–2024	9-1-1	John Lee	Episodes: "Chimney Begins" (2019), "Seize the Day" (2020), "There Goes The Groom" (2024)
2019	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. James Lou	Episode: "Good Shepherd"
	Blue Bloods	Mr. Chen	Episode: "Behind the Smile"
	All Rise	Judge Randall Roberts	Episode: "Maricela in the Desert"
2020	FBI: Most Wanted	Mr. Woo	Episode: "Silkworm"
2021	The Unicorn	Dr. Wilson	Episode: "So Far Away"
	Bosch	Assistant Chief of Police Lester Sales	Episode: "Brazen"
	Magnum P.I.	Dan Liu	Episode: "Island Vibes"
2022	Space Force	General Gao	Episode: "The Chinese Delegation"
	Reacher	Marine (Butch)	Episode: "In a Tree"
	Partner Track	Franklin "Papa" Min	3 episodes
2023	Beef	Bruce Lau	Episode: "The Drama of Original Choice"
	Law & Order: Organized Crime	Captain Lin	Episode: "Chinatown", "Blood Ties" (Season 3, episodes 16–17)
	Quantum Leap	Liu Wei	Episode: "S.O.S."
	Launchpad	Malcolm	Episode: "Maxine"
2024	The Brothers Sun	Zhi Zhu	Episode: "Favor for a Favor"

External links

• Kelvin Han Yee's Official Page
• Kelvin Han Yee at IMDb