Actor Peter Kwong has died at age 73 after a profession that noticed him stun audiences in John Carpenter’s much-loved Large Bother in Little China.
The star handed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday evening, a rep confirmed.
He was a fan favourite for taking part in Rain, one of many three super-powered fighters within the 1986 motion flick – a movie that bombed on the field workplace however later turned a cult sensation.
Born in 1950, Kwong kicked off his profession on TV within the late Seventies, touchdown roles on in style reveals similar to Marvel Girl, Little Home on the Prairie, Miami Vice and The A-Workforce.
His massive display debut got here with 1977’s drama Panic in Echo Park.
Kwong’s breakout yr was 1986.
He performed Tommy Tong alongside Eddie Murphy in The Golden Little one, then scored his iconic function as Rain in Large Bother in Little China, starring alongside Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall.
Kwong stated concerning the function: “The character of Rain was one thing particular. The battle choreography, the costume – all of it got here collectively in a manner that caught with individuals.”
That very same yr, he additionally appeared within the action-packed By no means Too Younger to Die with John Stamos.
Offscreen, Kwong was a heavyweight in Hollywood’s unions, serving for greater than a decade on the Display Actors Guild Nationwide Board and dealing with the American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists.
He additionally held management roles with the Tv Academy and the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences.