Gedde Watanabe

Acting · Born 1955-06-26 · Ogden, Utah, USA

Biography

Gedde Watanabe is an American actor and comedian best known for his breakout role as the foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong in the 1984 teen classic Sixteen Candles.

Known for

• The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms (2023)
• Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage (2022)
• In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)
• The Last Word (2017)
• 47 Ronin (2013)
• Parental Guidance (2012)
• The Seven Year Hitch (2012)
• Don't You Forget About Me (2010)
• Not Forgotten (2009)
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
• Celebrating Sixteen Candles (2008)
• The Onion Movie (2008)
• Fortune Hunters (2007)
• Two for the Money (2005)
• Alfie (2004)
• On The Couch (2004)
• Slackers (2002)
• L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
• EDtv (1999)
• Guinevere (1999)
• Psycho Sushi (1997)
• Booty Call (1997)
• Nick and Jane (1997)
• That Thing You Do! (1996)