Jerry Tondo

{{Short description|American actor}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Jerry Tondo | image = Jerry Tondo in Newcomer.jpg | caption = Tondo in 1986 | birth_name = Jerry Shigekazu Tondo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|10|10}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1983–present }} '''Jerry Shigekazu Tondo''' (born October 10, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for providing the voice of the character Chien-Po in the animated film ''Mulan''.<ref>[http://homepage.usask.ca/~jjs142/mulan.htm Mulan]</ref> Other titles Tondo has contributed to include ''Gung Ho'',<ref>[http://www.listal.com/movie/gung-ho-1986 Gung Ho]</ref> ''The Secret Saturdays'' and ''Mulan II''.<ref>''Variety Weekly'' Magazine, Monday, February 21, 2005 (p.12)</ref>

==Biography== Tondo discovered acting while attending high school in San Francisco, California. He was offered scholarships to play football, but decided to study sociology. He then enrolled in a theater course. He served on the board of directors while participating as a company member of the Asian American Theater Co. He moved to Los Angeles, California and started working with the East-West Players. Five years later he joined the Mark Taper Forum/Improvisation Theater Project. For six years he toured with the project. He was also a performing member of Cold Tofu Improv. He currently resides with his wife and two children in Manhattan Beach, California.

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1984 | ''Ghost Warrior'' | Sushi chef | |- | 1986 | ''Gung Ho'' | Kazuo | |- | 1989 | ''Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills'' | June-bug | |- | 1990 | ''Circuitry Man'' | Fatch | |- | rowspan="2"|1994 | ''It's Pat'' | Sushi chef | |- | ''Drop Zone'' | DEA guard | |- | 1995 | ''Nick of Time'' | Chief Aide | |- | 1998 | ''Mulan'' | Chien-Po | Voice |- | 1999 | ''Godzilla 2000: Millennium'' | | |- | 2004 | ''Mulan II'' | Chien-Po | Voice, direct-to-video |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1983 | ''Girls of the White Orchid'' | Policeman | Television film, alternative title ''Death Ride to Osaka'' |- | 1985 | ''Brothers'' | Sailor #1 | Episode: "Gobba, Gobba" |- | 1986 | ''Trapper John, M.D.'' | Mills | Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" |- | 1987 | ''The Three Kings'' | | Television film |- | rowspan="3"|1988 | ''Beauty and the Beast'' | Eddie | Episode: "China Moon" |- | ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' | Stage manager | Episode: "3.1" |- | ''Miracle at Beekman's Place'' | | rowspan="2"|Television film |- | 1991 | ''Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis'' | Aioki |- | 2008-2009 | ''The Secret Saturdays'' | Hibagon / Professor Talu Mizuki | Voice, 3 episodes |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Video games ! Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2"|1998 | ''Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan'' | rowspan="2"|Chien-Po | rowspan="3"|Voice |- | ''Mulan Story Studio'' |- | rowspan="2"|2005 | ''The Matrix: Path of Neo'' | Japanese assassin |- | ''Kingdom Hearts II'' | rowspan="2"|Chien-Po | rowspan="2"|English version, voice |- | 2007 | ''Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+'' |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0867139}}

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