Glen Chin
Actor
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.
Filmography
Natural Born Killers
as Druggist 1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Sumo Wrestler 1994
Rumble in the Bronx
as Man (uncredited) 1995
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
as Jailer 1993
Mr. Nice Guy
as Man (uncredited) 1997
The Art of War
as Ochai 2000
Knock Off
as Skinny 1998
3 Ninjas Kick Back
as Nurse Shibuya 1994
Defending Your Life
as Sumo Wrestler 1991
Who's That Girl
as Bank Guard 1987
The Master
as Taxi Driver 1992
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
as Earring 1987
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
as Jo the Butcher 1990
Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style
as Pono 1992
Snapdragon
as Merchant 1993
Enter the Phoenix
as Fat Ox 2004