John Lone

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John Lone (尊龍, pinyin: Zūn Lóng), (born October 13, 1952 as 吳國良) is an Asian American actor.

He was born in Hong Kong as Dzyn Lung. He was trained in Hong Kong's Chiu Chiu Academy and the Peking Opera. It was here, at the age of ten he was given the name Johnny. He is an orphan and as a young adult he choose the screen name Lone to reflect that fact.

Sponsored by an American family, he left the Peking Opera troup and immigrated to the United States. In the U.S.A. he continued his performing arts studies at American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California. Eventually, he moved to New York City, where he worked in the theater. He received an Obie Award for his performance in the play FOB, in which he also did the Choreography. He was discovered in New York by agent extraordinaire Jadin Wong who subsequently discovered Joan Chen, Bai Ling, Lucy Liu, Ken Leung and Kai Wong.

His first major role in films was as the title character in Iceman. He is probably best known for his portrayal of the Emperor Puyi in The Last Emperor and as corrupt Hong Kong cop Ricky Tan in Rush Hour 2.

Despite his Hollywood fame, he chose to further his career in the Asian market. He played an emperor again in a 30 episode TV drama series 《乾隆與香妃》in 2004. He also has a successful career as a Hong Kong singing artist.

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