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Long Duk Dong!
Actor Gedde Watanabe has been in over two dozen Films and appeared on over two dozen Television series, yet he is still best remembered as English-Language Challenged Exchange Student Long Duk Dong in the classic 1984 Comedy “Sixteen Candles“.
He was born Gary Watanabe in 1955 in Ogden, Utah.
Yes folks, the ‘Donger” is actually from Utah!
His acting roles have mostly been stereotypical Asian roles requiring thick accents. He surprised the cast and crew of “Sixteen Candles” after filming was complete by thanking them in his normal “American” voice. He had used the thick Asian accent used by Long Duk Dong throughout the making of the film and everyone assumed he was actually Asian.
“No More Yanky my Wanky…the Donger needs food!!”
His movie roles include:
Sixteen Candles
Gung Ho
Volunteers
UHF
Boys on the Side
That Thing You Do
Mulan
EDTV
Slackers
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
and others…
His Television credits include:
Sesame Street
Seinfeld
ER
Murphy Brown
Newhart
Everwood
Family Guy
American Dad
The Simpsons
and others….
Though a film about High School students, Gedde was 28yrs old when filming Sixteen Candles.
