Archie Kao

Archie Kao

Birth : 1969-12-14, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

History

Archie David Kao (born December 14, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his American roles as Sheldon Jin on Chicago P.D., Archie Johnson on CSI, Sebastian in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and Kai Chen / Blue Power Ranger on the original 1993 series Power Rangers as well as the specials Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Power of Teamwork Overcomes All and Power Rangers in 3D: Triple Force!. He's also known for his roles as Qiao Xiang Wan on Breath of Destiny, Chu Tian Qi on Love is the Air, Xiao Ye Shi on My Dear Boy, Tu Erdan on Nothing Gold Can Stay, and Jin Yu Lu on Fighter of the Destiny. (English translations)

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Archie Kao
Archie Kao

Movies

Christmas at the Ranch
Charles
When Haley Hollis returns to her family ranch to try and save it from closure, she wasn't banking on spending so much time with ranch hand Kate - or falling for her.
Dream Breaker
Nan Yan
Chen Duling as a young woman who must fight her way through a mysterious, holographic game world designed by her late father to avenge his death.
Legend of the Ancient Sword
Xie Yi (谢衣)
Due to a fateful occurrence, Yue Wuyi leaves home. He meets revered master Xie Yi, who imparts to him the magical arts of Yan, and thus begins his journey of cultivation. Along the way he meets Wen Renyu, Xia Yize, Ah Ruan and company. They discover the schemes and conspiracies of Shen Ye, the grand priest of Liu Yue City. The group of adventurers undergoes dangers to defeat Shen Ye, and prevent a disaster from befalling the world.
Into the Rainbow
Song
When teenagers Rachel and Grace travel inside a super-powered rainbow to China, they disturb nature's balance. Using Rachel's connection to the energy of the rainbow and with help from their new friend Xiao Cheng, they must race against time to save the Earth.
The Adventures of Wei BaoBao
Provoking Laughter is a 2016 Chinese adventure crime comedy film directed by Tang Xu and starring Pan Yueming, Wu Yue, Chang Yuan, Archie Kao, Tan Kai and Lin Peng. It was released in China by Dadi Century Films Distribution on 29 December 2016.
A Journey Through Time with Anthony
A young man from Dalian pursues his studies in Melbourne, where he undergoes love, loss and self-discovery in this coming-of-age tale.
Ulterior Motive
Originally living a happy and stable life, things have become clouded for rich heiress Ye Shuang (Qin Lan) after the unexpected disappearance of her husband Ling Feng (Archie Kao) and daughter. After consulting with her father Ye Cheng (Simon Yam), Shuang decides to call the police, where she re-encounters her ex-boyfriend, Yao Jie (Gordon Lam). During the investigation process, Jie finds this million-dollar ransom kidnapping case to be a misty mystery. Specializing in investigating by starting from minor details, he targets Cheng as a potential suspect. At this time, Cheng's activities has also become suspiciously strange. When the mystery seemed to have dispersed, Cheng dies from an accident. At this time, clues from a murder case that took place 20 years ago begins to surface. Behind the mysterious kidnappings lies the ulterior motive.
Blackhat
Shum
Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.
The Deathday Party
A single mother and her daughter are forced to stop by a black car on the way home. When they regain consciousness, they are in a Karst cave with seven strangers. The game is to find out a killer among the nine.
A Better Place Than This
Chen Wei
A lonely Singaporean death row guard tries to help a young Australian convicted of drug trafficking accept her fate despite a bizarre contradiction - he is her executioner.
Keye Luke
Edwin Luke
KEYE LUKE is a short film bio-pic about pioneering Actor and Artist Keye Luke, the first, original on-screen Kato in the 1940s Green Hornet decades before Bruce Lee and also the All-American "Number One Son" in the popular Charlie Chan films of the 1930s.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Sebastian
A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.
Initiation
Director
An assassin trainee struggles with initiation day jitters.
Initiation
Screenplay
An assassin trainee struggles with initiation day jitters.
The People I've Slept With
Jefferson
The People I've Slept With - a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is...NOW. Angela Yang loves sex. She loves it so much she needs to make baseball cards of her lovers to help her remember where she's been. She doesn't think twice about her lifestyle until she finds out that she's pregnant. Her gay best friend, Gabriel Lugo tells her to "take care of it," but her conservative sister, Juliet persuades Angela to get married to the baby's father and lead a "normal" life like her. Angela listens to her sister, chooses to keep the baby, and goes on a quest to find the identity of the father by any means necessary.
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Han
A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.
Nomad
The Nomad is a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. The film is a fictionalised account of the youth and coming-of-age of Ablai Khan, as he grows and fights to defend the fortress at Hazrat-e Turkestan from Dzungar invaders.
When in Rome
Nobu
Teenage sisters Charli and Lola are on the verge of an experience beyond their wildest dreams! Pack your bags and jet off to Rome as the girls start their summer internship working for the legendary Derek Hanson - the totally cool international tycoon whose empire reaches from airlines to cutting-edge fashion. Amid the fabulous sights of this exciting city, the girls do their best to impress their boss, while still finding time to design their own line of very hip clothing, meet some very cute guys and turn their summer abroad into one awesome adventure they - and you - will never forget!
Purpose
Kiko
A software developer becomes a billionaire and is distracted by fame, greed and power, then must save his invention and company from a hostile takeover.
Meine Tochter ist keine Mörderin
Minh Van Canh
Police arrest a woman for the murder of his five years son. She claims to have drunk the night before and not knowing what happened to his small son, but the gun crime appears in her bed and have their fingerprints. Everyone, including the husband, who that morning was on duty in the hospital, it suspect.
The One
Woo
A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.
Thank Heaven
Sam Lee
The life of Jack Lander (Matt Keeslar) a television news producer, was a disaster ... until the day when a misdirected golf ball changed everything. During a round of golf with friends, Jack ball accidentally hits an old man and leaves him unconscious. Arnie (Gene Bicknell) and will call then wakes up with amnesia. Jack has to take responsibility for it. As the day progresses, Arnie performs small miracles wherever he go. But what is it about Arnie? How do you perform those miracles?
Power Rangers in 3D: Triple Force!
Kai Chen / Blue Galaxy Ranger
It's triple the trouble when Trakeena teams up with Olympius to steal all of the Earth's power. Their plan? To capture humans and use them as an energy source to give Trakeena more power than she's ever had before. No one will be able to defeat her! Not even the Lightspeed Rescue Power Rangers! The world's only hope -- a small girl named Heather. It's up to her to find the courage and heart to stop Trakeena in her tracks. Can she do it or will time run out? And who are the mysterious visitors from the distant planet Mirinoi? Could the Lost Galaxy Power Rangers be back on Earth?
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Power of Teamwork Overcomes All
Kai Chen (Galaxy Blue Ranger)
The Rangers on board their ship, the Terra Venture, do battle with various bad guys in this compilation of several episodes from the television series.