Louis Ozawa Changchien

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Louis Ozawa Changchien
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Louis Ozawa Changchien at the premiere of The Bourne Legacy
Born (1975-10-11) October 11, 1975 (age 49)
New York City, U.S.
Other namesLouiz Ozawa
Louis Changchien
Education University of California, Davis (BS)
Brown University (MFA)
Years active1999–present
Spouse Jackie Chung
Children2

Louis Ozawa Changchien (born October 11, 1975) is an American actor best known for his role in the films The Bourne Legacy (2012) and Jack Ryan (2023), and for his role as members of the Kawakami family in the Predator and Alien vs. Predator franchises, including Hanzo Kawakami in Predators (2010), Eiji Kawakami in Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey (2022), and Kenji and Kiyoshi Kawakami in Predator: Killer of Killers (2025).

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Early life and education

Changchien was born in Queens, New York, [1] [2] and was raised in New York City and Japan. [2] [3] His father was Taiwanese and his mother was a Japanese jewelry designer. [3] [4] He attended Riverdale Country School as well as Stuyvesant High School before graduating from the University of California, Davis, with a bachelor's degree in biology and later earned a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in acting from Brown University. [2]

Career

Changchien first appeared in the 1999 film On the Q.T. as Kenneth. Since then, he has appeared in many popular films, including Robot Stories , Fair Game , Predators and The Bourne Legacy . He also has made guest appearances on such shows as, Law & Order , 3 lbs. , Heroes and Villains , Lights Out and Blue Bloods .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999On the Q.T.KennethFilm Debut
2003 Robot Stories Wilson
2008 Gigantic Matsubara
Pretty to Think SoJiwon Kwon
Tomorrow ArigatoHiro
2010 Fair Game Nervous Analyst #1
Predators Hanzo Kawakami
Predators: Moments of ExtractionHanzo Kawakami (voice)Animated short film
2011Lefty Loosey Righty TightyMichael
2012 The Bourne Legacy LARX #3
Things I Don't UnderstandTao
2013America FallsToru SuzukiShort film
2014 The Sisterhood of Night Stanley Huang
2015Someone ElseHarry
2016 Spectral Sergeant Chen
2017The NingyoHatori BikuniShort film
2018ContinuumLarry HuShort film
2021LavrynthosMinotaur (voice)Short film
2025 Predator: Killer of Killers Kenji and Kiyoshi Kawakami (voice)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Law & Order Fugitive Team Director NguyenEpisode: "Deadlock"
3 lbs ICU NurseEpisode: "Dissarming"
2008 Heroes and Villains Hideaki Kobayakawa Episode: "Shogun"
2011 Lights Out Event StafferEpisode: "Pilot", Credited as Louis Changchien
The Miraculous YearTamil LeeTelevision Film
2012 Blue Bloods Abdul SayidEpisode: "Risk and Reward"
2013 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Chan Ho Yin / Scorch Episode: "Girl in the Flower Dress"
Hawaii Five-0 SatoEpisode: "Akanahe"
2014 Matador SamuelRecurring role, 12 episodes
True Blood Hiroki2 episodes
2015 Deadbeat Dr. WongEpisode: "Finger F... Ked"
2015–2016 The Man in the High Castle Paul Kasoura5 episodes
2016 The Mysteries of Laura Jimmy Chun2 episodes
2017 MacGyver Dev SinghEpisode: "CD-ROM + Hoagie Foil"
2018 Bosch Chuck Deng6 episodes
Kidding Mr. Pickles-San3 episodes
Magnum P.I. Alan SakoEpisode: "The Ties That Bind"
Elementary Go ShinuraEpisode: "Give Me the Finger"
2019 Supergirl Hat 2 episodes
The Good Fight OshitoEpisode: "The One Inspired by Ray Cohn"
Blindspot Ken LeeEpisode: "The Tale of the Book of Secrets"
2019–2020 Mickey and the Roadster Racers Additional Voices2 episodes
2020 Grey's Anatomy Steve Lee2 episodes
2020–2023 Hunters Joe Mizushima18 episodes
2022–2024 Pachinko Mamoru Yoshii7 episodes
2023 Jack Ryan Chao Fah6 episodes
2024 Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Fan Fan (voice)Episode: "There's Always a Fortune in the Cookie Factory"

Voice work

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2022Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate PreyEiji KawakamiSegment: "Kyodai" [5]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Midnight Club: Los Angeles AndrewCredited as Louis Changchien
2009 Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned The New Crowd of Liberty CityCredited as Louis Changchien

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ↑ "At the Movies: Predators". audrey. July 8, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Breaking barriers in Hollywood - Louis Ozawa Changchien". asiancemagazine. August 10, 2010. Archived from the original on January 5, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "From Predators to Year Zero: Interview with Louis Ozawa Ozawa Changchienen". 8asians. May 10, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Interview with Actor Louis Ozawa Changchien on Upcoming Film "Predators"". gigazine. January 12, 2010. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ Squires, John (March 8, 2022). "'Aliens vs Predators: Ultimate Prey': Features 15 Original 'AVP' Stores!". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved April 24, 2022.
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