Philip Moon (actor)

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Philip Moon
Born
(1961-11-05) November 5, 1961 (age 62)
Education Hunter College
Harvard University
OccupationActor

Philip Moon (born November 5, 1961) is an American actor of Asian descent who has appeared primarily in television. He is best known for playing Keemo Volien Abbott in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1994 to 1996, Mr. Lee in the TV series Deadwood (2005), and the thug Woo in the 1998 Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski . In 2007, he played the leading role in Allen Blumberg's drama film Ghosts of the Heartland . In 2011, he appeared in the "Dead Ringer" episode of CSI: Miami .

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Education

Moon graduated from Hunter College and the Institute for Advanced Theater Training [1] at Harvard University.

Career

Moon made his screen debut in the 1988 Catlin Adams comedy Sticky Fingers . This was followed by minor roles in the TV series As the World Turns and in Peter Wang's Hong Kong crime comedy The Laser Man in which he played a soldier. [2] In 1991, he appeared in the series L. A. Law , and had minor roles in blockbuster movies such as Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) in which he played a squad member, and Batman Forever (1995) in which he played a newsreader. [3]

In 1994, Moon appeared in the PBS miniseries Tales of the City as Lionel, the father of DeDe Halycon Day's illegitimate twins. He later portrayed Keemo Volien Abbott on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1994 to 1996, which won him a Soap Opera Digest nomination for Outstanding Male Newcomer in 1995. [4] Transatlantic magazine described Moon as a 6'3", muscular "soap stud" with a "soft voice" during this stint playing Abbott. [5]

In 1997, he had a role opposite David Duchovny and Angelina Jolie in Andy Wilson's Playing God . [6] In 1998, Moon starred alongside Jeff Bridges as Woo, one of the "Treehorn Thugs" who urinates on The Dude's rug in The Big Lebowski . [7] [8] He is referred to in the film by Bridges as "the Chinaman who peed on my rug", [9] in which John Goodman prompts him that he's "Asian-American". In the late 1990s and early 2000s he had a string of roles playing police officers, including the 1998 TV movie Tempting Fate, the 1998 film Love Kills , and portraying detective Steven Nimh in the series Walker, Texas Ranger opposite Chuck Norris in 2000.

In 2004, Moon had a role as Lieutenant Jim Wong in the popular series 24 , followed by a stint as Lee in the series Deadwood in which he appeared in five episodes. [10] In 2007 he had a leading role in Allen Blumberg's drama film Ghosts of the Heartland opposite Michael Santoro and David Midthunder. In 2011 he appeared in the "Dead Ringer" episode of season 10 of CSI: Miami as Don Tillman. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Sticky Fingers Ike
1988 The Laser Man Soldier
1989 Longtime Companion Restaurant Bartender
1990 A Shock to the System Henry Park
1990 Cadillac Man Nightclub Selector
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 Squad Member #5
1993 The Joy Luck Club Ken
1994 S.F.W. Reporter
1995 Batman Forever Male Newscaster
1997 Playing God Casey
1998 The Big Lebowski Treehorn Thug #1
1998 Love Kills The Rookie Cop
1998No SalidaJian
2004 Close Call David Kim
2006 The Genius Club Professor Lee
2007 88 Minutes The Prosecutor
2007Ghosts of the HeartlandRoland
2009Company RetreatTerry Yian
2015The NetworkerDavid Finkelstein

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Guiding Light TanakaEpisode #1.9453
1988 As the World Turns Tuan LyEpisode: "Hank Comes Out"
1991 L.A. Law A.D.A. John StephansEpisode: "Good to the Last Drop"
1991 Blood Ties Jury ForemanTelevision film
1992 Nightmare in the Daylight San Francisco Detective
1993 Running Delilah Technician #2
1993 Tales of the City Lionel WongEpisode #1.2
1994 Time Trax Sessue HiroshiEpisode: "Return of the Yakuza"
1994 Models Inc. John WooEpisode: "Pilot"
1994 Renegade Paul HajimotoEpisode: "Black Wind"
1994–1996 The Young and the Restless Keemo8 episodes
1996 NYPD Blue Eddie WongEpisode: "Sorry, Wong Suspect"
1996 Babylon 5 AshiEpisode: "Dust to Dust"
1998 The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy ValoisTelevision film
1998 Tempting Fate Police Official
1998A Wing and a PrayerBeastmaster
2000 Walker, Texas Ranger Detective Steven NimhEpisode: "The General's Return"
2001 Passions T.V. ReporterEpisode #1.388
2001 The Division Benny ChowEpisode: "Absolution"
2004 24 Lieutenant Jim WongEpisode: "Day 3: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m."
2005 Deadwood Lee6 episodes
2007 Numbers Munson's TrainerEpisode: "Contenders"
2008 Pretty/Handsome William WangTelevision film
2009 Hydra Dr. Kim
2011 CSI: Miami Don TillmanEpisode: "Dead Ringer"
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Makai AkanaEpisode: "Mo'o 'olelo Pu"
2015 True Detective Ashley DaisonEpisode: "Maybe Tomorrow"

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