Robert Wu

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Robert Wu
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, writer
Years active1997–present

Robert Wu is an American actor, producer and writer. He played Ming, who transforms into a version of "Ming the Merciless", the arch-enemy of Flash Gordon, (during an hallucination that Sam J. Jones, the actor who plays Flash Gordon has) in Seth MacFarlane's film, Ted (2012). He has also worked with MacFarlane on episodes of Family Guy , providing voices for several characters on the show. He also has appeared as the character Scooby/Wayne on multiple episodes of The Shield .

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Career

Film and TV work

In addition to Ted , Wu has appeared in the feature films Hot Tub Time Machine (as Mr. Wang), Juwan Chung's Baby (2008) (as the first Wah Ching gangster), Kung Phooey (as Lo Fat), and Phil Gorn's S.F. (as Detective Yee). He also appeared as a translator in the squad of four in Stephane Gauger's Chinatown Squad, written by Baby co-star Feodor Chin, and starring Chin as well as other Baby co-star David Huynh.

He is probably most known for his recurring role on the TV show Family Guy as Mr. Washee Washee. Survivor's Remorse he regularly appears as Chen, a Chinese shoe executive. The Shield as Scooby / Wayne. Other TV shows he has appeared on include It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (as the Man in the episode "The Gang Gets Trapped"), Good Luck Charlie (as Tim), Criminal Minds (as Paul Jones), The Defenders (as ADA Gow), Rubicon (as Chair Bumper Guy), The Good Guys (as Lee Huang), Bones (as James Sok), 7th Heaven (as Doctor Thomas Quawn), George Lopez (as Andrew), Threshold (as Philip Choi), Numb3rs (as Raymond Hmong), Clubhouse (as Von), Robbery Homicide Division (as Binh Joe/Bobby Poon), Boston Public (as Younger Man), Nash Bridges (as Consulate Guard) and the Chinese TV series Tou du.

Video game voice work

Wu has also provided his voice talents to videogames such as Resident Evil 6 , Ace Combat: Assault Horizon , MAG , L.A. Noire , Dead to Rights: Retribution , No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle , X-Men Origins: Wolverine (the voice of David Nord/Agent Zero), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots , [1] GoldenEye: Rogue Agent , and Jet Li's Rise to Honor .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Kung Phooey Lo Fat
2007 Baby Wah Ching #1
2007 Nanking Li Pu
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Mr. WangUncredited
2012 Ted Asian Man "Ming"
2017 Logan Federale
2017Weird City: Street RootCassander LiShort film
2018LeverageTreyShort film
2019Maternal InstinctDr. LeeTelevision film
2023 The Monkey King Palace Minister, Pigsly (voices)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 George Lopez AndrewEpisode: "George Says I Do... More in This Marriage"
2011 Good Luck Charlie TimEpisode: "Meet the Parents"
2011 Criminal Minds Paul JonesEpisode: "With Friends Like This"
2011-2020 Family Guy Mr. Washee Washee, Octopus, Charles Yamamoto, various voices21 episodes
2014-2017 Survivor's Remorse Da Chen Bao22 episodes
2017 The Librarians Sterling LamEpisode: "And the Fatal Separation"
2018 The Big Bang Theory Tam Nguyen Episode: "The Tam Turbulence"

Video games

YearTitleRole
2003 Rise to Honor Billy Soon
2004 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
2008 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Enemy Soldiers, MGO Soldiers
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine David Nord/Agent Zero
2010 No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Ryuji [2]
2010 MAG S.V.E.R. Soldier #2
2010 Dead to Rights: Retribution Triad, Security Guard [3]
2011 L.A. Noire Male Pedestrian 7
2011 Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Nomad 61
2012The Expendables 2 VideogameEnemy
2012 Resident Evil 6 Civilians
2012 Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse Additional Voices
2017 LawBreakers Feng
2019 Death Stranding The Novelist's Son

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References

  1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots , closing credits, 4 minutes in - Metal Gear Online Unit - Voice-Over Cast - Soldiers
  2. "Robert Wu (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 25 February 2022. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. Volatile Games. Dead to Rights: Retribution. Namco Bandai Games. Scene: Ending credits, 2:46 and 2:56 in, Voice Over Cast.