User:Prisencolin/Dean Harrington

Dean Harrington
Born (1948-09-09) September 9, 1948 (age 76)
NationalityAmerican
Other names迪恩哈靈頓, ディーン・ハリントン
Notable workvarious Hong Kong films, Japanese video games

Dean Harrington (born in San Francisco, 9 September 1948) is an American film and voice actor, and video production expert.[1] He started his film career in the 1980s in the Hong Kong film industry, and even worked with acclaimed directors such as Ringo Lam and John Woo.[2] He worked as an English-dub voice actor. He has also worked in US, European, and Japanese film industries. He is also considered a pioneer of Japanese video game voice acting. He has also voiced commercials, documentaries, etc. He was the announcer of the 2001 video game Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Harrington teaches Guang Ping Yang t'ai chi ch'uan in Tokyo. He currently resides in Tokyo.

His first role in the video production side was as assistant sound-FX editor to William Oliver on the 1988 Hong Kong feature "Big Heat".

Filmography

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Editor

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  • "Turns of the Wheel"

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Producer

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  • "In the World of Acupuncture" (1990)

References

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  1. ^ Charles, John. The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997: A Reference Guide to 1,100 Films Produced by British Hong Kong Studios.
  2. ^ Logan, Bey (1996). Hong Kong Action Cinema.
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Category:Male actors from San Francisco Category:American expatriates in Hong Kong Category:1948 births Category:American expatriates in Japan Category:Hong Kong male film actors Category:American male video game actors Category:Living people Category:American t'ai chi ch'uan practitioners