Russell Yuen

Actor Oct 30 (age 60) Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1989–2025 (36 year career)

5.8 avg rating

Biography

Toronto/Montreal-based Russell Yuen is one of Canada's busiest character actors. Like most actors Yuen spent his early career doing an assortment of jobs to make ends meet while he became established. Unlike most actors it wasn't waiting tables or serving drinks. A dedicated athlete, Yuen spent his time as a white water rescuer and rafting guide in Northern Quebec, ran a Nautilus facility and worked as a fitness trainer. Yuen is also an enthusiastic scuba diver, a mountain and ice-climber, an i…

Known For

Film

Arrival

Chinese Scientist

Film

The Day After Tomorrow

Hideki, Japanese Astronaut

Film

The Bone Collector

Forensics Worker

Film

Thanksgiving

Detective Peter Chu

Film

The Apprentice

Creditor

Film

The Red Violin

Older Ming (Montréal)

Film

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

Cheer Announcer #1

Film

Shattered Glass

Emmit Rich

Filmography

Acting (105)

Movies (80)

Hunting Grounds

2025

as Harold

6.8

A Wild West Christmas

as Mayor Jones

The Unrestricted War

as Director Han

The Piano Killer

The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story

2025

as Det. Mitchell

8.7

Rich Kid

2025

as Wayne Young

The Apprentice

2024

as Creditor

6.9

The Legacy of Cloudy Falls

2024

as Alan

Thanksgiving

2023

as Detective Peter Chu

6.5

The Time is Right

2023

as Mr. Chen

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

2022

as Cheer Announcer #1

7.3

A Tail of Love

2022

as Dale

6.8

Fallen Angels Murder Club: Heroes and Felons

as D.A Lincoln

Crisis

as FDA Group Member

Dancing Through the Shadow

2021

as Baba

Pretty Cheaters, Deadly Lies

2020

as Principal Crawford

6.0

Claws of the Red Dragon

2019

as David Liu

Taken Too Far

as Detective Nada

Arrival

as Chinese Scientist

A Family Man

as Recruiter #1

Brace for Impact

as Group Leader

Corner Gas: The Movie

as Won Hu

Midnight Sun

as Asian Doctor

Nicky Deuce

as Oscar the Undertaker

A Very Merry Mix-Up

as Dr. Stark

Happy Slapping

as Tiki's Father

Lazyboy

as Homme qui pleure

Look Again

2011

as CSI Official

4.3

The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice

as Mr. Wan

The Bait

as Chang

A Cargo to Africa

WarGames: The Dead Code

2008

as David Chen (Tech)

5.1

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

2007

as Police Officer Wong

A Life Interrupted

as George Li

The Secret

as ICU Doctor #2

'Til Lies Do Us Part

as Dr. Kim

My First Wedding

as Nocny urzędnik

Lies and Deception

as Medical Examiner

Left Behind: World at War

2005

as Chinese Officer

4.2

Elvis Gratton 3 : Le retour d'Elvis Wong

2004

as RCMP

4.9

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

as Hideki, Japanese Astronaut

6.5

Open Heart

2004

as Peter Lee

6.0

When Angels Come to Town

as Town Resident #1

Owning Mahowny

as Auditor

Shattered Glass

as Emmit Rich

Bulletproof Monk

as Brother Tenzin

The Human Stain

as Chinese Waiter

Deception

as Director

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002

as Oliver

4.4

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

as Alvin Ng

Guilty Hearts

as Cliff

Dangerous People

as Luck Foo

Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534

as Roger Lee

Pressure Point

as Sam Lee

The Tracker

as Bodyguard Yan

Eye of the Beholder

as Federal Agent #1

Someone Is Watching

as Officer Qwan

The Hustle

as Gordon Chan

Possible Worlds

as Police Officer

Race Against Time

as Runner

Between the Moon and Montevideo

2000

as Tony-Lee

The Bone Collector

as Forensics Worker

The Witness Files

Home Team

as Referee - Game #3

A Touch of Hope

as Jon Tan

Code Name: Jaguar

as Cop #2

The Lost World

as Azbek

Dead End

Airspeed

as Mark

The Red Violin

as Older Ming (Montréal)

Psychopath

as Dr. Yoshida

Snowboard Academy

as Sonjai

Hollow Point

as Chinese Bodyguard

Conundrum

as Dennis Kye

Hawk's Vengeance

as Yoon

Scanners II: The New Order

1991

as Convenience Store Thug

5.3

With Friends Like These...

as Creature

Mindfield

as Dr. Tom Luk

True Justice 2: Eye for an Eye

as Principal Adams

The Galactic Ghoul

Television (25)

Mukbang

as Min-Soo

3 Body Problem

as Emperor Zhou

Accused

as Jovan Black

Slasher: Ripper

as Mr. Chow

Saint-Jean-du-Lac

as Bao

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

as Commodore Tafune

STAT

as M. Dao

Overlord and the Underwoods

as Jojo Renault

Transplant

as Dr. Alan Yong

Blood & Treasure

as HK Detective

Frankie Drake Mysteries

as James Lee

Private Eyes

as Dr. Gary Turner

The Expanse

as Interrogator #2

Dark Matter

as Akita

Republic of Doyle

as Dr. Ng

Warehouse 13

as Hotel Concierge

Murdoch Mysteries

as Edward Chan

10.5: Apocalypse

as Ian

Mayday

as Flight Engineer Wei

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

as Donny Wong

Street Time

as Michael Yu

Relic Hunter

as Elder Monk

Twice in a Lifetime

as Agent Hoye

Earth: Final Conflict

1997

as Terry Wu

6.8

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

1992

as Mr. Chin the Cook

8.2