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He served as the Governor of the Performers Peer Group at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. (2007)

He also was an activist against anti-Asian stereotyping in Hollywood. In 2016, Kwong was among about two dozen signatories on a letter to AMPAS decrying jokes made at the expense of Asians during the Oscars that year.

Friends also cited his impressive pop-locking skills.

Dancing was another specialty - from ballroom and martial arts fusion to disco and breaking.

Kwong also was an accomplished martial artist, working in Northern Shaolin kung fu, Chinese kata and with weapons including swords, staffs, spears and nunchaku.

Kwong received at the Asian World Film Festival in 2023 the Snow Leopard Award for outstanding cinematic achievement.

Kwong began his screen career in the mid-1970s with guest shots on such TV series as Wonder Woman and Black Sheep Squadron and into the 80s with Cagney & Lacey, Bret Maverick, The Greatest American Hero, Little House on the Prairie, Dynasty, The A-Team, Miami Vice, 227, St. Elsewhere, Matt Houston and others.

Along with his nearly 50-year acting career, Kwong was active in Hollywood industry politics for decades. He served on the SAG National Board of Directors for more than 10 years and was on the AFTRA National Board of Directors.

The actor known for his movies "Big Trouble In Little China" & "The Golden Child" served on the SAG National Board of Directors and L.A. Local Board in 2017.

He also did a four-year stint on the Television Academy Board of Governors and was a member of the Actors Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, among other roles.

Was not known to have been married or had children.