Anecdotes

The 21 Jump Street (1987) episode, Christmas in Saigon (1987), was based on his own escape from Vietnam.

His first wife, Angela Rockwood, was left a quadriplegic in a car accident on September 3, 2001, that killed Thuy Trang. The couple divorced in 2011.

Has two children with Bebe Pham named Sky and Scarlett.

Played the character of "Suki" on Hôpital central (1963), in the Asian quarter storyline.

His vehicular soul mate is his Ducati motorcycle which he races at the tracks.