He became known to audiences through starring in the crime series "The New Adventures of Charlie Chan" (1957–1958), and through numerous appearances on the original "Hawaii Five-O" (1968–1980). Hong is best known for his roles in various Hollywood films, such as "Chinatown" (1974), "Airplane!" (1980), Hannibal Chew in "Blade Runner" (1982), David Lo Pan in "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986), Jeff Wong in "Wayne's World 2" (1993), Master Hong in "Balls of Fury" (2007), and Jerry Chen in "R.I.P.D." (2013). However, Hong also did a small part, playing "Private Old Man" in the Burt Lancaster Vietnam war thriller, "Go Tell the Spartans" (1978). As a voice actor, Hong voiced Chi-Fu in "Mulan" (1998), Daolon Wong on the animated television series "Jackie Chan Adventures" (2002–2004) and Mr. Ping in the "Kung Fu Panda" media franchise, in addition to several video game roles including "Sleeping Dogs" and ' (both 2012). Hong also voiced several characters in '. With over 600 film and television credits, he is one of the most prolific English-speaking actors of all time.