John Lone | |||||||||||
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Born | Ng Kwok-leung (吳國良) October 13, 1952 | ||||||||||
Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
Years active | 1976–2007 | ||||||||||
Spouse |
Nina Savino
(m. 1972; div. 1979) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 尊龍 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 尊龙 | ||||||||||
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Birth name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 吳國良 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 吴国良 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Ng Kwok-leung | ||||||||||
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John Lone (Chinese: 尊龍; Jyutping: zyun1 lung4; pinyin: Zūn Lóng; born October 13, 1952) is a Chinese-American retired actor. He starred as Puyi in the Academy Award-winning film The Last Emperor (1987), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
A veteran of the East West Players, he appeared in numerous high-profile screen and stage roles throughout the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, in films like Iceman, Year of the Dragon, M. Butterfly, The Shadow, and Rush Hour 2. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in The Moderns.