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This is a list of entertainers known to have performed in yellowface (where an Asian/Pacific Islander character is played by a non Asian/Pacific Islands performer).


 * John Abbott in Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as Phya Phrom
 * Amy Acker in Cabin in the Woods (2012) as Wendy Lin
 * Renee Adoree in Mr Wu (1927) as Wu Nang Ping in the US version
 * Meggie Albanesi in Mr Wu (1919) as Wu Nang Ping in the British version
 * Steve Allen in The Mikado in the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players production as the titular character
 * Morris Ankrum in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Ali Baba
 * Pedro Armendariz in The Conqueror (1956) as Jamuga
 * Gemma Arterton in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) as "exotic Indian princess Tamina"
 * Pilou Asbaek in Ghost in the Shell (2017) as Batou
 * Fred Astaire in Ziegfeld Follies (1946) dresses in yellowface in the Limehouse Blues dance number
 * Nils Asther in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) as General Yen; Night Monster (1942) as Agor Singh
 * Max Auzinger a magician who performed magic in Asian character as Ben Ali Bey
 * Hank Azaria in The Simpsons (1989-) as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
 * John Bach in Mysterious Island (1995) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * Lucille Ball in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour 's "The Riccardo's Go To Japan" episode (1959)
 * Antonio Banderas in The 13th Warrior (199 9) as Ahmad ibn Fadlan
 * Jeff Barlow in Sen Yan's Devotion (1924) as Prince Huo Sang
 * Jack Barnes in In a Lotus Garden (1931) as Cher Sang
 * Lionel Barrymore in The Mysterious Island (1929) as Count Andre Dakkar
 * Richard Barthelmess in Broken Blossoms (1919) as Cheng Huan
 * Jeanne Bates in Sabaka (1954) as Durga
 * Freja Beha in Chanel Paris-Shanghai, a Fantasy: The Short Movie (2009) this short film with Europeans in yellowface opened Karl Lagerfeld's pre-fall show; styled in yellowface in Paris Vogue November 2010 in a fashion spread called "La Geisha"
 * Leon Belasco in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Babu
 * Charles Belcher in The Thief of Baghdad (1924) as The Holy Man(Imam)/Narrator
 * John Belushi in Saturday Night Live (tv) as the recurring character of a Japanese samurai in at least sixteen episodes that appeared from 1975-1979
 * John Bennett in Dr Who Talons of Wen Chiang (1977) as Li H'sen Chang
 * Anita Berber in Around the World in 80 Days (1919) as Aoda an Indian Princess
 * Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas (2012) as Indian Party Guest
 * Jane Bertish in In the Depths of Dead Love (2017, West End) as Mrs Hu
 * Robert Bice in Dragon Seed (1944) as Lao Ta Tan
 * Don Borisenko in Genghis Khan (1965) as Jebai
 * Alex Borstein in MadTV as Ms Kwan/Swan a recurring character who is an Asian nail salon aestheticist
 * Stephen Boyd in Genghis Khan (1965) as Jamuga
 * Leslie Bradley in The Conqueror (1956) as Targutai
 * Marlon Brando in Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) as Sakini, a Japanese interpreter
 * Henry Brandon as Dr Fu Manchu in Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
 * Rossano Brazzi in The Far Pavilions (1984) as Rana of Bhithor
 * Edmund Breese in International House (1933) as Professor Wong; The Hatchet Man (1932) as Yu Chang
 * Lucille Bremer in Ziegfeld Follies (1946) in the Limehouse Blues dance number
 * Bernard Bresslaw in One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) as Fan Choy
 * Lucy Briggs-Owen in The Orphan of Zhao (2013) as The Princess in the Royal Shakespeare Company production
 * Jim Broadbent in Cloud Atlas (2012) as a Korean musician
 * Irina Brook in More Light (1987)
 * Titus Burgess in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Season 2, Episode 3, "Kimmy Goes To A Play" the character Titus played by Burgess stars as a geisha in a play
 * Keith Burns in Miss Saigon as Thuy in London's West End (1989) and on Broadway (1991)
 * Paul E. Burns in Dragon Seed (1944) as Neighbour Shen
 * Johnny Butt in Sen Yan's Devotion as O Ming
 * Susan Cabot in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Tala
 * Nicolas Cage in Grindhouse (2007) as Dr Fu Manchu
 * Michael Caine in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * David Carradine in Kung Fu (1972-1975) as the adult Kwai Chang Caine; in Crank: High Voltage (2009) as Poon Dong
 * John Carradine as Dr Fu Manchu in The Adventures of Fu Manchu: The Zayat Kiss (1952, tv)
 * Keith Carradine in Kung Fu as the younger Caine
 * Ernie Carroll as Dr Fu Manchu in Silence of the Hams (1992)
 * Corinne Carter a magician who performed magic in Chinese character as Mlle Corinne
 * Nikki Castillo as the title character in the La Jolla Playhouse production of The Nightingale (2012)
 * Rita Cave in In a Lotus Garden (1931) as Son Tu
 * Lauro Cecconi an ethnic European, possibly of English or Italian origin, who performed as "Chinese" magician Ching Lau Lauro or Professor Ching
 * Lon Chaney in Shadows (1922) as Yen Sin the heathen; in Mr Wu (1927) as the title character
 * Jack Chanin a magician who performed magic in Chinese character as Cha-Nin
 * Justin Chatwin in Dragonball Evolution (2009) as Goku
 * William Chubb in In the Depths of Dead Love (2017, West End) as Lord Ghang
 * Eduardo Cianelli in Gunga Din (1939) as the Guru
 * Louise Closser Hale in The Son-Daughter (1932) as Toy Yah
 * James Clyde in In the Depths of Dead Love (2017, West End) as Chin the poet
 * Lee J. Cobb in Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as the Kralahome/Prime Minister
 * Peter Coe in Sabaka (1954) as Taru
 * Herbert Collings a magician who performed magic in Chinese character as Col Ling Soo
 * Clifton Collins Jr in Pacific Rim (2013) as Tendo Choi
 * Stanley Collins a magician who performed magic in Chinese character as Loo Sing
 * Sean Connery in You Only Live Twice (1967) James Bond disguises himself as a Japanese bridegroom in order to elude SPECTRE assassins
 * Walter Connolly in The Good Earth (1937) as Uncle
 * William Conrad in The Conqueror (1956) as Kasar
 * William Converse-Roberts in Firefly (2002) as Gabriel Tam
 * Kenneth Cope in Genghis Khan (1965) as Subodai
 * Ted de Corsia in The Conqueror (1956) as Kumlek
 * Ken Cosentino in Rugged Extended Trailer (2013) as Fu Man Chu
 * Marion Cotillard in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Talia al Ghul
 * Tom Coventry in Sen Yan's Devotion (1924) as Li Chang
 * Ben Cross in The Far Pavilions ((1984) as Ashton/Ashok, an orphan who forgets his English parentage and lives as an Indian; in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * Roger Croucher in Genghis Khan (1965) as Kassar
 * Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow (2014) as William Cage, a whitewashed version of the novel's Japanese protagonist Keiji Kiriya
 * Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek into Darkness (2013) as Khan Noonien Singh
 * Carlo Cura in Genghis Khan (1965) as Temujin as a child
 * Tony Curtis in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Kashma Baba
 * James D'Arcy in Cloud Atlas (2012) as the Archivist
 * Willem Dafoe in Death Note (2017) as Ryuk
 * David Darlow in Kung Fu The Next Generation (1987) as Kwai Chang Caine
 * Linda Darnell in Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as Lady Tuptim
 * Keith David in Cloud Atlas (2012)
 * Bette Davis in Madame Sin (1972) in the title role
 * Eisa Davis in La Jolla Playhouse's production of The Nightingale (2012)
 * Mackenzie Davis in The Martian (2015) as Mindy Park
 * Anna Demetrio in Dragon Seed (1944) as Wu Sao
 * Brian Dennehy in Marco Polo (tv movie 2007) as Kublai Khan
 * Nick De Ruiz in East is West (1922) as Chang Lee
 * Jacqueline deWit in Dragon Seed (1944) as Wu Lien's Wife
 * Khigh Dhiegh (Kenneth Dickerson) in Studio One in Hollywood (1950) as Seu; in Robert Montgomery Presents (1951) as General Mori; United States Steel Hour (1958) as Sakamura; in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) as Dr Yen Lo; Naked City (1962) as Mr Wong; in Armstrong Circle Theater (1962) as Yangkai; Teahouse of the August Moon (1962) as Mr Sumata; 13 Frightened Girls (1963) as Kang; The Destructors (1968) as King Chou Lai; The Wild Wild West (1967-1968) Din Chang; It Takes a Thief (1968) as Fu Cheng; in Ironside (1968) as Hsia Hsu Mak; Mission Impossible (1968-1970) as Toshio Masaki/General Wo; The Hawaiians (1970) as Kai Chung; Kung Fu (tv) (1973-1974) as Warlord Sing Lu Chan, Chung, and Shang Tzu; Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974) as Dee Jen-Djieh (Judge Dee); The FBI (tv series) (1974) as Chong; Goin' Coconuts (1978) as Wong; Fantasy Island (1979) as Colonel Chan; in Hawaii 5-O (1968-1980) as Wo Fat; in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) as Dr Yen Lo; in Noble House (1988) as Four Finger Wu; Forbidden Nights (1990) as Lu Ming
 * Dudley Digges in The Hatchet Man (1932) as Nog Hong Fah
 * Joe Dixon in The Orphan of Zhao (2013) as Tu'an Gu in the Royal Shakespeare Company production
 * Robert Donat in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) as the Mandarin
 * Robert Donner in Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) as Swarma
 * Françoise Dorléac in Genghis Khan (1965) as Bortei
 * Gordon Douglas in First Yank into Tokyo (1945) a US soldier undergoes plastic surgery to look Japanese in order to rescue an American scientist held in Japan
 * Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Holmes disguised himself in yellowface as a Chinese man
 * June Duprez in Little Tokyo USA (1942) as Teru; in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as the Princess;
 * Clea DuVall in Argo (2012) as Cora Lijek, who is in real life Japanese
 * Snitz Edwards in The Thief of Baghdad (1924) as the thief's Evil Associate
 * Zach Efron in Firefly (2002) as young Simon Tam
 * Anita Ekberg in Blood Alley (1955) as Wei Ling
 * Helen Jerome Eddy in Frisco Jenny (1932) as Amah; in Madame Butterfly (1932) as Cho Cho san's Mother; in First Born (1921) as Loey Tsing; in The Tong Man (1919) as Sen Chee
 * Chiwetel Ejiofor in The Martian (2015) as Vincent Kapoor
 * Roy Emerton in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as the Jailor
 * Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Baghdad (1924) as Ahmed the thief
 * Jake Fairbrother in The Orphan of Zhao (2012) as Cheng Bo
 * Sean Faris in The King of Fighters (2010) as Kyo Kusanagi
 * Leslie Fenton in The Hatchet Man (1932) as Harry En Hai
 * Jose Ferrer in The Return of Captain Nemo (1978) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * William Fichtner in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) as Eric Sacks, a villain who is typically depicted as Japanese
 * Paul Fix in Blood Alley (1955) as Mr Tso
 * June Foray in Sabaka (1954) as Marku Ponjoy, High Priestess of Sabaka
 * Harrison Ford in Extraordinary Measures (2010) in an example of racebending, Ford plays a character based on real life Dr Yuan-Tsong Chen, a potential Nobel prize candidate who developed the Pompe cure; Dr Chen was racebent into the character Robert Stonehill so that he could be played by Caucasian Ford
 * Will Forte in Saturday Night Live as Chinese President Hu Jintao that aired in 2009
 * Sidney Franklin in The Vermilion Pencil (1922) as Fu Wong
 * Seychelle Gabriel in The Last Airbender (2010) as Princess Yue
 * Leo Genn in 55 Days at Peking (1963) as General Jung Lu
 * Baptiste Giabiconi in Chanel Paris-Shanghai, a Fantasy: The Short Movie (2009) this short film with Europeans in yellowface opened Karl Lagerfeld's pre-fall show
 * Wade Gibb in Hanger (2009) as Russell, a Chinese man with Down Syndrome
 * John Gielgud in Lost Horizon (1973) as Chang
 * Summer Glau in the tv series Firefly (2002) and its subsequent film Serenity (2005) as River Tam
 * Thomas Gomez in The Conqueror (1956) as Wang Khan
 * Stella Gonet in In the Depths of Dead Love (2017, West End) as Lady Hasi
 * Glen Gordon as Dr Fu Manchu in The Adventures of Dr Fu Manchu (1956, tv) in thirteen episodes
 * Leo Gordon in The Conqueror (1956) as Tartar Captain
 * Xavier Gouault in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (tv), episode "Murder in the Dark" (2012) as Fu Man Chu
 * Hugh Grant in Cloud Atlas (2012) as Seer Rhee
 * Richard E. Grant in In the Depths of Dead Love (2013) as Chin the poet
 * Charley Grapewin in The Good Earth (1937) as Old Father
 * Joel Grey in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) as Chiun
 * Wilson Grey as Dr Fu Manchu in The Seven Vampires (As Sete Vampiras) (1986)
 * Francis Guinan in The Last Airbender (2010) as Master Pakku
 * Alec Guinness in A Majority of One (1961) as Koichi Asano; in A Passage to India (1984) as the Indian Professor Godbole
 * Damon Gupton in The Last Airbender (2010) as Monk Gyatso
 * Jake Gyllenhaal in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) as 6th century Persian prince Dastan
 * Adelaide Hall in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as the Singer
 * Juanita Hall in Flower Drum Song (1961) as Auntie Liang; in South Pacific as Pacific islander Bloody Mary
 * Alyson Hannigan in How I Met Your Mother in the episode "Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra" (2014)
 * Jim Harper, Detroit area radio and tv personality hosted late night movies as "Charlie Rum," a caricature of multiple derogatory Asian stereotypes
 * Rex Harrison in Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as King Mongkut
 * Josh Hartnett in 30 Days of Night (2007) as originally Inuit Sheriff Eben
 * Arthur Hartopp a magician who performed magic in Chinese character as Li Sing Foo
 * Hurd Hatfield in Dragon Seed (1944) as Lao San Tan
 * Helen Hayes in The Son-Daughter (1932) as Lien Wha
 * Susan Hayward in The Conqueror (1956) as Bortai
 * Robert Helpmann in 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Prince Tuan
 * Katharine Hepburn in Dragon Seed (1944) as Jade Tan
 * Isabella Hofmann in Firefly (2002) as Regan Tam
 * Patrick Holt in Genghis Khan (1965) as Kuchluk
 * Allan Holubar in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * Michael Hordern in Genghis Khan (1965) as Geen
 * Katherine Houghton in The Last Airbender (2010) as Katara's Grandma
 * Lisa Howard in Sabaka (1954) as Indria
 * John Hoyt in The Conqueror (1956) as Shaman
 * Harold Huber in The Good Earth (1937) as Cousin; in Little Tokyo, USA (1942) as Ito Takimura
 * Michael Derrick Hudson a European-American/white poet who wrote as Miss Yi-Fen Chou
 * Jean Hugard (1872-1959) a magician who performed magic in Chinese character as Chin Sun Loo
 * Linda Hunt in Year of Living Dangerously (1982) as Billy Kwan
 * Brandon Hurst in The Thief of Baghdad (1924) as the Caliph
 * Walter Huston in Dragon Seed (1944) as Ling Tan
 * Olaf Hytten in The Good Earth (1937) as Liu the grain merchant
 * Rex Ingram in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as Djinn
 * Amy Irving in The Far Pavilions (1984) as Princess Anjuli
 * Sam Jaffe in Lost Horizon (1937) as High Lama; Gunga Din (1939) as the title role
 * Allan Jeayes in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as the Story Teller
 * Thomas Jefferson in The Vermilion Pencil (1922) as Ho Ling
 * Juan Jose Pablo Jesorum a magician who performed in Chinese character as Li Ho Chang and later just Chang
 * Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017) as Kusanagi
 * Noble Johnson in The Thief of Baghdad (1924) as the Prince of the Indies
 * Julanne Johnston in The Thief of Baghdad (1924) as the Princess
 * Jennifer Jones in Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) as Han Suyin
 * Victor Jory in Sabaka (1954) as Ashok; in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Caliph
 * Curd Juergens in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) as Colonel Lin
 * John Justin in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as Ahmad
 * Anna Karina in Pierrot le Fou (1965) Karina literally painted her face yellow and vocalised gibberish meant to represent an Asian language during a mid film skit "satirising American involvement in the Vietnam War"
 * Boris Karloff in The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) as Fu Manchu; as the title role in Mr Wong detective films, including Mr Wong, Detective (1938), The Mystery of Mr Wong (1939), Mr Wong in Chinatown (1939), The Fatal Hour (1940), Doomed to Die (1940), Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
 * Karlie Kloss a model who appeared in full yellowface in Vogue's March 2017 "Diversity" issue, she later apolgised for it
 * Berry Kroeger in Blood Alley (1955) as Old Feng
 * Lou Krugman in Sabaka (1954) as Maharajah of Bakore
 * Will Kuluva in Hawaii Five-O in season 1 episode entitled "By the Numbers" as Philip Lo, season 2 episode "To Hell with Babe Ruth" as Yuko Takuma, a Japanese clock shop owner
 * Ashton Kutcher in an ad for Popchips as "Bollywood Producer Raj" (2012)
 * George LaFollette - a magician who performed magic in Chinese character as Rush Ling Toy
 * Matheson Lang in Mr Wu (1919) as the title character in the British version
 * Frank Lanning in East is West (1922) as Hop Toy
 * Piper Laurie in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Princess Azura of Fez/Kiki
 * Sean Lawlor in 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * Catrina Lear in More Light (2009) at the Arcola Theatre on London's West End as the titular character
 * Christopher Lee in Tales of Hans Andersen (1953-1955) in "The Nightingale" as the Emperor of China; in The Terror of the Tongs (1961) as Chung King; in The Devil's Daffodil (1961) as Ling Chu; as Fu Manchu (1965-1969) in The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967), The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968), The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969); in The Far Pavilions (1984) as Kakaji Rao
 * John Leguizamo in The Pest (1997), donned yellowface twice as a Chinese man and a Japanese man, both portrayed as stereotypical Asian caricatures
 * Mark Lenard in Hawaii Five-O, season 2 episode entitled "To Hell with Babe Ruth" as Yoshio Nagata, an escaped mental patient
 * Leon Harry Levy (1876-1951) a magician who performed in Asian character as Chunda Hula and later as Kadan Sami; he was later also known as The Great Leon
 * Jerry Lewis in Living It Up (1954) as an Asian doctor; Hardly Working (1981) as a Japanese chef at Benihana's
 * Robert Lewis in Dragon Seed (1944) as Captain Sato
 * Chris Lilley in We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year (2005) as Ricky Wong; as Tongan teenager Jonah Takalua in Summer Heights High (2007) and Jonah from Tonga (2014)
 * Peter Lorre in the Mr Moto film series (1937-1939) as Kentaro Moto, including Think Fast, Mr Moto (1937), Thank You Mr Moto (1937), Mr Moto's Gamble (1938), Mr Moto Takes a Chance (1938), Mysterious Mr Moto (1938), Mr Moto's Last Warning (1939), Mr Moto in Danger Island (1939), Mr Moto Takes a Vacation (1939); They Met in Bombay (1941) Captain Chang; Climax! in the episode "The Man Who Lost His Head" (1956) as Mr Ho; Playhouse 90 in the episode "Turn Left at Everest" (1958) as Tenzing
 * Tilly Losch in The Good Earth (1937) as Lotus
 * Bessie Love in The Vermilion Pencil (1922) as Hyancinth; The Purple Dawn (1923) as Mui Far
 * Edmund Lowe in Chandu the Magician (1932) as Chandu/Frank Chandler
 * Myrna Loy in Thirteen Women as Georgi; Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) as Fah Lo See; The Show of Shows (1929) in the "Chinese Fantasy" segment; A Girl in Every Port as the Girl in China
 * Nick Lucas in The Show of Shows (1929) in the "Chinese Fantasy" segment
 * Bela Lugosi in The Mysterious Mr Wong (1934) as Mr Wong/Li See; in The Return of Chandu (1934) and Chandu on the Magic Island (1935) as Chandu the Magician/Frank Chandler
 * H. Agar Lyons as Fu Manchu in Aaron's Rod (1923), The Call of Siva (1923), The Clue of the Pigtail (1923), The Cry of the Nighthawk (1923), The Fiery Hand (1923), The Fungi Cellars (1923), The Knocking on the Door (1923), The Man with the Limp (1923), The Miracle (1923), The Queen of Hearts (1923), The Sacred Order (1923), The Scented Envelopes (1923), The Shrine of the Seven Lamps (1923), The Silver Buddha (1923), The West Case (1923), The Mystery of Dr Fu Manchu (1923), The Cafe L'Egypte (1924), The Coughing Horror (1924), Cragmire Tower (1924), The Golden Pomegranates (1924), The Green Mist (1924), Greywater Park (1924), Karamaneh (1924), The Midnight Summons (1924); as Dr Sin Fang in Under the Tide (1928), The Zone of Death (1928), The Torture Cage (1928), The Scarred Face (1928), The Living Death (1928), The Light on the Wall (1928), Chinatown Nights (1938); in One Arabian Night (1923) as Li Pong; in Sen Yan's Devotion (1924) as the High Priest; in In a Lotus Garden (1931) as the Mandarin
 * L. Rogers Lytton in The Forbidden City (1918) as Chinese Emperor
 * Shirley MacLaine in Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Aouda an Indian Princess; in My Geisha (1962) as Yoko Mori/Lucy Dell, a white actress who dons yellowface to convince her husband to cast her in a production of Madame Butterfly
 * Aline MacMahon in Dragon Seed (1944) as Ling Tan's Wife
 * Sean Maher in the tv show Firefly and its subsequent film Serenity (2005) as Simon Tam
 * Miles Malleson in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as the Sultan of Basra
 * Peter Mamakos in The Conqueror (1956) as Bogurchi
 * Stephen Manley in Kung Fu
 * Nino Marcel in Sabaka (1954) as Gunga Ram
 * Thomas Margulies in Genghis Khan (1965) as Jochi
 * Andreja Maricic in Genghis Khan (1965) as Chagedai
 * Paul Marion in Sabaka (1954) as Kumar
 * Tully Marshall in The Hatchet Man (1932) as Long Sen Yat
 * Ross Martin in The Return of Charlie Chan (1973) as Charlie Chan
 * Larry Martyn in the Comedy Playhouse tv series, episode "Elementary My Dear Watson" (1973)
 * James Mason in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo; Genghis Khan (1965) as Kam Ling; in The Yin and Yang of Mr Go (1970) as Y.Y. Go
 * Mike Mazurki in Blood Alley (1955) as Big Han; in 7 Women (1966) as Tunga Khan, bandit leader
 * Melissa McCarthy in Saturday Night Live (tv) skit which aired in 2014
 * Roddy McDowell in Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988) as Chiun
 * Philip McGinley in More Light (2009) at the Arcola Theatre on the West End as the character Man
 * Zach McGowan in Ni'ihau (2018) as Benehakaka "Ben" Kanahele
 * Mark McKinney in Kids in the Hall, season 1, episode 10 (original air date January 9, 1990) in the skit "McGillicuty and Kurusawa" dresses as a Japanese man in a kimono, sparse beard, and a Japanese accent
 * Henry McNab in Grindsploitation 2, The Lost Reels (2016) as Dr Fu Manchu
 * Michael McQuary in Fu Manchu Chapter 13 Watch Your Step as Dr Fu Manchu (2015)
 * George Melies in Tchin-Chao the Chinese Conjurer (1904) as Tchin-Chao
 * Ivan Mezies in The Mikado (1924) as Ko Ko
 * Lou Merrill in Sabaka (1954) as Koobah
 * Charles B. Middleton in The Hatchet Man (1932) as Lip Hop Fat; in The Good Earth (1937) as Banker (uncredited) in various Flash Gordon films as Emperor Ming/Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon (1936), Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
 * Marvin Miller in Mysteries of Chinatown (tv, 1949-1950) as Dr Yat Fu
 * Yvonne Mitchell in Genghis Khan (1965) as Katke
 * Gerald Mohr in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Captain Youssef
 * Alfred Molina in Not Without My Daughter (1991) as Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody
 * Giorgia Moll in The Quiet American (1958) as Phuong
 * Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) as Khan Noonien Singh; in Sayonara (1957) as Nakamura ; in Hawaii Five-O in season 1 episode "Samurai" as Leonard Tokura, head of organized crime in Hawaii
 * Agnes Moorehead in Dragon Seed (1944) as Third Cousin's Wife; in The Conqueror (1956) as Hunlun
 * Rita Moreno in The King and I (1956) as Tuptim
 * Dermot Morgan in the Channel 4 (UK) television series Father Ted as the titular character in the episode "Are You Right There Father Ted?" 3rd series, episode 1 (originally aired March 13, 1998)
 * Ralph Morgan in The Son-Daughter (1932) as Fang Fou Hy
 * Robert Morley in Genghis Khan (1965) as the Emperor of China
 * Mary Morris in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as Halima
 * Richard Morrison in Hawaii Five-O, season 4 episode "Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise?" as Asian Lai Han
 * Neyle Morrow in Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as Phra Palat
 * Bobby Moynihan in a Saturday Night Live skit which aired in 2014
 * Paul Muni in The Good Earth (1937) as Wang Lung
 * Eddie Murphy in Norbit (2007) as Mr Wong
 * J. Carrol Naish in The Hatchet Man (1932) as Sun Yat Ming; in Dragon Seed (1944) as Japanese Kitchen Overseer; as Charlie Chan in The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957, tv series)
 * Paul Naschy as Dr Fu Manchu in La hija de Fu Manchu '72 (1990)
 * Liam Neeson in Batman Begins (2005) as Ra's al Ghul
 * Claudia Netto in the Brazilian production of the musical Avenue Q  as Christmas Eve, a Japanese character
 * Henry Nicholls-Bates in Sen Yan's Devotion (1924) as Wun Li
 * Leonard Nimoy in Marco Polo (1982, tv) as Achmet
 * Ramon Novarro in The Son-Daughter (1932) as Tom Lee
 * Jay Novello in Sabaka (1954) as Damji
 * Hugh O'Brian in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Hussein
 * Warner Oland in East is West (1922) as Charley Yong; as Fu Manchu (1929-1931) in The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu (1929), Paramount on Parade (1930), The Return of Dr Fu Manchu (1930), Daughter of the Dragon (1931); as Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931) Charlie Chan Carries On (1931), Charlie Chan in London (1934), Charlie Chan in Paris (1935), Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935), Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935), Charlie Chan's Secret (1936), Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936), Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937), Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937), Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937); in Shanghai Express (1932) as Henry Chang; in The Son-Daughter (1932) as Fen Sha
 * David Opatashu in Hawaii Five-O, season 1 episode entitled "Face of the Dragon" as Shen Yu-Lan, an Asian patriarch, season 4 episode "A Matter of Mutual Concern" as gang boss Li Wing
 * Louise Parker in More Light (2012) on Broadway as the titular character
 * Bill Paxton in Edge of Tomorrow (2014) as Bartoleme Ferrell, a man of Japanese-Brazilian descent
 * Guy Pearce in Iron Man 3 (2013) as The Mandarin/Aldrich Killian
 * Edward Peil Sr in The Dragon Painter (1919) as Kano Indara; in The Purple Dawn (1923) as Wong Chang
 * Nicola Peltz in The Last Airbender (2010) as Katara
 * Leonard Penn in Mysterious Island (1951) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * Radames Pera in Kung Fu (1972-1975) as child Caine
 * Hay Petrie in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as the Astrologer
 * Augusta Pfaff - aka Olive "Dot" Path, a magician's assistant and romantic partner of William Robinson, in the character of Suee Seen, the "Chinese wife" of Robinson
 * Mary Pickford in Madame Butterfly (1915) as Cio Cio San
 * Philip Pine in Hawaii Five-O, season 2, episode entitled "Which Way Did They Go?" as Toshi Nomuru, season 3 episode "The Gunrunner" as a local businessman Bajano
 * Michael Pitt in Ghost in the Shell (2017) as Kuze
 * Jonathan Pryce in Miss Saigon as Tran Van Dinh (aka "The Engineer"), originated the role in London's West End (1989) and on Broadway (1991)
 * Margaret Qualley in Death Note (2017) as Misa Amane/Mia Sutton
 * Anthony Quinn in Island of Lost Men (1939) as Chang Tai, a Chinese agent; in China Sky (1945) as Chen To; in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Auda ibu Tayi
 * Josh Radnor in How I Met Your Mother in the episode "Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra" (2014)
 * Frances Rafferty in Dragon Seed (1944) as Orchid Tan, Lao Ta's wife
 * Ted Raimi in My Name is Bruce (2008) as Wing
 * Luise Rainer in The Good Earth (1937) as O-Lan, for which an Oscar was won
 * Tony Randall in The 7 Faces of Dr Lao (1964) as Dr Lao
 * Jackson Rathbone in The Last Airbender (2010) as Sokka
 * Michael Rayle in The Forbidden City (1918) as The Mandarin
 * Fred Raynham in Sen Yan's Devotion (1924) as Lutan Singh
 * Corbin Reid in La Jolla Playhouse's 2012 production of The Nightingale
 * Tito Renaldo in Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as Crown Prince Chulalongkorn
 * Clive Revill in One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) as Quon
 * William Reynolds in Son of Ali Baba (1952) as Mustapha
 * Noah Ringer in The Last Airbender (2010) as Aang
 * Skylar Roberge in Firefly (2002) as young River Tam
 * Edward G. Robinson in The Hatchet Man (1932) as Wong Low Get; in East Is West (1930) as Charlie Yong
 * William Ellsworth Robinson - magician who performed using the stage name Chung Ling Soo (active 1900-1918)
 * Flora Robson in 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi
 * Paul Rodriguez in Cloud 9 (2006) as Mr Wong
 * Gustavo Rojo in Genghis Khan (1965) as Altan
 * Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) as Mr Yunioshi
 * Dave Ross in The Mikado (July 2014) as Ko Ko at Bagley Wright Theatre, Seattle
 * Jed Rowan in The Wright Stuff (2005, tv) as Dr Fu Manchu
 * Robert Ryan in Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * Alfred Ryder in Hawaii Five-O, season 3 episode entitled "The Late John Louisiana" as Quon, a Fu Manchu mustached Asian
 * Gloria Saunders in Mysteries of Chinatown (tv, 1949-1950) as Ah Toy
 * George Savalas in Genghis Khan (1965) as Toktoa
 * Telly Savalas in Genghis Khan (1965) as Shan
 * Joseph Scherer a magician who performed magic in Asian character as Sidi Ali
 * Clemens Schick in The Girl from Nagasaki (2013) as Prince Yamadori
 * Claudia Schiffer is styled in yellowface by designer Karl Lagerfeld in a 2010 photo shoot for the 60th anniversary edition of the German magazine Stern Fotografie; the German model also appears in blackface on the issue, which features six different covers with Schiffer in different costumes
 * Seann William Scott in Bulletproof Monk (2003) as originally Tibetan American Kar
 * Vito Scotti in Gilligan's Island in two episodes "So Sorry, My Island Now" as a Japanese soldier unaware WWII ended and "Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?" (both 1965) as a Japanese sailor; in Rescue 8 (tv) in the episode "International Incident" (1959) as Dal Singh; in Sabaka (1954) as Rama
 * Peter Sellars in The Party (1968) as Hrundi V. Bakshi; in Murder By Death (1976) as Sidney Wang; Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Inspector Clouseau had many disguises which included the quintessential Chinaman stereotype; The Fiendish Plot of Dr Fu Manchu (1980) as Fu Manchu
 * Morton Selten in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as the Old King
 * Omar Sharif in Genghis Khan (1965) as Temujin Genghis Khan; in La Isla Misteriosa y el Capitán Nemo (1973) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo; in The Far Pavilions (1984) as Koda Dad
 * Mark Sheppard in Dollhouse (2009-2010) as Graham Tanaka; in Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2012) as Young Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * W. Morgan Sheppard in Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2012) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * Henry Silva in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) as Chunjin; The Return of Mr Moto in the title role
 * Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother in the episode "Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra" (2014)
 * Gale Sondergaard in The Letter (1940) as Mrs Hammond, a character that was originally Chinese but "whitewashed" into a Eurasian that was a trope of the "dragonlady;" in Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as Lady Thiang the head wife
 * Michael Spice in Dr Who Talons of Wen Chiang (1977) as Wen Chiang
 * Bobby Steggert in La Jolla Playhouse's production of The Nightingale (2012)
 * Frederick Steinbrucker a German-American vaudeville performer/juggler who worked under the Japanese pseudonym O. K. Sato
 * Fisher Stevens in Short Circuit (1986) and Short Circuit 2 (1988) as Ben Jabituya
 * Patrick Stewart in Mysterious Island (2005) as Prince Dakkar/Captain Nemo
 * Dean Stockwell in Twilight Zone episode "A Quality of Mercy" (1961) as Lt Yamuri
 * Emma Stone in Aloha (2015) as Alison Ng
 * Lewis Stone in The Son-Daughter (1932) as Dr Dong Tong
 * Woody Strode in Genghis Khan (1965) as Sengal; in 7 Women (1966) as Lean Warrior
 * Leonard Strong in Get Smart as The Claw, head of the Asian branch of KAOS, in the episode "Diplomat's Daughter" (1965)
 * Jim Sturgess in Cloud Atlas as Hae-Joo Chang ; in 21 (2008) as Ben based on Jeff Ma, an example of whitewashing where an original Asian source, a real person, is converted into a white character
 * Tilda Swinton in Dr Strange (2016) as Yao, a Himalayan sage (aka The Ancient One)
 * Max von Sydow in Flash Gordon (1980) as Emperor Ming
 * Constance Talmadge in East is West (1922) as Ming Toy
 * Norma Talmadge in The Forbidden City (1918) as San San/Toy
 * Akim Tamiroff in Dragon Seed (1944) as Wu Lien
 * Shirley Temple in Stowaway (1936) as Ching Ching
 * Jovan Tesic in Genghis Khan (1965) as Fut Su
 * Sidney Toler appeared in 22 films as Charlie Chan (1938-1944) including Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938), Charlie Chan in Reno (1939), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), City in Darkness (1939), Charlie Chan in Panama (1940), Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940), Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940), Murder Over New York (1940), Dead Men Tell (1941), Charlie Chan in Rio (1941), Castle in the Desert (1942), Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944), The Chinese Cat (1944), Black Magic (1944), The Jade Mask (1945), The Scarlet Clue (1945), The Shanghai Cobra (1945), The Red Dragon (1945), Dark Alibi (1946), Shadows Over Chinatown (1946), Dangerous Money (1946), The Trap (1946); in King of Chinatown (1939) as Dr Chang Ling; The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943) as General Kai Ling; White Savage (1943) as Wong
 * Juan Torena as Charlie Chan in Eran Trece (1931) a Spanish language version
 * Janette Tough in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) as Japanese designer Huki Muki
 * Henry Travers in Dragon Seed (1944) as Third Cousin
 * James Tucker in The Orphan of Zhao (2012) as Zhao Dun in the Royal Shakespeare Company production
 * Graham Turner in The Orphan of Zhao (2012) as Cheng Ying in the Royal Shakespeare Company production
 * Tracey Ullman in Tracey Takes On... (tv) as Mrs Noh Nang Ning
 * Peter Ustinov in One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) as Hnup Wan; Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) as Charlie Chan
 * Vivian Vance in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour "The Riccardo's Go To Japan" episode (1959)
 * Lee Van Cleef in The Conqueror (1956) as Chepei
 * Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997) and Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) as originally Filipino Juan "Johnnie" Rico
 * Wendy van Dijk, Dutch actress and tv presenter who has appeared on multiple tv shows and in the film Uschi Must Marry (2013) as Uschi Hirosaki, a Japanese journalist caricature based on stereotypes
 * Conrad Veidt in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as Jaffar
 * Lupe Velez in East is West (1930) as Ming Toy
 * Dusan Vuisic in Genghis Khan (1965) as Ho Mun Tim
 * Christopher Walken in Balls of Fury (2007) as Feng
 * David Walliams, the actor appeared dressed as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an annual Halloween party (2017) hosted by UK television presenter Jonathan Ross which receives much press
 * H. B. Warner in Lost Horizon (1937) as Chang; in The Son-Daughter (1932) as Sin Kai
 * E. Alyn Warren in The Forbidden City (1918) as Wong Li; in East is West (1922) as Lo Sang Kee
 * John Wayne in The Conqueror (1956) as Genghis Khan
 * Hugo Weaving in Cloud Atlas (2012) as Boardman Mephi
 * Peter Weller in the Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984) as the title role
 * Arthur Henry (Al) Wheatley a magician who performed magic in Chinese characters as Ching Ling Fu, Tung Pin Soo, Chop Chop
 * Philip Whitchurch in The Orphan of Zhao (2012) as Wei Jiang in the Royal Shakespeare Company production
 * Omar Whitehead in The Vermilion Pencil (1922) as Ma Shue
 * Samuel Lewis Whittington-Wickes (1893-1970) a magician who performed in Chinese character as Chang Ko Lau, The Amazing Chang
 * Michael Wincott in The Girl from Nagasaki (2013) as Goro
 * Bruce Winston in The Thief of Baghdad (1940) as the Merchant
 * Roland Winters as Charlie Chan (1947-1949) in The Chinese Ring (1947), Docks of New Orleans (1948), The Shanghai Chest (1948), The Golden Eye (1948), The Feathered Serpent (1948), The Sky Dragon (1949)
 * Nat Wolff in Death Note (2017) as Light Yagami Turner
 * Charlayne Woodard in La Jolla Playhouse's production of The Nightingale (2012)
 * Hunter Ansley Wryn in Serenity (2005) as young River Tam
 * Adam Yauch in "Sabotage" a Beastie Boys music video
 * Loretta Young in The Hatchet Man (1932) as Sun Toya San

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