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| 2021 || ''Christmas at the Ranch''|| | 1997 || ''The Player'' || Intern ||
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| 2021 || ''The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu''||
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|Woo
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| 2018 || ''Dream Breaker'' || | ''Thank Heaven''||Sam Lee
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| rowspan="4" |2002
| 2017 || '']'' || Xie Yi ||
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|Nobu
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| 2017 || '']'' || Song || | ''My Daughter's Tears''||Minh Van Canh
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| 2016 || '']'' || || | '']'' || David Kamelamela
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| ''Purpose'' || Kiko ||
| 2015 || '']'' || Ling Feng ||
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| rowspan="3" |2006
| 2015 || '']'' || Shum ||
|'']''
|Shangrek
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| 2014 || '']'' || Eric || | '']'' || Kenji ||Video Game
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| 2013 || '']'' || Shaodong || | ''Fast Money'' || Jin||
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|2007
| 2012 || '']'' || Edwin Luke ||
|'']''
|Han
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|2008
| 2011 || '']'' || Sebastian ||
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|Jefferson
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|2011
| 2008 || '']'' || Jefferson ||
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|Sebastian
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|2012
| 2007 || '']'' || Han ||
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|Edwin Luke
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|2013
| 2006 || '']'' || Shangrek ||
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|Shaodong
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|2014
| 2006 || '']'' || Kenji || Video Game
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|Eric
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| 2006 || ''Fast Money'' || Jin || | rowspan="2" | 2015 || '']'' || Ling Feng ||
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| 2002 || '']'' (V) || Nobu || | '']'' || Shum ||
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| 2002 || ''My Daughter's Tears'' || Minh Van Canh ||
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| 2002 || '']'' || David Kamelamela ||
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| 2002 || ''Purpose'' || Kiko ||
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| 2001 || '']'' || Woo ||
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| 2001 || ''Thank Heaven'' || Sam Lee ||
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| rowspan="2" |1996
| 2024 || '']'' || Uncle Wong || Main Cast
|'']''
|Takeshi
|"Break a Leg" (Guest Appearance)
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| '']''|| Peter || "Fuel and Spark" (Guest Appearance)
| 2023 || '']'' || Elliot Gao || Main Cast
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| rowspan="2" |1999
| 2021 || ''Breath of Destiny'' || Qiao XiangWan || Main Cast
|'']''
|Steve / Steven
|"The Past is Prologue" and "A Dream Deferred" (2009) (Recurring Role)
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| '']''|| Kai Chen / Blue Galaxy Ranger || Main cast 45 episodes
| 2020 || '']'' || Ani's Client ||
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|2000
| 2018 ||'']'' || Xu Zhiheng || Special appearance
|'']''
|Kai Chen / Blue Galaxy Ranger / Liztwin
|Voice, 3 episodes
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|2001-2012
| 2018 || ''Love Is in the Air'' || Chu Tian Qi || Main Cast
|'']''
|Archie Johnson
|Recurring role (2001–2012) (Also in 1 episode as M.Blaze)
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|2002
| 2017 || '']'' || Xiao Yeshi || Main Cast
|'']''
|General Venjix
|Voice, Episode: "Forever Red"
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| rowspan="3" |2004
| 2017 || '']'' || Tu'er Dan || Special appearance
|'']''
|Bartender
|"To Know Her" (Guest Appearance)
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| '']'' || Yuri || "Abby Normal" and "Just a Touch" (Recurring Role)
| 2017 || '']'' || Jin Yulü || Special appearance
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| 2014 || '']'' || ] || Main cast (Season 1) | '']'' || Kane ||"That Fucking Cabin" (Guest Appearance)
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| 2008 || '']'' || Steve || "]" (Guest Appearance)
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| 2006 || '']'' || Doctor || "Chapter Five ']'" (Guest Appearance)
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| 2004 || '']'' || Bartender || "To Know Her" (Guest Appearance)
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| 2004 || '']'' || Yuri || "Abby Normal" and "Just a Touch" (Recurring Role)
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|2006
| 2004 || '']'' || Kane || "That Fucking Cabin" (Guest Appearance)
|'']''
|Doctor
|"Chapter Five ']'" (Guest Appearance)
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|2008
| 2002 || '']'' || General Venjix || Voice, Episode: "Forever Red"
|'']''
|Steve
|"]" (Guest Appearance)
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|2014
| 2001-2012 || '']'' || Archie Johnson || Recurring role (2001–2012) (Also in 1 episode as M.Blaze)
|'']''
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|Main cast (Season 1)
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| rowspan="3" |2017
| 2000 || '']'' || Kai Chen / Blue Galaxy Ranger / Liztwin || Voice, 3 episodes
|'']''
|Xiao Yeshi
|Main Cast
|- |-
|'']''
| 1999 || '']'' || Steve / Steven || "The Past is Prologue" and "A Dream Deferred" (2009) (Recurring Role)
|Tu'er Dan
|Special appearance
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|'']''
| 1999 || '']'' || Kai Chen / Blue Galaxy Ranger || Main cast 45 episodes
|Jin Yulü
|Special appearance
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| 1996 || '']'' || Takeshi || "Break a Leg" (Guest Appearance) | rowspan="2" | 2018 ||'']'' || Xu Zhiheng || Special appearance
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| ''Love Is in the Air'' || Chu Tian Qi || Main Cast
| 1996 || '']'' || Peter || "Fuel and Spark" (Guest Appearance)
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Revision as of 10:36, 15 March 2024

American actor In this Chinese name, the family name is Kao.
Archie Kao
Archie Kao attends Esquire's Man of the Year event, December 13, 2016 in Beijing, China
BornWashington, D.C., U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present
Spouse Zhou Xun ​ ​(m. 2014; div. 2020)​
Archie Kao
Traditional Chinese高聖遠
Simplified Chinese高圣远
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāo Shèngyuǎn
Wade–GilesKao Sheng-Yüan

Archie Kao is an American actor and producer. He is best known to American audiences for series regulars roles on Chicago P.D., Power Rangers Lost Galaxy as well as long-running hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Early life

Archie Kao in 1982 with younger sisters and neighbor across the street in Alexandria, Virginia.

Born in Washington, D.C., Kao grew up in the suburbs of Alexandria, Virginia. His parents are immigrants from Taiwan.

While attending George Mason University, Kao joined the Sigma Chi fraternity and graduated with a degree in Speech Communication in 1992.

As an undergraduate, Kao was elected Student Government President as well as the University's Homecoming King. He initially had plans to attend Law School and work in politics before becoming an actor.

Kao also speaks and understands Mandarin because he grew up in a bilingual household with two younger sisters but is more comfortable speaking in English, especially in interviews. He also studied French for six years.

He was named one of People's "Hottest Bachelors" in 2006. Kao currently divides his time between Los Angeles and Beijing.

Career

Television

Through the early 2000s, Kao may have been best known for his role as Archie Johnson in the hit television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, as well as the role of Kai Chen, the Blue Ranger, in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. He has also appeared on TV shows such as Desperate Housewives (as Steve), ER (as Yuri), NBC's Heroes, Century City, Huff (as Kane), Power Rangers Wild Force (as General Venjix), Once and Again (as Steven), L.A. Firefighters (as Peter), Maybe This Time (as Takeshi) and more.

In 2013, Kao joined the cast of the NBC TV series Chicago P.D. (a spin-off from Chicago Fire) as a series regular, a character named Detective Sheldon Jin who is in charge of surveillance at the Chicago Police Department Intelligence Unit.

Kao shares his birthday with fellow Power Rangers actress Thuy Trang (1973–2001), who played the original Yellow Ranger, Trini Kwan, in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from 1993 to 1994.

Film

Archie Kao at the 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards

Kao appeared as Sebastian in Wayne Wang's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and starred as the main romantic lead, Jefferson, in Quentin Lee's The People I've Slept With. Kao also played Edwin Luke, the brother of Keye Luke in Timothy Tau's short film bio-pic Keye Luke, which premiered at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and which was Closing Night Film of the inaugural 2013 Seattle Asian American Film Festival. Kao has recently signed on to a thriller film from China entitled The Deathday Party opposite Anita Yuen, which is also being shot in the ancient Chinese Alu Caves of Yunnan. Kao played Shum in Michael Mann's film Blackhat (2015). Kao has also had roles in films such as The Hills Have Eyes 2 (as Han), Nomad: The Warrior (as Shangrek), When In Rome (as Nobu), and Jet Li's The One (as Woo).

Kao provided the voice of Kenji in the videogame Need for Speed: Carbon.

Kao wrote, directed and produced a short film entitled Initiation (2011), which starred Ashley Bell and Kao's CSI co-star Marc Vann. The film is about an assassin trainee (Bell) who struggles with initiation day jitters under her mentor (Vann). Kao also produced and starred in a short film (as Jin) directed by Jerry Chan entitled Fast Money (2006).

Personal life

In May 2014, Chinese actress Zhou Xun posted a picture of Archie and herself on her team's Weibo account, announcing that they were dating.

On July 16, 2014, Kao and Zhou were officially married on stage after a charity event in Hangzhou, China.

On December 23, 2020, Zhou announced on her Sina Weibo account that they have divorced, to which Kao acknowledged a comment to her update.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 The Player Intern
2001 The One Woo
Thank Heaven Sam Lee
2002 When In Rome (V) Nobu
My Daughter's Tears Minh Van Canh
Local Boys David Kamelamela
Purpose Kiko
2006 Nomad: The Warrior Shangrek
Need for Speed: Carbon Kenji Video Game
Fast Money Jin
2007 The Hills Have Eyes 2 Han
2008 The People I've Slept With Jefferson
2011 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Sebastian
2012 Keye Luke Edwin Luke
2013 Love Speaks Shaodong
2014 The Deathday Party Eric
2015 Ulterior Motive Ling Feng
Blackhat Shum

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Maybe This Time Takeshi "Break a Leg" (Guest Appearance)
L.A. Firefighters Peter "Fuel and Spark" (Guest Appearance)
1999 Once and Again Steve / Steven "The Past is Prologue" and "A Dream Deferred" (2009) (Recurring Role)
Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy Kai Chen / Blue Galaxy Ranger Main cast 45 episodes
2000 Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Kai Chen / Blue Galaxy Ranger / Liztwin Voice, 3 episodes
2001-2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Archie Johnson Recurring role (2001–2012) (Also in 1 episode as M.Blaze)
2002 Power Rangers Wild Force General Venjix Voice, Episode: "Forever Red"
2004 Century City Bartender "To Know Her" (Guest Appearance)
ER Yuri "Abby Normal" and "Just a Touch" (Recurring Role)
Huff Kane "That Fucking Cabin" (Guest Appearance)
2006 Heroes Doctor "Chapter Five 'Hiros'" (Guest Appearance)
2008 Desperate Housewives Steve "Hello, Little Girl" (Guest Appearance)
2014 Chicago P.D. Detective Sheldon Jin Main cast (Season 1)
2017 My Dear Boy Xiao Yeshi Main Cast
Nothing Gold Can Stay Tu'er Dan Special appearance
Fighter of the Destiny Jin Yulü Special appearance
2018 Never Gone Xu Zhiheng Special appearance
Love Is in the Air Chu Tian Qi Main Cast

References

  1. "Retro Mason Homecoming 1990". George Mason University. February 25, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Archie Kao - my official artist profile -alivenotdead.com". www.alivenotdead.com.
  3. Andreeva, Nellie (September 27, 2013). "Archie Kao Joins 'Chicago PD' As Regular; Genevieve Angelson In 'House Of Lies'".
  4. Poisuo, Pauli (2020-07-20). "The real reason Archie Kao left Chicago P.D." Looper.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  5. Macdonald, Moira. "Seattle Asian American Film Gets Under Way". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  6. "CSI's Archie Kao Joins THE DEATHDAY PARTY | Twitch". Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  7. 周迅凌晨公开与美国华裔演员恋情：请多关照
  8. 周迅大婚:在今晚举行的ONE NIGHT公益晚会上，周迅 一袭婚纱压轴出场 Archived 2014-07-18 at archive.today
  9. "六年情断！ 周迅、高圣远宣布离婚". 早报 (in Simplified Chinese). 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

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