James Sie
| James Sie | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 18, 1962 |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, author |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse(s) | Douglas Wood (m. 2008) |
| Children | 1 |
James Sie (born December 18, 1962) is an American actor, voice actor,[1] and author.[2] He was the voice of an animated Jackie Chan and several other characters in Jackie Chan Adventures, Master Monkey in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, taking over for Chan, and Eddy Raja in the Uncharted series. His debut novel, Still Life Las Vegas, was published in August 2015.
Career
He is known as a "Jackie Chan impersonator" as his voice bears a strong resemblance to Chan especially in the Kids WB animated television series Jackie Chan Adventures. He also voices Shendu in the same series. He is the voice of Master Monkey for Nickelodeon's Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, replacing Jackie Chan from the movies (Sie voiced Monkey in all of the video games). Other popular roles include Chinese American footballer Kwan in Danny Phantom, Chen Lin in W.I.T.C.H., Fin Fang Foom and Radioactive Man in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Eddy Raja in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Sie did several voices for Avatar: The Last Airbender, guest-voiced as an Asian scientist named Jimmy in Regular Show and also voices Lord Taran Zhu in World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria.
He starred on-camera, opposite Suzy Nakamura in Strawberry Fields. He also had roles in Chain Reaction. Sie wrote and performed the autobiographical one-person stage show, Talking With My Hands in 1999, about growing up in a Chinese/Italian household. His play, Island of the Blue Dolphins at the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1995 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work. James has also garnered two Jeff Citation nominations for his Lifeline adaptations of Dracula and a Wrinkle in Time, which was produced at Lincoln Center Institute in New York. He has received an After Dark Award for The Road to Graceland. His other adaptations include Randy Shilts' Talking AIDS to Death and Daniel Pinkwater's The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, which was also broadcast on WFMT's "Chicago Theatres on the Air".[3]
Personal life
He is openly gay and is married to singer-songwriter Douglas Wood since 2008.[4] They have one child, Benjamin, whom they have adopted from Vietnam.[5]
Filmography
Film
- Back to the Sea – Cook Liu
- Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! – Pemba
- Ghost World – Steven
- Hellboy: Sword of Storms – Additional Voices
- Hero – Broken Sword (English dub)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown – Freaky Male
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll – Master Monkey
- U.S. Marshals – Vincent Ling
Television
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – Yoo Yee, Elderly Monk, Ninja
- Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Cabbage Merchant, Oyaji, Additional Voices
- Back at the Barnyard – Kobe Cows
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Atom, Dyna-Mite
- The Batman vs. Dracula – Additional Voices
- The Chicago Code – Daniel
- Curious George – Grocer's Son, The Collector
- Danny Phantom – Kwan
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee - Kai Yee
- The Emperor's New School – Additional Voices
- Even Stevens – Chemistry Teacher
- Family Law – Lana Dagchen
- Game Over – Sam Chang
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy – Plain Cow
- Handy Manny – Mr. Chu
- Jackie Chan Adventures – Jackie Chan, Shendu, Chow
- Justice League – Wind Dragon, General Kwan
- Kickin' It – Yin Chen
- King of the Hill – Various Voices
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Monkey (replacing Jackie Chan)
- The Legend of Korra – Abbot Shung, Lau Gan-Lan
- Ni Hao, Kai-Lan – Fox King
- Numbers – Various Characters
- Random! Cartoons – Monkey Butt
- Regular Show – Jimmy (guest voiced)
- The Replacements – Master Pho
- Shorty McShorts' Shorts – Cory
- The Secret Saturdays – Shoji Fuzen
- Special Agent Oso – Additional Voices
- The Starter Wife – Doug
- Sofia the First – Emperor Quon
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Tsoi
- Time Squad – Confucius
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? – Louie Hong Fa
- W.I.T.C.H – Chen Lin
- Without a Trace – Walter
- Wolverine and the X-Men – Yakuza Ninja, Yakuza Leader, Sensei Ogun
Video games
- Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon – Bruce Lee
- Command & Conquer: Generals – Additional Voices
- Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour – Additional Voices
- Fallout 4 – Jun Long, Doctor Sun
- The Golden Compass – Samoyed, Trollesund
- Guild Wars Factions – Suun
- Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings – Blind Duck
- Jackie Chan Stuntmaster - Jackie
- Jackie Chan Adventures – Jackie
- Kung Fu Panda – Master Monkey
- Kung Fu Panda 2 – Master Monkey
- Lost Planet 2 – Carpetbagger Announcer
- Lost Planet: Colonies – Dennis Isenberg
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition – Dennis Isenberg
- Mafia II – Zhe Yun Wong
- Marvel Heroes – Jimmy Woo
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance – Ancient One, Fin Fang Foom, Mandarin, Neutron, Radioactive Man
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Jonathan
- NARC – Monk, Cop
- Prototype – Additional Voices
- Shark Tale – Additional Tenant Fish
- Shellshock: Nam '67 – Diem
- Spider-Man 3 – Dragon Tail Thug, Additional Voices
- Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow – Dr. Shen Rei
- Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven – Additional Voices
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune – Eddy Raja
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Eddy Raja
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception – Eddy Raja
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – Eddy Raja
- Uncharted: Eye of Indra – Eddy Raja
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – Lord Taran Zhu
- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse – Sunfire
References
- ↑ VoiceChasers: James Sie
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Still-Life-Las-Vegas-Novel/dp/1250055660/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436163143&sr=8-1&keywords=still+life+las+vegas
- ↑ Lifeline Theatre: Artistic Ensemble
- ↑ Douglas Wood (June 25, 2011). "Gay Marriages Rock or How We Almost Didn't Get Married". Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ↑ Etelka Lehoczky (July 19, 2005). "Rough Going Overseas". The Advocate.