James Lew

James Lew
Basic Information
Date of birth	September 6th, 1952
Place of birth	Escalon, California, USA
Active	1976 - present
Race	Asian
Role	Disguised North Korean mercenary
Film	Olympus Has Fallen

James Lew is an ex-martial artist, stunt performer, coordinator and actor of Chinese descent who played a Disguised North Korean mercenary in Olympus Has Fallen. He has appeared in films such as Big Trouble in Little China, American Ninja V, Hot Shots: Part Deux, Timecop, Escape from L.A., Lethal Weapon 4, Traffic, Tropic Thunder and Inception. He has appeared in various direct-to-video B-movies and guest-starred on TV shows such as Space Rangers, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, Black Scorpion, Alias, Robbery Homicide Division, CSI: Miami, Chuck and Children's Hospital.

Behind the Scenes

James Lew cameoed in the role and was only seen for less than half a minute of total screen-time. On-screen, he had no dialogue and appeared after shooting the driver of the limo escort vehicle he had rode in while assuming the identity of the South Korean ambassador's entourage.

Appearances

• Olympus Has Fallen

Gallery

Cameo appearance in Olympus Has Fallen

James Lew on-set of the film

On-set with Andy Cheng, Steve Kim and another

Lew with Simon Rhee (far left), Jason Yee and Darryl Chan (far right) on the set of "Olympus"

External Links

• James Lew at the Internet Movie Database