Biography

BRIAN YANG is an actor and producer whose acting credits include films such as SAVING FACE, THE JADE PENDANT, and LAUNDROMAT and the TV shows HOW I MET YOUR FATHER, CSI VEGAS, MAGNUM PI, THE PATH, WESTWORLD, BLACKLIST, and HAWAII 5-0, which he played the lab tech Charlie Fong for five seasons on. His producing credits include LATE LIFE, the Golden Horse Best Documentary Award nominated feature on former New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang; the Jeremy Lin documentary LINSANITY which premiered at Sundance Film Festival; Shanghai International Film Festival award winning biopic ANOTHER SHOT, on former NBA player Stephon Marbury's life in China; I CAN I WILL I DID starring Tony Award nominee Mike Faist; and SNAKEHEAD, which premiered internationally at the Toronto International Film Festival. Brian has also produced documentary specials for ESPN and Fox Sports as well as the podcast CAR STORIES WITH SUNG KANG AND EMELIA HARTFORD for iHeartMedia.
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His best known, and only recurring role, lab technician Charlie Fong on the rebooted _"Hawaii Five-0" (2010), was renamed from Che Fong (portrayed by Harry Endo) on the original series, Hawaii Five-O (1968). As of December 2016, the character of Charlie Fong has appeared only 30 times on the reboot series, first appearing in 2011, and last appearing in 2014. This is much less often than lab technician Che Fong appeared in the original series (115 appearances from 1969-1977).