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Screen actors of East and Southeast Asia

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Ekin Cheng

Ekin Cheng (鄭伊健, born 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, star of Young and Dangerous, The Storm Riders, and A Man Called Hero; 30 albums, 2008 Puchon Best Actor, 2025 NYAFF Star Asia Award.

Ellen Adarna

Ellen Adarna (Ellen Meriam Go Adarna), Filipina actress and model born 1988 in Cebu City, known for Bubble Gang, Indio, and Pasión de Amor; married Derek Ramsay in 2021, separated 2025.

Emi Takei (武井咲)

Emi Takei (武井咲), Japanese actress and model born 1993 in Aichi Prefecture; SEVENTEEN model debut, lead roles in Asuko March! and Kurokawa no Techō, and Kaoru Kamiya in the Rurouni Kenshin films; 36th Japan Academy Prize newcomer.

Enrique Gil

Enrique Gil: Filipino actor, dancer, and producer (Star Magic Batch 16). LizQuen love team with Liza Soberano; films She's the One, I Am Not Big Bird; runs Slingshot Studios.

Eric Tsang (曾志伟)

Eric Tsang Chi-wai (曾志偉), born 1953, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and TV host; ex-stuntman, Cinema City's Aces Go Places director, Super Trio host, HKFA winner, and TVB general manager until 2026.

Erich Gonzales

Erich Gonzales (Erika Chryselle Gonzales Gancayco) is a Filipina actress, born 1990 in Cebu, who won Star Circle Quest Season 2 and starred in Katorse, Maria la del Barrio, Siargao, and The Blood Sisters. Distinct from baseball player Erik Gonzalez and footballer Erick Gonzales.

Erika Sawajiri (沢尻エリカ)

Erika Sawajiri (沢尻エリカ), born 1986, in Tokyo, is a Japanese actress and singer known for 1 Litre of Tears, Taiyō no Uta, and Helter Skelter, with record-setting Kaoru Amane singles and a 2024 stage return.

Ethan Juan (阮经天)

Ethan Juan (阮经天) is a Taiwanese actor and model known for his breakthrough in 2008 and his 47th Golden Horse Award win for Monga in 2010.

Eugene (김유진) (actress)

Eugene (유진, Kim Yoo-jin, 김유진), born 1981, is a South Korean actress and former S.E.S. member (1997 debut, 'I'm Your Girl'). Known for Loving You, King of Baking Kim Tak Goo, Penthouse (SBS Top Excellence 2020), and First Lady (MBN, 2025).

Fala Chen

Fala Chen (陳法拉, Chen Fala) is a Chinese-American actress and singer, born 1982 in Chengdu, a former TVB star and Miss Chinese International runner-up, Juilliard MFA graduate, known for Shang-Chi, The Undoing, and Ballad of a Small Player.

Fan Bingbing (范冰冰)

Fan Bingbing (范冰冰), Chinese actress born 1981 in Qingdao, rose to fame in My Fair Princess (1998), won a San Sebastián Silver Shell for I Am Not Madame Bovary, played Blink in X-Men, and was fined about 800 million yuan in the 2018 tax case before her festival comeback.

Fann Wong (范文芳)

Fann Wong (范文芳, born 1971) is a Singaporean actress, singer, and former model, famous as Xiaolongnü in the 1998 Singapore Return of the Condor Heroes, the youngest Star Awards Best Actress winner, and the first Singaporean actress in a Hollywood film (Shanghai Knights).

Farewell My Concubine (霸王别姬) (film)

Farewell My Concubine (霸王别姬, Bawang bieji) is Chen Kaige's 1993 Mandarin epic about two Peking opera actors, based on Lilian Lee's novel; first Chinese film to win the Cannes Palme d'Or, plus Golden Globe and BAFTA, later banned then released in edited form in China.

Feng Shaofeng (冯绍峰)

Feng Shaofeng (冯绍峰, William Feng, real name Feng Wei), born 1978 in Shanghai, is a mainland Chinese actor, Shanghai Theatre Academy graduate, breakout Eighth Prince of Palace (2011), Hundred Flowers Best Actor for Wolf Totem (2016), star of The Story of Minglan, married to and divorced from Zhao Liying.

Fernando Poe Jr.

Fernando Poe Jr. (FPJ, Da King; Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, 1939–2004), Filipino action film actor, director, producer; starred in nearly 300 films, founded FPJ Productions, lost the 2004 presidential race, named National Artist for Film 2006.

Florence Faivre

Florence Faivre (Florence Vanida Faivre), born 1983, is a French-Thai actress known for Julie Mao in The Expanse and Sinara in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5, after debuting in The Siam Renaissance (2004).

Four Dan actresses (四大花旦)

四大花旦 (Four Dan actresses) is the Chinese media label for Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, and Xu Jinglei, first named "Four Little Huadan" by Southern Metropolis Daily in 2002, borrowed from Peking opera's Four Great Dan, with repeated successor lists since.

Fumiya Takahashi (高橋文哉)

Fumiya Takahashi (高橋文哉), born 2001 in Saitama, Japan, is a Japanese actor who debuted starring as Aruto Hiden in Kamen Rider Zero-One (2019), the first Reiwa-era Kamen Rider, and won the 47th Japan Academy Prize New Actor Award for 交換ウソ日記; leads the live-action Blue Lock film.

Gabbi Garcia

Gabbi Garcia (Gabriella Louise Ortega Lopez, born 1998) is a Filipino actress, host, singer, and GMA Network exclusive artist known for Encantadia's Sang'gre Alena, LSS, Unbreak My Heart, and hosting Pinoy Big Brother and The Voice Kids.

Gabby Concepcion

Gabby Concepcion (Gabriel Arellano Concepcion, born 1964) is a Filipino actor and singer who became a 1980s Regal Films matinee idol via Katorse, left for the US in 1995, returned in 2008, and stars in GMA series like First Yaya and My Guardian Alien.

Gao Weiguang (高伟光)

Gao Weiguang (高伟光, English name Vengo), born 1983 in Heilongjiang, is a mainland Chinese actor and former model. Known as Dong Hua Dijun in the Three Lives, Three Worlds series and Zhe Gu Shao in Candle in the Tomb; twice Huading Award winner.

Gao Yuanyuan (高圆圆)

Gao Yuanyuan (高圆圆, Yuanyuan Gao), Chinese actress born 1979 in Beijing; began as a 1996 commercial model, known for Beijing Bicycle, Shanghai Dreams, City of Life and Death, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, and married to Mark Chao.

Gedde Watanabe

Gedde Watanabe (Gary Watanabe, born 1955, Ogden, Utah) is a Japanese American actor known for Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles (1984), Ling in Mulan, Nurse Yosh Takata on ER, and Broadway's Pacific Overtures.

Gerald Anderson

Gerald Anderson (Gerald Randolph Opsima Anderson Jr.) is a Filipino-American actor born 1989 in Subic Bay, Zambales. Rose to fame on Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 2006 with love team Kimerald; known for Tayong Dalawa, Budoy, and On the Job.

Gillian Chung (钟狄珊)

Gillian Chung (鍾欣潼, birth name Chung Tik-shan 鍾狄珊), born 1981, is a Hong Kong singer and actress, half of Cantopop duo Twins with Charlene Choi; she survived the 2008 Edison Chen photo scandal and later won Huading and Macau festival acting awards.

Go Ah-sung (고아성)

Go Ah-sung (고아성), born 1992 in Seoul, is a South Korean actress who debuted at 14 in Bong Joon-ho's The Host (2006), won the Blue Dragon Best New Actress award, and later starred in Snowpiercer, A Resistance, and Because I Hate Korea.

Go Ara

Go Ara (고아라; Ko Ah-ra), born 1990 in Jinju, is a South Korean actress and model who debuted in the 2003 drama Sharp and starred in Reply 1994.

Go Hyun-jung (고현정)

Go Hyun-jung (고현정, Ko Hyun Jung), born 1971 in Hwasun, is a South Korean actress, 1989 Miss Korea Sun, star of Sandglass, Queen Seondeok, and Mask Girl, re-signed with IOK ENM in 2026.

Go Kyung-pyo (고경표)

Go Kyung-pyo (고경표, born 1990) is a South Korean actor from Konkuk University's film program, known for Reply 1988, Strongest Deliveryman, D.P., Decision to Leave, and 6/45, with a Blue Dragon Popularity Award and agency CL& Company.

Go Min-si (고민시)

Go Min-si (고민시), South Korean actress, model and director born 1995 in Daejeon. Known for Sweet Home's Lee Eun-yu, Youth of May, The Frog's villain Seong-a, and Smugglers, which won her the 44th Blue Dragon Best New Actress award.