David Yip (born 4 June 1951) is an English actor. Yip, of Asian and English descent, was born in Liverpool and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. He is the son of a Chinese father, a seaman from the Canton area of China, and an English mother from Liverpool. He is known for playing the lead role of Johnny Ho in the 1981 BBC drama The Chinese Detective, notable for its frontlining of an ethnic British cast. He also played Michael Choì in the soap opera Brookside between 1989 and 1990.

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  • David Yip ist ein britischer Schauspieler chinesischer Herkunft. Yip wurde 1981 durch die Rolle des Johnny Ho im BBC-Drama Schieß in den Wind, Ho bekannt. Er spielte außerdem die Rolle des Michael Choì in der Seifenoper Brookside zwischen 1989 und 1990. Eine kleine Rolle übernahm er in den TV-Serien Doctor Who und Casualty. Weitere kleinere Rollen hatte er als Wu Han in Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes und als CIA-Agent Chuck Lee in Im Angesicht des Todes. Yip ist mit der Schauspielerin Lynn Farleigh verheiratet.
  • David Yip (born 4 June 1951) is an English actor. Yip, of Asian and English descent, was born in Liverpool and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. He is the son of a Chinese father, a seaman from the Canton area of China, and an English mother from Liverpool. He is known for playing the lead role of Johnny Ho in the 1981 BBC drama The Chinese Detective, notable for its frontlining of an ethnic British cast. He also played Michael Choì in the soap opera Brookside between 1989 and 1990. He also had a small part in the 1979 Doctor Who story Destiny of the Daleks and played a factory owner in Casualty. His film credits include playing Wu Han in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and CIA liaison agent Chuck Lee in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill. Both his characters died early in the films. He performed the radio play The Inventor of Fireworks, written by Benjamin Yeoh for BBC Radio 3 on 22 January 2004. David Yip is a practising Nichiren Buddhist and a member of the Soka Gakkai International. He currently lives in North Oxfordshire with his wife Virginia and his dog Buddy.
  • David Yip is een Brits acteur van Chinese afkomst. Hij werd opgeleid op de East 15 Acting School in Londen. Hij is de voormalige echtgenoot van actrice Lynn Farleigh. David Yip is bekend door het spelen van de leidende rol van Johnny Ho in de BBC-televisieserie The Chinese Detective, een productie met voornamelijk Britse acteurs. Hij speelde Michael Choi in de soap Brookside tussen 1989 en 1990, had een kleine rol in de Doctor Who-aflevering Destiny of the Daleks en speelde als een fabriekseigenaar in Casualty. Verder kunnen rollen worden genoemd als Wu Han in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom en als CIA-agent Chuck Lee in de James Bond film A View to a Kill.
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  • David Yip ist ein britischer Schauspieler chinesischer Herkunft. Yip wurde 1981 durch die Rolle des Johnny Ho im BBC-Drama Schieß in den Wind, Ho bekannt. Er spielte außerdem die Rolle des Michael Choì in der Seifenoper Brookside zwischen 1989 und 1990. Eine kleine Rolle übernahm er in den TV-Serien Doctor Who und Casualty. Weitere kleinere Rollen hatte er als Wu Han in Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes und als CIA-Agent Chuck Lee in Im Angesicht des Todes.
  • David Yip (born 4 June 1951) is an English actor. Yip, of Asian and English descent, was born in Liverpool and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. He is the son of a Chinese father, a seaman from the Canton area of China, and an English mother from Liverpool. He is known for playing the lead role of Johnny Ho in the 1981 BBC drama The Chinese Detective, notable for its frontlining of an ethnic British cast. He also played Michael Choì in the soap opera Brookside between 1989 and 1990.
  • David Yip is een Brits acteur van Chinese afkomst. Hij werd opgeleid op de East 15 Acting School in Londen. Hij is de voormalige echtgenoot van actrice Lynn Farleigh. David Yip is bekend door het spelen van de leidende rol van Johnny Ho in de BBC-televisieserie The Chinese Detective, een productie met voornamelijk Britse acteurs.
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