Archie Kao
Whereas some TV actors will toil away in obscurity for decades, Archie Kao has been fortunate enough to have had recurring parts on two of the most well-known shows of the 1990s and 2000s: "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy" (Fox, 1999-2000) and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS, 2000-15). A former athlete, Kao was well suited to play the Blue Ranger on the seventh season of the live-action kids' show, billed as "Lost Galaxy." But it was his role as the lab technician Archie Johnson on the long-running, and immensely popular, CBS crime procedural that would forever etch Kao into the annals of TV history. He may have started his career as a spandex-donning superhero, but, with his highly visible role on "CSI," Kao has broken barriers to become one of the most successful Asian-American actors on TV.
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Archie Kao
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu | David Wu (Character) | - | 2021 |
100% |
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Christmas at the Ranch | Charles (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Legend Of The Ancient Sword | Xie Yi (Character) | - | 2018 |
33% |
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Blackhat | Shum (Character) | $7.8M | 2015 |
27% |
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The People I've Slept With | Jefferson (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Better Place Than This | Chen Wei (Character) | - | 2012 |
22% |
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | Sebastian (Character) | $1.3M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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When in Rome | Jami (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Purpose | Kiko (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Local Boys | David Kamelamela (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Against All Evidence | Minh Van Canh (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thank Heaven | Sam Lee (Character) | - | 2001 |
TV
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87% | 79% | Interior Chinatown | Wong (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Chicago P.D. | Detective Sheldon Jin (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
Campus Security Tech/ |
2001-2012 |
72% | 89% | Desperate Housewives | Steve (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Century City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Power Rangers |
Kai Chen/ |
1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Once and Again | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maybe This Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wayans Bros. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |