Ash Ketchum

I'm looking for American TV shows with Asian-Americans playing Asian-American crimefighters (police, private detectives, secret agents, superheroes).

I came up with three so far:
"Martial Law" (1998), co-starring Kelly Hu, playing an L.A. cop partnered with Sammo Hung as a Chinese cop sent to work with the LAPD;
"Hawaii Five-0" (2010) which co-stars Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park;
"Elementary" (2012), which co-stars Lucy Liu.

I'm especially interested in leading roles, if any, or co-starring roles like the ones I listed. This is for a blog post I'm researching.

Thanks.

morriscroy

The 2010 Nikita reboot on CW, with Maggie Q in the lead role of Nikita Mears.

morriscroy

After Nikita, Maggie Q had a lead role as Detective Beth Davis in "Stalker" on CBS.

morriscroy

Sandrine Holt as Patricia Thornton in the rebooted MacGyver. (Thornton is MacGyver's boss).

wishbone

DJariya

Grace Park is technically Canadian

Ming Na Wen on Agents of Shield

Tim Kang on The Mentalist

morriscroy

Park was also on season 2 and 3 of The Border, as Agent Liz Carver.

morriscroy

IIRC, Park's stint on The Border was after the revived Battlestar Galactica was over, but before the rebooted Hawaii Five-0 started.

morriscroy

If your definition of "Asia" also includes the Indian subcontinent, there's Priyanka Chopra as the lead role of Alex Parrish on Quantico on ABC.

morriscroy

(Not quite a crimefighter, but in a similar high adrenaline line of work).

There's Sandra Oh as Dr. Cristina Yang on the first ten seasons of Grey's Anatomy.

mrhan

Brian Tee from Chicago Med is from Japan but was raised in the U.S.

Pat Morita played the starring role in OHara. It even had Brandon Lee play a bad guy in the pilot episode. It lasted one season.

DJariya

Brian Tee plays a doctor, not a crime fighter. Although his character is a war veteran.

wishbone

mrhan

^^^^^ I forgot the most obvious answer.

There's also Russell Wong in Vanishing Son.

Quatermass

Pat Morita played Ohara in 1987

morriscroy

Maggie Q is currently lead FBI agent Hannah Wells on "Designated Survivor" on ABC.

Original Desmond

The Rush hour reboot as well of course

morriscroy

(If your definition of "Asia" also includes the Indian subcontinent).

Archie Panjabi as investigator Kalinda on "The Good Wife" and currently as Nas Kamal on "Blindspot".

Obi-Wanma

morriscroy

Rhona Mitra as:

Tara Wilson
- seasons 1 and 2 of Boston Legal
- season 8 of The Practice

- Dr. Rachel Scott on seasons 1 and 2 of The Last Ship
- Major Rachel Dalton on seasons 2 and 3 of Cinemax's "Strike Back"

morriscroy

Michelle Yeoh in the final season of Cinemax's "Strike Back". (Also previously a Bond girl).

digidoh

Keye Luke as the voice of Charlie Chan in The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, the 1972 Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Chan had been portrayed by Aisan actors early on, but, to date, this is the only time a Chinese actor played the part.

Original Desmond

Rhona Mitra is asian ? really ?

morriscroy

Allegedly her father's side of the family is from India.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...ow/1099535.cms

Krayzie

Do cartoons count? There was the Jackie Chan cartoon.