Keone Joseph Young (September 6, 1947, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as Dr. Michael Kwan in Kay O'Brien (1986), Mr. Wu in Deadwood (2004–2006) and as the dual roles of Judge Robert Chong and Mr. Wan in The Young and the Restless (2007–2010).
His voice roles include Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Katarou in Teen Titans, Dr. Ho in Batman Beyond, Kaz in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Luong Lao Shi in American Dragon: Jake Long, Ishiyama in Ben 10 and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Mr. Wu in The Mighty B! and Wu-Chang in Sofia the First.
He also provided additional voice over work for The Karate Kid (1989), True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), Doom 3 (2004), Mulan II (2005), Tron: Uprising (2012), Dead Island: Riptide (2013), The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015) and Ghost of Tsushima (2020).
Young was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Chinese father and Japanese mother, who both immigrated to Hawaii. His acting mentor was Mako.
He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as Head of the Class, Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters, Futurama, The Simpsons, Alias, JAG, The Steve Harvey Show, Zeke and Luther, Shake It Up: Made In Japan and on the daytime soaps The Young and the Restless and Generations. He also portrayed the bodyguard of the Ancient One (Keye Luke) during the Asian Quarter storyline on General Hospital.
Young played Dr. Michael Kwan on the short-lived multi-ethnic medical drama Kay O'Brien, which aired in the fall of 1986 on CBS. Despite the fact that the network had high hopes for the series, just 9 of 13 episodes were aired. He was also a semi-regular on the HBO series Deadwood as Mr. Wu and played Henry Lin's Uncle on the FX series Sons of Anarchy. He also played Mr. Wu, unrelated to the Deadwood character, in the movie Men in Black 3, and played the role of Ellison Onizuka In the TV film Challenger.
| Year | Image | Character | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2017 |
|
Emperor (Young) | Samurai Jack |
| 2004-2006 |
|
Kaz Harada | Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi |
| 2004 |
|
Lord Qin | Mulan II |
| 1986 |
|
Super Ninja | Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos |



