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David Yip

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  • Writer
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David Yip in Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000)
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Born in Liverpool, one of eight children. David's father was a Chinese seaman from the Canton area of southern China, and his mother was from Liverpool. He trained at E15 Acting School, London in 1973 and since then worked in Film, Television, Theatre, Radio and other voice work both in the UK and internationally. David still visits and works there regularly, but lives with his wife in North Oxfordshire, UK.
BornJune 4, 1951
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BornJune 4, 1951
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  • Known for

    Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, and Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill (1985)
    A View to a Kill
    6.3
    • Chuck Lee
    • 1985
    Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, and Ke Huy Quan in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    7.5
    • Wu Han
    • 1984
    Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Entrapment (1999)
    Entrapment
    6.3
    • Chief of Police
    • 1999
    Hamlet (1996)
    Hamlet
    7.7
    • Sailor One
    • 1996

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    • Doctor Plague
      • Parker
      • In Production
      • 2025
    • Sigh of the Sea
      • Pre-production
    • Dream Hacker
      • Wang lei
      • Post-production



    • Ceallach Spellman in Wolf King (2025)
      Wolf King
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Hamwell
      • Baron Huth (voice)
      • 2025
    • Pennyworth (2019)
      Pennyworth
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Zeya Khin
      • 2022
    • Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner in The Capture (2019)
      The Capture
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Ambassador Xian Xiaodong
      • 2022
    • Annette Badland, Neil Dudgeon, and Nick Hendrix in Midsomer Murders (1997)
      Midsomer Murders
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Fergus Rooney
      • 2021
    • Break (2020)
      Break
      4.8
      • Vincent Qiang
      • 2020
    • Rutger Hauer, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Susan Wokoma, Claudia Jessie, and Edward Easton in Porters (2017)
      Porters
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Dalai Lama
      • 2019
    • Dennis Quaid in Fortitude (2015)
      Fortitude
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Hong Mankyo
      • 2017–2018
    • James Nesbitt and Thekla Reuten in Lucky Man (2016)
      Lucky Man
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Tai Jing
      • 2018
    • Luo Bao Bei (2017)
      Luo Bao Bei
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Grandpa
      • 2017–2018
    • Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (2018)
      Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
      7.9
      Video Game
      • Pugnacius (English version, voice)
      • 2018
    • Dim Sum (2018)
      Dim Sum
      Short
      • Mr. Chen
      • 2018
    • The Lego Ninjago Movie Videogame (2017)
      The Lego Ninjago Movie Videogame
      6.5
      Video Game
      • (voice)
      • 2017
    • Emper (2017)
      Emper
      • Zhang
      • 2017
    • Dystopian: Lovesong (2017)
      Dystopian: Lovesong
      Short
      • Ian Dystop
      • 2017
    • All That Remains (2016)
      All That Remains
      8.4
      • Noburu Nagai
      • 2016

    Director



    • Chinese Whispers
      5.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2000

    Writer



    • Chinese Whispers
      5.2
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2000

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    • Born
      • June 4, 1951
      • Liverpool, England, UK
    • Spouses
        Virginia OwenFebruary 28, 1999 - present
    • Other works
      He acted in the Yamashta's play, "Raindog," at the Roadhouse Theatre in London, England with Stomu Yamashta's Red Buddha Company, Aki Komaki, Andrew Bradford, and Kuniyuki Oghari.

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      Has acted in both the Doctor Who franchise and The Eon James Bond Franchise .
    • Quotes
      I didn't like my dad. It was my own arrogance in a sense: I took the high moral ground and said, 'You're basically a waste of space. Any wrong choice you were going to make in your life, you made it - apart from having your family.

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