American Born Chinese (2022)

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American Born Chinese

20th Television/Disney Branded Television/Walt Disney Television

Disney+

Bottom, From Left: Daniel Wu, Ke Huy Quan, Jim Liu, Sydney Taylor, Photo Credits: Top, From Left: Thomas Laisne/@Getty Images, Sean Velasco-Dodge, Chen You Wei, Reto Sterchi Bottom, From Left: Wing Shya, Paul Wong, Josh Monkey, Amy Casson






Starring

Michelle Yeoh as "Guanyin"

Ben Wang as "Jin Wang" 

Yeo Yann Yann as Jin's mom, "Christine Wang"

Chin Han as Jin's father, "Simon Wang" 

Daniel Wu as Sun Wukong "The Monkey King"

Ke Huy Quan as "Freddy Wong"

Jim Liu as "Wei-Chen"

Sydney Taylor as "Amelia"

Directed by 

Destin Daniel Cretton

Executive Producers

Destin Daniel Cretton, Asher Goldstein, Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar, Gene Luen Yang, Charles Yu and Kelvin Yu

Co-executive producer

Lana Cho

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