Gedde Watanabe (born June 26 1955) is an American theatre, film and television actor. Watanabe, a Japanese American, was born Gary Watanabe in Ogden, Utah. He was in many productions in high school, but his acting talent was overshadowed by his excellent singing voice. After graduation, he boldly left Ogden for San Francisco, California, where he hoped to make his living as a street musician while honing his acting skills. Wikipedia
Studied at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, USA. For Mulan (1998), he had another person do his singing voice because his own voice was too good. In his audition for the film Sixteen Candles (1984), he went through the entire pr www.imdb.com/name/nm0913797/
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