Portrait of Masanori Toguchi

Masanori Toguchi

Acting

Biography

Masanori Toguchi (戸口 正徳, Toguchi Masanori) or Kim Duk (Korean: 김 덕/金 徳) is a semi-retired Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Kim Duk (キム・ドク). He was also known by the name Tiger Chung Lee in WWE. In 1986, while wrestling in the U.S. for WWE, Kim Duk made his acting debut as a henchman of Charles Dance's character, Sardo Numspa, in The Golden Child, which starred Eddie Murphy. Two years later, he portrayed a Georgian mobster named Andrei 'The Mongol Hippie' in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Red Heat. A year later, he acted in two more films, Blind Fury starring Rutger Hauer, and Cage, starring Lou Ferrigno. In 2012, after a long hiatus from acting, Kim Duk portrayed Lee in the film, Mountain Mafia.

Born: February 7, 1948

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Filmography

1989
Cage

as Chang

1989
Blind Fury

as Casino Bodyguard #2

1988
Red Heat

as Mongol Hippy

1988
1986
1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge

as Tiger Chung Lee

1985
Andre the Giant

as Tiger Chung Lee (archive footage)

1984
Tuesday Night Titans

as Tiger Chung Lee

1981
1973
WWE Old School

as Tiger Chung Lee