Английская Википедия:American television series with Asian leads

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Шаблон:Short description American television series with Asian leads/co-leads means a scripted American television series that features an actor of Asian ancestry as the series' leading actor portraying the series' protagonist or a main character. One of the earliest examples dates back to 1951 with Anna May Wong a classic Hollywood-era movie star with her TV show The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong. Typically, the characters portrayed are Asian American, although the actor or actress may sometimes be Canadian, British, or Australian.

List of television series

1950s

• The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong (Protagonist portrayed by Anna May Wong)

1960s

• The Green Hornet (1966) (Bruce Lee)
• Hawaii Five-O (Ensemble cast with Kam Fong, Gilbert Lani Kauhi)
• Star Trek (Ensemble cast with George Takei)
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father (Main character portrayed by Miyoshi Umeki)

1970s

• The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (Protagonist portrayed by Keye Luke)
• Mr. T and Tina (Protagonist portrayed by Pat Morita)
• Kung Fu (Co-leading characters portrayed by Philip Ahn and Keye Luke, and multiple guest actors)
• Quincy, M.E. (Ensemble cast with Robert Ito)
• Barney Miller (Ensemble cast with Jack Soo)
• Happy Days (Ensemble cast with Pat Morita)

1980s

• Ohara (Protagonist portrayed by Pat Morita)
• Sidekicks (Protagonist portrayed Ernie Reyes Jr.)
• 21 Jump Street (Ensemble cast with Dustin Nguyen playing one of the main characters)
• Gung Ho (Protagonist portrayed by Gedde Watanabe)
• Bring 'Em Back Alive (Ensemble cast with Clyde Kusatsu)
• Island Son (Ensemble cast with Clyde Kusatsu)

1990s

• Saved by the Bell (protagonist portrayed by Mark-Paul Gosselaar)
• All American Girl (Protagonist portrayed by Margaret Cho)
• Vanishing Son (Protagonist portrayed by Russell Wong)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Protagonist played by Dean Cain)
• Martial Law (Protagonist portrayed by Sammo Hung)
• The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (protagonist portrayed by Irene Ng)
• Mortal Kombat: Conquest (protagonist portrayed by Paolo Montalban)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Ensemble co-lead played by Thuy Trang)
• ER (Ensemble co-lead played by Ming-Na Wen, Parminder Nagra)
• Star Trek: Voyager (co-lead played by Garrett Wang)
• The Burning Zone (Ensemble co-lead played by Tamlyn Tomita)
• The Single Guy (Ensemble cast with Ming-Na Wen)
• Space Rangers (Ensemble cast with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa)
• Nash Bridges (Ensemble cast with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Kelly Hu)
• Crusade (Ensemble cast with Daniel Dae Kim)
• Space: Above and Beyond (Ensemble cast with Joel de la Fuente)
• V.I.P. (Ensemble cast with Dustin Nguyen)

2000s

• Black Sash (Protagonist portrayed by Russell Wong)
• Relic Hunter (Protagonist portrayed by Tia Carrere)
• American Dragon: Jake Long (Protagonist portrayed by Dante Basco)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (Ensemble cast with Dante Basco and Mako)
• Jackie Chan Adventures (Protagonist portrayed by James Sie)
• Aliens in America (Co-Lead portrayed by Adhir Kalyan)
• Inconceivable (Protagonist portrayed by Ming-Na Wen)
• "Invincible (TV series)" (Protagonist portrayed by Steven Yeun)
• Cashmere Mafia (Ensemble co-lead portrayed by Lucy Liu)
• Aaron Stone (Protagonist portrayed by Tania Gunadi)
• Lipstick Jungle (Ensemble co-lead portrayed by Lindsay Price)
• Eastwick (Ensemble co-lead portrayed by Lindsay Price)
• Samurai Girl (Protagonist portrayed by Jamie Chung)
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (Protagonist portrayed by Lara Jill Miller)
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (Major starring character portrayed by Brenda Song)
• Lost (Ensemble co-leads played by Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Naveen Andrews, and Ken Leung)
• Grey's Anatomy (Ensemble co-lead played by Sandra Oh)
• The Big Bang Theory (co-lead played by Kunal Nayyar)
• Star Trek: Enterprise (co-lead played by Linda Park)
• Law and Order: SVU (series regular BD Wong)
• Glee (ensemble co-leads: Jenna Ushkowitz, Harry Shum, Jr., Darren Criss)
• Heroes (ensemble co-leads: Masi Oka, Sendhil Ramamurthy)
• FlashForward (Co-lead portrayed by John Cho)
• Battlestar Galactica (Ensemble co-lead played by Grace Park)
• Community (Ensemble cast with Danny Pudi and Ken Jeong)
• Stargate Universe (Ensemble cast with Ming-Na Wen)
• Vanished (Ensemble cast with Ming-Na Wen)
• Parks and Recreation (Ensemble cast with Aziz Ansari)
• Off Centre (Ensemble cast with John Cho)
• Codename: Kids Next Door (Ensemble cast with Lauren Tom)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (Protagonist portrayed by Janice Kawaye)

2010s

• The Walking Dead (Ensemble cast with Steven Yeun)
• The Magicians (Ensemble cast with Arjun Gupta and Summer Bishil)
• Miracle Workers (Ensemble co-leads played by Geraldine Viswanathan and Karan Soni)
• Marco Polo (Majority of cast is Asian)
• Champions (Ensemble co-leads played by Josie Totah and Mouzam Makkar)
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (Ensemble cast with Naveen Andrews)
• Jessie (Ensemble cast with Karan Brar)
• Bunk'd (Ensemble cast with Karan Brar and Nina Lu)
• Bizaardvark (Ensemble co-leads played by Madison Hu and Olivia Rodrigo)
• Coop & Cami Ask the World (Ensemble cast with Albert Tsai)
• Liv and Maddie (Ensemble cast with Tenzing Norgay Trainor)
• Descendants: Wicked World (Ensemble cast with Booboo Stewart and Dianne Doan)
• Iron Fist (Ensemble co-lead played by Jessica Henwick)
• The Defenders (Ensemble cast with Jessica Henwick and Élodie Yung)
• Powerless (Ensemble co-leads played by Vanessa Hudgens and Danny Pudi)
• Legion (Ensemble cast with Navid Negahban and Lauren Tsai)
• The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (Ensemble co-lead played by Darren Criss)
• Falling Skies (Ensemble cast with Moon Bloodgood and Peter Shinkoda)
• Warrior (Ensemble co-leads played by Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan, Joe Taslim and Hoon Lee)
• The Terror: Infamy (Majority of cast is Asian)
• Wu Assassins (Majority of cast is Asian)
• Origin (Protagonist portrayed by Sen Mitsuji)
• The Good Place (Ensemble co-leads played by Manny Jacinto and Jameela Jamil)
• The Man in the High Castle (Ensemble co-leads played by Joel de la Fuente and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa)
• Killing Eve (Protagonist portrayed by Sandra Oh)
• Selfie (Protagonist portrayed by John Cho)
• Sunnyside (Ensemble co-leads played by Kal Penn, Joel Kim Booster, and Poppy Liu)
• Elementary (Protagonist portrayed by Lucy Liu)
• Hawaii Five-0 (Ensemble cast with Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, Masi Oka)
• Fresh Off the Boat (Ensemble co-leads played by Hudson Yang, Constance Wu, Randall Park, Forrest Wheeler, and Ian Chen)
• Nikita (Protagonist portrayed by Maggie Q)
• Marry Me (Protagonist portrayed by Lucy Liu)
• Outsourced (Majority of cast is Asian)
• Supah Ninjas (Protagonist portrayed by Ryan Potter)
• Sullivan & Son (Protagonist portrayed by Steve Byrne)
• Beauty & the Beast (Protagonist portrayed by Kristin Kreuk)
• The Mindy Project (Protagonist portrayed by Mindy Kaling)
• Twisted (Protagonist portrayed by Avan Jogia)
• The 100 (Ensemble co-lead portrayed by Bob Morley)
• Quantico (Protagonist portrayed by Priyanka Chopra)
• Dr. Ken (Protagonist portrayed by Ken Jeong)
• Master of None (Protagonist portrayed by Aziz Ansari)
• Into the Badlands (Protagonists portrayed by Daniel Wu and Aramis Knight)
• Brown Nation (Majority of the cast)
• Andi Mack (Protagonist portrayed by Peyton Elizabeth Lee)
• The Night Of (Protagonist portrayed by Riz Ahmed)
• I Feel Bad (Protagonist portrayed by Sarayu Blue)
• Fairly Legal (Protagonist played by Sarah Shahi)
• Good Witch (TV series) (Protagonist played by Catherine Bell)
• PEN15 (Protagonist portrayed by Maya Erskine)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Ensemble co-leads are portrayed by Chloe Bennet and Ming-Na Wen)
• Alex, Inc. (Protagonist portrayed by Tiya Sircar)
• Claws (Ensemble co-lead played by Karrueche Tran)
• Five Points (Protagonist portrayed by Hayley Kiyoko)
• Ramy (TV series) (Ensemble co-lead played by Mohammed Amer, Hiam Abbass, Dave Merheje, May Calamawy, Laith Nakli)
• Runaways (Ensemble co-lead played by Lyrica Okano)
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Ensemble co-lead played by Vincent Rodriguez III)
• Saturday Night Live (Featured cast member Bowen Yang)
• Mr. Robot (series regular BD Wong)
• Pretty Little Liars (co-lead Shay Mitchell, Janell Parrish)
• Modern Family (co-lead Aubrey Anderson-Emmons)
• 13 Reasons Why (main role Ross Butler)
• Runaways (main role Lyrica Okano)
• Pair of Kings (Main role Kelsey Chow)
• 9-1-1 (TV series) (Ensemble co-lead played by Kenneth Choi)
• Chicago Med (Ensemble co-lead played by Brian Tee)
• The Resident (TV series) (Ensemble co-lead played by Manish Dayal)
• The Good Doctor (American TV series) (Ensemble co-lead played by Will Yun Lee)
• Titans (2018 TV series) (Ensemble co-lead played by Ryan Potter)
• The Night Shift (Ensemble cast with Ken Leung)
• Inhumans (Ensemble cast with Ken Leung)
• Silicon Valley (Ensemble cast with Kumail Nanjiani, Jimmy O. Yang)
• Go On (Ensemble cast with John Cho)
• The Exorcist (Ensemble cast with John Cho)
• Hemlock Grove (Ensemble cast with Joel de la Fuente)
• The Librarians (Ensemble cast with John Harlan Kim)

2020s

• A.P. Bio (Ensemble cast with Mary Sohn and Aparna Brielle)
• What We Do in the Shadows (Protagonist Portrayed by Kayvan Novak)
• WandaVision (Major starring character portrayed by Randall Park)
• Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. (Protagonist portrayed by Peyton Elizabeth Lee and ensemble cast with Jason Scott Lee)
• Amphibia (Protagonist portrayed by Brenda Song)
• Rutherford Falls (Ensemble cast with Jesse Leigh)
• Saved by the Bell (Ensemble cast with Josie Totah)
• Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (Protagonist portrayed by Awkwafina)
• Never Have I Ever (Protagonist portrayed by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan)
• Dash & Lily (co-lead played by Midori Francis)
• Devs (protagonist portrayed by Sonoya Mizuno)
• Kim's Convenience (ensemble co-leads played by Simu Liu, Andrea Bang, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon)
• Kung Fu (ensemble cast, Protagonist portrayed by Olivia Liang)
• Star Trek: Picard (co-lead played by Isa Briones)
• Yellowstone (main role Kelsey Chow)
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (ensemble co-leads played by Alice Lee, Kapil Talwalkar)
• Mythic Quest (Ensemble co-leads played by Danny Pudi, Charlotte Nicdao, Ashly Burch)
• Shadow and Bone (Protagonists played by Jessie Mei Li and Amita Suman)
• The Forty-Year-Old Version (lead character's agent is played by Peter Kim)
• Queens the Series (lead actors are Cindy Chu, Spring Inés Peña, and Carolina Do)
• High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (main role Olivia Rodrigo)
• Ms. Marvel (Protagonist portrayed by Iman Vellani and majority of the cast)
• Sex/Life (Protagonist portrayed by Sarah Shahi)
• Gossip Girl (Ensemble co-lead played by Evan Mock)
• Cowboy Bebop (Protagonist portrayed by John Cho)
• Pandora (Ensemble cast with Banita Sandhu and Akshay Kumar)
• Here and Now (Ensemble cast with Raymond Lee)
• Kevin Can F**k Himself (Ensemble cast with Raymond Lee)
• Quantum Leap (Protagonist portrayed by Raymond Lee)
• Beef (Protagonists played by Ali Wong and Steven Yeun)
• Human Resources (Ensemble cast with Randall Park)

See also

• Asian Americans in Arts and entertainment
• Portrayal of East Asians in American film and theater
• British television programmes with Asian leads