Soon-Tek Oh was a Korean-born Korean-American actor, director, playwright, and pioneer of Asian-American theatre. Born in Mokpo in 1932, Oh studied at Yonsei University before moving to the United States, where he pursued professional theatre training and earned an MFA from UCLA. In 1965, he co-founded East West Players to create opportunities beyond the stereotypical roles then available to Asian-American actors. Oh joined the original Broadway cast of Pacific Overtures, beginning with previews in 1975, playing Tamate, a Samurai, a Storyteller, and a Swordsman while also creating the production’s martial-arts sequence. Alongside an extensive stage and screen career, including The Man with the Golden Gun and the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney’s Mulan, he founded the Korean-American theatre group Society of Heritage Performers and later worked as an educator in South Korea.