James Sie is an American actor and voice actor. He provided the voices of the cabbage merchant, Oyaji, and additional characters across seven episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and later voiced Lau Gan-Lan and Abbot Shung across two episodes of The Legend of Korra. He returned to his role as the cabbage merchant in Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.[1]
Avatar: The Last Airbender credits
Oyaji
- Character information: Oyaji
- 205. "Avatar Day"
Cabbage merchant
- Character information: Cabbage merchant
- 109. "The Waterbending Scroll"
- 212. "The Serpent's Pass"
Additional voices
- 104. "The Warriors of Kyoshi" (Oyaji)
- 105. "The King of Omashu" (cabbage merchant)
- 109. "The Waterbending Scroll"
- 116. "The Deserter" (Lin Yee)
- 215. "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" (cabbage merchant)
The Legend of Korra credits
Lau Gan-Lan
- Character information: Lau Gan-Lan
- 107. "The Aftermath"
Abbot Shung
- Character information: Shung
- 202. "The Southern Lights"
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix) credits
Cabbage merchant
- 103. "Omashu"
- 104. "Into the Dark"
Avatar: Braving the Elements credits
Guest
- 57. ""Avatar Day" with James Sie"
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Quest for Balance credits
Selected other credits
Television work
- Danny Phantom
- Jackie Chan Adventures
- King of the Hill
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
- Shorty McShorts' Shorts
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- The Starter Wife
Filmography
- Dogonauts: Enemy Line (2013)
- Bats (1999)
- U.S. Marshals (1998)
- Strawberry Fields (1997)
- Chain Reaction (1996)
Other credits
- Kung Fu Panda (video game)
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (video game)
- Lost Planet² (video game)
- Lost Planet: Colonies (video game)
- Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (video game)
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (video game)
- Prototype (video game)
- SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2 (video game)
- Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (video game)
Biographical information
Sie starred opposite Suzy Nakamura in the 1997 independent film Strawberry Fields, directed by Rea Tajiri. In 1999, he wrote and performed the autobiographical one-person stage show Talking With My Hands about growing up in a Chinese/Italian household.
He has provided voices for numerous animated television series, including Danny Phantom as Kwan, King of the Hill, Jackie Chan Adventures as Shendu and animated Jackie Chan, W.I.T.C.H. as Chen Lin, and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance as Fin Fang Foom and Radioactive Man.
Sie voices the main antagonist, Dennis Isenberg, in Capcom's video game Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and plays various characters in its sequels. Sie is also the voice of antagonist Eddy Raja in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and is part of the cast of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots, providing the voice of Jonathan, a hulking soldier who helps Solid Snake.
Trivia
- Sie was only credited for voicing the cabbage merchant in his second and third appearances; the first and last are as an "additional voice".
References
- ↑ Fly High with the Full Cast of 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' (Sept 27, 2022). Retrieved on September 27, 2022.