Bai Ling Filmography

Born:: October 10, 1970 in China
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Bai Ling, whose name translates into English as "White Spirit," was born in China on October 10, 1970. Ling was born into a creative family -- her father was a musician and teacher, while her mother had been a stage actress -- but she was primarily raised by her grandmother after Ling's parents...Read More

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Crank 2: High Voltage

Actors: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins, Jr., Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling

Synopsis: The indestructible hopped-up hitman Chev Chelios, played to the hilt once again by Jason Statham, returns in Crank 2: High Voltage, picking up where the first film left off -- except this time, Chelios is chasing a Chinese gangster who hijacked his heart and substituted it with a mechanical one Read More

4/17/09
Southland Tales

Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Campana

Synopsis: California is at the epicenter of a political and environmental disaster that threatens to destroy the world in this ambitious fusion of comedy, drama, dystopian science fiction, and music from writer and director Richard Kelly, his first film after gaining a cult following with Donnie Darko. In Read More

11/14/07
After Sex

Actors: Mila Kunis, Jane Seymour, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Emmanuelle Chriqui, John Witherspoon, Keir O'Donnell

Synopsis: First time filmmaker Eric Amadio offers a honest, sexy, and occasionally crude take on modern relationships in this comedy that uses the act of sex as a springboard to explore larger issues of intimacy and vulnerability. Beginning at the earliest stages of romance, following through to the final Read More

2007
Toxic

Actors: Susan Ward, Corey Large, Master P, Dominique Swain, Charity Shea

Synopsis: Dominic Swain, Master P, Tom Sizemore, and Danny Trejo star in this flashy action thriller about a beautiful mental patient who embarks on a violent killing spree after learning that her own father has put a bounty on her head. Anyone who gets in this lethal lady's way is sure to pay with their Read More

2007
Edmond

Actors: William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna, Julia Stiles, Rebecca Pidgeon, Bai Ling

Synopsis: David Mamet wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of his play about a man who suddenly stumbles into a new and dangerous life. Edmond Burke (William H. Macy) is on his way home from work one evening when he impulsively stops to have his fortune read by a woman who informs him, "You are not Read More

7/14/06
Living & Dying

Actors: Edward Furlong, Michael Madsen, Arnold Vosloo, Bai Ling

Synopsis: Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. As the police surround the building and the killers Read More

2006
Three... Extremes

Actors: Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Pauline Lau, Zabit Memedov

Synopsis: Three Asian directors, from Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, join forces to create an omnibus horror film, Three...Extremes. In Fruit Chan's "Dumplings," shot by Christopher Doyle, Mrs. Li (Miriam Yeung), a thirtysomething former actress with a philandering husband (Tony Leung) goes to visit Aunt Mei (Bai Ling Read More

10/28/05
The Beautiful Country

Actors: Arthur Nascarella, Damien Nguyen, Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, Bai Ling, Temuera Morrison, John Hussey

Synopsis: A Vietnamese man looking for a better life embarks on a dangerous and eye-opening voyage to America in this powerful drama set during the early '90s. In 1990, Binh (Damien Nguyen) is a man in his early twenties who has never known his parents, though he is clearly of mixed-race parentage, which Read More

7/8/05
Lords of Dogtown

Actors: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, John Robinson, Michael Angarano, Nikki Reed

Synopsis: The true story of the kids who created modern skateboard culture is recreated in this drama. In the early '70s, skateboards were seen as a fad of the 1960s that had all but died out, but in a rough-and-tumble Venice, CA, community known as "Dogtown," that was about to change. Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk Read More

6/3/05
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Ian McDiarmid, Jimmy Smits, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor

Synopsis: George Lucas draws the Star Wars film series to a close with this dark sci-fi adventure which sets the stage for the events of the first film and brings the saga full circle. After a fierce battle in which Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) join Republic forces to help free Read More

5/19/05
Face

Actors: Bai Ling, Kristy Wu, Kieu Chinh, Treach, Will Yun Lee

Synopsis: Three generations of Chinese-American women struggle to reconcile tradition and family with their own needs and desires in this independent drama from first-time director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan. In 1977, Kim (Bai Ling) is an intelligent and headstrong Asian-American, whose mother (Kieu Chinh) is eager Read More

3/18/05
Man About Town

Actors: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, John Cleese, Samuel Ball, Mike Binder

Synopsis: An unscrupulous Hollywood agent seeks to balance the success of his professional status with the abysmal reality of his personal life in director Miek Binder's existential comedy drama. When it comes to playing the Hollywood game, no one does it better than Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck). Yet despite Read More

2005
Entourage: Chinatown

2005
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling, Omid Djalili

Synopsis: Directed by Kerry Conran, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow revolves around the mysterious disappearance of some of the world's most revered scientists. When an investigation is launched, Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow), reporter for the prestigious Chronicle, and Sky Captain (Jude Law) Read More

9/17/04
She Hate Me

Actors: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington

Synopsis: Directed by Spike Lee, She Hate Me follows John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), who is fired from a posh job in biotechnology after informing the proper authorities of some sketchy business dealings from within the company. Unemployed and desperate for some quick cash, Jack accepts a Read More

7/28/04
My Baby's Daddy

Actors: Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Method Man, John Amos

Synopsis: Three lazy pals find they're facing fatherhood simultaneously in this light-hearted comedy co-written by star Eddie Griffin. Lonnie (Griffin), G. (Anthony Anderson), and Dominick (Michael Imperioli) live stress-free lives with Lonnie's trash-talking Uncle Virgil (John Amos). But when all three Read More

1/9/04
Dumplings

Actors: Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Wong Sum Yeung, Pauline Lau

Synopsis: What first began as a short-form study in terror now expands to a full-fledged, feature-length fright fest as director Fruit Chan explores the high price that people are willing to pay for youth and beauty. Originally one third of the horror anthology Three...Extremes, Dumplings tells the tale of Read More

2004
Taxi 3

Actors: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Emma Sjöberg, Bernard Farcy, Marion Cotillard, Edouard Montoute

2003
Paris

Actors: Chad Allen, Bai Ling, James Russo

Synopsis: Jason (Chad Allen, formerly a child actor on TV's St. Elsewhere) is a stoic L.A. cop. As Paris opens, he stumbles down the strip in Las Vegas, obviously in pain, before collapsing. We then see what brought Jason to this dismal state. Back in Los Angeles, his corrupt partner, Leon (James Russo of Donnie Brasco Read More

2003
Code Hunter

Synopsis: Terry Cunningham's cyber-thriller Code Hunter features an interactive game called SHOCK. The creator of the game steals the identity of the best SHOCK player in the whole world in an attempt to get the player to join forces with him in a plan for world domination. The player must stop the game's Read More

2002
The Breed

Actors: Zen Gesner, Adrian Paul, Bokeem Woodbine, Bai Ling

Synopsis: One cop is a vampire and his partner is not in this unconventional thriller from director Michael Oblowitz. To help stop an evil plot that would integrate vampires into normal society, a pair of FBI agents must stop an evil fanged fiend. Matters are complicated when the human officer begins to Read More

2001
The Lost Empire

Actors: Kabir Bedi, Ric Young, Randall Duk Kim, Henry O, Eddie Marsan, Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong

Synopsis: The two-part TV miniseries The Lost Empire was loosely based upon Chang-En Wu's classic 16th century Chinese novel, His Yu Chi (Journey to the West). Updated to the present, the series was set in motion when American journalist Nick Orton (Thomas Gibson) agreed to track down the lost manuscript of Read More

2001
Angel: She

Actors: Bai Ling, Colby French

Synopsis: The morning after a rowdy party at Cordelia's place, Angel (David Boreanaz) officially hires Wesley (Alexis Denisof) as a member of Angel Investigations. Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) promptly has a vision of a murder at an ice factory, and soon the team is investigating a war of attrition between Read More

2000
Anna and the King

Actors: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi

Synopsis: The true story of Anna Leonowens' experiences as a governess to the children of an eccentric Asian king has been adapted into a book of memoirs, a biography, a stage play called Anna and the King of Siam -- which was adapted into a 1946 film, a stage musical called The King and I -- made into both Read More

12/17/99
Wild Wild West

Actors: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Salma Hayek, Kenneth Branagh, Ted Levine

Synopsis: Yet another TV series is revived for the big screen, as Will Smith and Kevin Kline join forces as James T. West and Artemus Gordon, the most sophisticated government agents of the 1860's, in the film adaptation of The Wild Wild West. West and Gordon represent two opposite ends of the personality Read More

6/30/99
Somewhere in the City

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Ornella Muti, Robert John Burke, Peter Stormare, Bai Ling

Synopsis: Iranian-born director Ramin Niami loosely adapted the Maxim Gorky play The Lower Depths for this ensemble character study set in modern-day New York City's Lower East Side. Sandra Bernhard stars as Betty, a remarkably introverted and lonely therapist hungering for a male companion. In her Read More

9/18/98
Touched By an Angel: The Spirit of Liberty Moon, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Touched by an Angel's two-part Season Four finale (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), Monica (Roma Downey) and Tess (Della Reese) have managed to smuggle Chinese defector Jean Chang (Bai Ling) back into Beijing for a reunion with her husband George (Russell Read More

1998
Touched By an Angel: The Spirit of Liberty Moon, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of Touched by an Angel's two-part Season Four finale (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), Monica (Roma Downey) and Tess (Della Reese) wonder how many lives can be changed by the courage of a single person--and better still, who will turn out to be the "courageous" Read More

1998
Red Corner

Actors: Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann, Peter Donat

Synopsis: The strong anti-China beliefs of actor and political activist Richard Gere were evident in this Hitchcockian thriller that sought to expose the civil and human rights abuses of that country's legal system. Gere stars as Jack Moore, counsel to a large media conglomerate seeking to open trade Read More

1997
Dead Funny

Actors: Elizabeth Peña, Andrew McCarthy, Paige Turco, Blanche Baker, Allison Janney

Synopsis: In this independent drama, Vivian Saunders (Elizabeth Pena) comes home one day to an unusual surprise: her boyfriend Reggie (Andrew McCarthy) is lying on the kitchen table with a large sword sticking out of his body. At first Vivian thinks this must be some sort of joke, but she discovers that Read More

1995
Nixon

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins

Synopsis: Oliver Stone, the most outspokenly political American filmmaker of the 1980s and '90s, directs this epic-length biography of Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the U.S., who was re-elected by a landslide in 1972, only to resign in disgrace two years later. Taking a non-linear approach, Nixon Read More

1995
The Crow

Actors: Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, David Patrick Kelly, Angel David

Synopsis: Based on the graphic novel by James O'Barr, this fantasy follows Eric Draven (Brandon Lee), a rock musician who is murdered along with his fiancée Shelly (Sofia Shinas) by a group of marauding thugs who terrorize the decaying city in which they live. One year to the day after his death (which Read More

1994
Homicide: Life on the Street - And the Rockets Dead Glare

Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson

Synopsis: Lewis (Clark Johnson) and Crosetti (Jon Polito) run afoul of the Feds while investigating the murder of a Chinese student, who turns out to have been one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square protest. Elsewhere, Munch (Richard Belzer) and Bolander (Ned Beatty) investigate when a body is found in Read More

1993
Huguan

Actors: Bai Ling, Zhang Guang Bei, Xiao Xiung

Synopsis: Huguan was one of China's 1989 entries in the Moscow Film Festival. The protagonist is a troubled young woman who has convinced herself that she's a witch. When her imagination gets completely out of hand, she ends up in a mental asylum. Here she is put under the care of a female shrink, who does Read More

1989