Performers
Peter Kwong
Peter Kwong has garnered over 100 stage, film, and television credits during his 35-year career. Recent television appearances include ABC’s Boston Legal and Sci Fi Channel’s Dragon Dynasty. Others include General Hospital, My Wife and Kids, The District, JAG, and Sisters. His feature films include Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child, The Presidio and more. On stage, he played Dr. Haing S. Ngor in The Survivor: A Cambodian Odyssey and appeared opposite the late Juliet Prowse in Mame. He is also an award-winning choreographer whose style has been touted as a fusion of hip hop, martial arts, jazz, and Beijing Opera. Kwong earned a theater arts degree from California State University at Sacramento, then studied further at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre. He served on national and local boards for the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA. Kwong chaired the Committee for Racial Equality at Actors Equity Association and was vice chair of both the EEOC and Young Performers committees for SAG. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is currently serving as governor of the Performers Peer Group in his second term on the Television Academy’s Board of Governors.
Conrad Bachmann
Conrad Bachmann began his acting career over 50 years ago with his appearance in the Dobie Gillis series. Since then he has guest-starred on hundreds of episodics, over 350 commercials and 20 feature films. Some of his most enjoyable roles were that of Dr. Jim in Tremors, and doubling and performing stunts for Bing Crosby in the remake of Stagecoach. Co-starring with Jack Palance and Rod Steiger in the 1977 film Portrait of a Hitman was a highlight in his career. Bachmann has had three series — Tales of the Gold Monkey, For Love and Honor and Hunter, on which he had a recurring role as Commander Stone. Bachmann hails from Louisville, Kentucky, where he and Ned Beatty have an annual benefit for various charities. Bachmann launched Louisville’s International Festival of Film in 2009. His charity, Louisville Film Arts Institute, Inc., partners with the educational system of Louisville benefiting children in need and at risk. For the Television Academy he has served four previous two-year terms as governor, and was re-elected to his fifth term. Bachmann and his wife Kate have been married for 44 years. They have a daughter, Kimberly; three sons, Mark, Scott and Brett; two grandsons, Hunter and Logan; and a granddaughter, Hailey. Bachmann served in the United States Air Force and currently serves on the USAF Entertainment Liaison Board. He is an Honorable Kentucky Colonel, and has been appointed to the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Film Commission by Governor Steve Beshear.
