
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong, a Canadian-American actress, has graced screens for decades. Born in Edmonton in 1961, the daughter of comedian Tommy Chong, her heritage reflects a rich mix of African-American, Native American, Asian, and Scottish-Irish ancestry. After her debut in the 1978 film "Stony Island," Chong's breakthrough came in 1981 with "Quest for Fire," which earned her a prestigious Genie Award for Best Actress. Throughout the 80s, she thrived with diverse roles in films like "Beat Street," "The Color Purple," "Commando," and "Soul Man," showcasing her versatility across comedies, dramas, and thrillers. Continuing to act in the 90s and beyond, Chong has also been a philanthropist, supporting charities and even discovering a future star (Chris Pratt) during his early days as a waiter. With her impactful performances, Rae Dawn Chong remains a remarkable figure in the entertainment industry.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.631 |
Birthday | 1961-02-28 |
Place of Birth | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Also Known As | ری داون چونگ, |

1985

The Color Purple
7.762/1811
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After...
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The Color Purple

1987

The Principal
6.5/287
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school...
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The Principal

1985

Commando
6.693/2853
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young da...
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Commando

1990

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
6.174/379
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990

Far Out Man
5.1/19
An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.
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Far Out Man

1986

Soul Man
5.3/154
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qual...
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Soul Man

1995

Crying Freeman
6.343/328
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yak...
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Crying Freeman

1995

Hideaway
5.2/160
Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but ki...
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Hideaway

1991

The Borrower
5/52
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find anot...
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The Borrower

1984

Choose Me
6.1/28
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose...
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Choose Me

1985

American Flyers
6.209/117
When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he de...
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American Flyers

2006

Max Havoc - Ring of Fire
3.5/6
Sports reporter Max Havoc, a former kickboxer, travels to Seattle. There he encounters orphans who are threatened by an unscrupulous broker because he...
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Max Havoc - Ring of Fire

1981

Quest for Fire
7/513
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start...
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Quest for Fire

2007

Constellation
5.6/5
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous pas...
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Constellation

2010

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
4.3/43
A small independent news crew investigates a series of unexplained disappearances in a small Midwestern county. They find themselves interviewing a ma...
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Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer

1984

Beat Street
6.9/87
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
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Beat Street

1993

Time Runner
4.5/22
During the alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992, where attempt after attempt is made to catch and kill him.
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Time Runner

2006

Deadly Skies
4.2/22
When scientist Dr Madison Taylor discovers an asteroid the size of Texas is heading for Earth, she sets out to destroy it - with or without the help o...
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Deadly Skies

1984

Fear City
5.4/89
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired b...
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Fear City

2000

Dangerous Attraction
4.7/8
A successful ad agency woman finds herself in a dangerous power struggle, back-dropped by murder, when she begins to uncover the true identity of the...
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Dangerous Attraction

1997

Goodbye America
4.5/4
It is November 1992 and the US Navy is preparing to surrender its largest overseas facility at Subic Bay, Philippines, after almost a century. For bot...
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Goodbye America

1994

Boulevard
4.4/15
A street prostitute takes in an abused young woman on the run from her misogynist boyfriend, leading to both facing off against the prostitute's dread...
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Boulevard

2012

Jeff, Who Lives at Home
6.213/634
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his broth...
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home

1998

Valentine's Day
3.8/6
Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was ab...
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Valentine's Day

1987

Running Out of Luck
5.75/4
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
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Running Out of Luck

1993

When the Party's Over
5/27
Four housemates try to find love and happiness in Los Angeles -- often at the expense of their well-being and friendships. Artist Amanda is trying to...
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When the Party's Over

1987

The Squeeze
5/23
Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of television sets -- but he is not particularly successful...
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The Squeeze

1996

Mask of Death
3.5/11
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the pr...
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Mask of Death

2012

Pegasus Vs. Chimera
3.7/9
Two mythological creatures battle each other.
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Pegasus Vs. Chimera

2023

The Mistress
4.984/32
Newlyweds Parker and Madeline move into their dream home. As they settle in, they discover a box of old love letters written to the original owner. An...
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The Mistress

1990

Amazon
5.1/11
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining...
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Amazon

1990

Denial
4/4
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationshi...
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Denial

1994

Boca
3.5/6
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.
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Boca

1991

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
3.8/4
Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second - ab...
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Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

1993

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
6/4
An estranged father and son are paroled from the same maximum-security prison with one unusual condition, they must become roommates. Their severed bo...
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

2022

We Are Gathered Here Today
6/2
The patriarch of the family enters the hospital with COVID-19 and because of hospital protocols his family members are forced to say their goodbyes vi...
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We Are Gathered Here Today

1999

Things I Forgot to Remember
0/0
A bittersweet comedy in Spanish and English about a Cuban family that migrates to the United States. Robertico, Carmela and Roberto's youngest son, gr...
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Things I Forgot to Remember

1990

Curiosity Kills
4.8/8
An apartment block janitor stumbles upon a deadly secret after one of the residents seemingly commits suicide and a mysterious new tenant arrives.
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Curiosity Kills

2002

Highball
4.5/17
A newly married couple tries to enhance their social life by throwing fabulous parties and inviting all their friends in Brooklyn to their home.
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Highball

1995

Power of Attorney
4.6/5
Mafia don Joseph Scassi is a man willing to use all of his vast resources to defend himself against an indictment for murder and extortion.
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Power of Attorney

1995

The Break
6.8/4
A washed-up tennis pro begins coaching a hopeful teen, Joel Robbins, whose overbearing father wants to discourage him from playing.
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The Break

1996

Starlight
2.5/2
Adrianna (Chong) is a beautiful alien woman who has come to Earth in search of a half alien man (Wirth). She needs him to help her defeat the evil ali...
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Starlight

1986

Casey at the Bat
0/0
Down-on-his-luck baseball player Casey Frank (Elliott Gould) follows his dreams to become the biggest star in the game.
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Casey at the Bat

1985

City Limits
2.692/26
A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually they unite against an evil corporation, as represented by...
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City Limits

2014

Knock 'em Dead
6.6/8
Three rival actresses and their crew, desperate and hating each other, reunite for a horror movie sequel when someone starts killing them off just lik...
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Knock 'em Dead

1988

Walking After Midnight
0/0
Explores the past-life experiences of various celebrities.
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Walking After Midnight

1980

The Top of the Hill
0/0
Michael Stone is a rising company executive who decides to chuck his career and marriage to fulfill a fantasy to be a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsl...
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The Top of the Hill

1984

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
5.1/70
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

2024

Scared to Death
0/0
A group of filmmakers attend a séance at an abandoned children's orphanage in order to do research for a movie... that's their first mistake.
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Scared to Death

1991

Chaindance
4/4
As a part of a special government reform program, inmate J.T. Blake has to take care of Johnny Reynolds who has cerebral palsy. In the meantime, anoth...
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Chaindance

1997

Alibi
4/1
Laid up after an accident on the slopes, ski champ Marti Gerrard receives a wrong-number phone call from software tycoon Connor Hill. The two hit it o...
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Alibi

2012

Shiver
3.827/26
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of othe...
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Shiver

1996

Small Time
7/3
Ben is a small-time gangster who gets the opportunity to earn a lot of money. His boss sends him to a remote ranch with bag full of drugs and orders h...
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Small Time

1985

Badge of the Assassin
5/4
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police dete...
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Badge of the Assassin

1978

Stony Island
8/3
Richie Bloom, the only white kid on the block, forms an R&B band with his best friend, Kevin. With the help of their mentor, aging sax legend Percy, t...
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Stony Island

2017

Five Minutes
0/0
A progressive elementary school's "parenting class" takes an unexpected dramatic turn.
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Five Minutes

2001

The Visit
7.6/6
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
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The Visit

2018

Reborn
6.4/56
A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a deranged morgue attendant and brought back to life by electro-kinetic power. On her sixteenth birthday, traumat...
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Reborn

2000

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
0/0
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2020

Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables
0/0
A detailed look into the making of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.
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Tales Behind The Darkside: The Making Of Four Ghoulish Fables

2021

The Sleeping Negro
5/1
Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own hu...
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The Sleeping Negro

1996

For Hope
6/2
The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.
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For Hope

1974

The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
0/0
A 13-year-old brainiac invents an ingenious listening device, which he uses to bring a crooked city official and his pals to justice
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The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

1987

Zabagabee
0/0
Long-form Barnes and Barnes piece featuring a handful of music videos, sketches, and assorted weirdness.
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