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Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and retired professional basketball player who played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. At the time of his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m. He is the only player from outside of the United States to lead the NBA in All-Star votes.
Born
Friday, 12 September 1980
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| It Ain't Over | Self | 2023 |
| The Redeem Team | Self - China Basketball Olympic Team Player (2000 / 2004) | 2022 |
| The Future Of | Self - Former NBA Player | 2022 |
| Racing Extinction | Self - NBA Basketball Star | 2015 |
| Saving Africa's Giants with Yao Ming | Self | 2014 |
| Lenny Cooke | Self | 2013 |
| NBA: The Foundation | Self | 2013 |
| Linsanity | Self - Interviewee | 2013 |
| Amazing | (as Ming Yao) | 2013 |
| 60 Minutes Sports | Self - Basketball Player (segment "The Gold Medal Factory") | 2013 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| It Ain't Over | Self | 2023 |
| The Redeem Team | Self - China Basketball Olympic Team Player (2000 / 2004) | 2022 |
| The Future Of | Self - Former NBA Player | 2022 |
| Racing Extinction | Self - NBA Basketball Star | 2015 |
| Saving Africa's Giants with Yao Ming | Self | 2014 |
| Lenny Cooke | Self | 2013 |
| NBA: The Foundation | Self | 2013 |
| Linsanity | Self - Interviewee | 2013 |
| Amazing | (as Ming Yao) | 2013 |
| 60 Minutes Sports | Self - Basketball Player (segment "The Gold Medal Factory") | 2013 |
| Nash | Self | 2013 |
| The Buried Life | Self | 2010 |
| Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad | Self / Self - National Team's Flagbearer (China) | 2008 |
| I Love the New Millennium | Self | 2008 |
| The Year of the Yao | Self | 2004 |
| Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | Self - Flagbearer Basketball Player (China) | 2004 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - NBA All Star Party Guest | 2003 |
| South Park | (voice) (as Yao) / Yao | 1997 |
| The Simpsons | Ming Yao | 1989 |
