In addition to playing "Charlie Fong" on Hawaii Five-0, Yang has also starred in films such as The Man with the Iron Fists as Hyena, Quentin Lee's The People I've Slept With as Jefferson (Archie Kao)'s right-hand man (and was also an Executive Producer of the film), Alice Wu's Saving Face as Little Yu, Joan Chen's love interest, Michael Kang's West 32nd as Jahnkeh, and in the upcoming film, Someone I Used to Know, directed by Nadine Truong and written by West Liang, which he also produced. Yang was also the host of a reality show in China called Shanghai Rush.