High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Radames Perá (born Radames Pera 14 September 1960) is an American actor who is best known for his role as the young Kwai Chang Caine in the 1972-1975 television series Kung Fu. Radames Pera was born in New York, New York, the son of Eugene R. Perá, a renowned painter and originator of Spin Art, and Lisa Perá, a Russian-born actress. They moved to Los Angeles in 1963 so Lisa could pursue her acting career, but the marriage suffered and they were shortly divorced. Lisa struggled as a single mother, working nights at the famous '60s Hollywood night club, The Fog Cutter. At 8 years old, young Radames was discovered by director Daniel Mann for the role as Anthony Quinn's and Irene Papas' dying son in A Dream of Kings (1969). The boy's mother was up for the part of Quinn's mistress eventually played by the late Inger Stevens. Radames met the Director, Mann at a dinner party and was eventually cast in the role of Stavros. Soon after that Radames got an agent and went on to play many serious roles in television and films.