John Cho

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John Cho

John Cho in 2008
Born John Yohan Cho
June 16, 1972 (1972-06-16) (age 36)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation Actor
Years active 1997–present

John Yohan Cho (born June 16, 1972) is an American[1] film and television actor and musician, best known for his roles in the American Pie films (1999-2003) and the Harold & Kumar films (2004-2008).

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Biography

Personal life

Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Los Angeles, California, where his family settled in 1978. His father is a minister.[2] Cho graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California in 1990. He then attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1996 with a BA degree in English and proceeding to teach English for some time at Pacific Hills School in West Hollywood, California. He is married to actress Kerri Higuchi and has a son.[3]

Career

Cho began his career as a print model for korean magazines. He even did a print ad for Enterprise rent a car. Cho's big break was a small role in the 1999 comedy American Pie, in which he popularised the slang term "MILF". His most successful starring role to date was as Harold Lee in 2004's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Cho was one of the stars of the short-lived situation comedy, Off Centre, and guest-starred on Charmed as a ghost. He was also a co-star of the now-defunct Fox sitcom Kitchen Confidential. Cho also had supporting roles in American Beauty, Evolution, and Down to Earth, and a minor role in Bowfinger.

In 2002, Cho had a starring role in the ensemble cast of Better Luck Tomorrow, a drama/dark comedy focusing on the travails of a group of Asian Americans living in Southern California who are academically successful, but socially discontented, and as a result engage in wantonly violent, criminal behavior. He was cast in NBC's new comedy The Singles Table September 2006, but the series never aired due to changes in scheduling and production. Cho was selected People Magazine's 11th sexiest man alive in 2006.

Cho appeared on July 2004 issue of KoreAm Journal. He is the lead singer for Viva La Union,[4] a Los Angeles band composed of former UCB and USC students. In 2007, Cho was added to the cast of Ugly Betty as a recurring regular. Cho plays Kenny, a best friend of accountant Henry Grubstick (played by Christopher Gorham). Cho has been cast as helmsman Hikaru Sulu in J. J. Abrams's upcoming Star Trek movie.[5][6]

Cho appeared in Nas "Be a Nigger Too" music video along with various celebrities.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Aide #3
Shopping for Fangs Clarence
1998 Charmed Mark Chao
1999 American Beauty Sale House Man #1
Bowfinger Nightclub Cleaner
American Pie John, 'MILF' Guy #2
2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Parking Valet
2001 American Pie 2 John
Evolution Student
Off Centre Chau Presley TV series
Down to Earth Phil Quon
Pavilion of Women Fengmo Wu
2002 Better Luck Tomorrow Steve Choe
Solaris DBA Emissary #1
Big Fat Liar Dustin Wong
2003 American Wedding John
Kim Possible Hirotaka (voice) TV series
2004 In Good Company Petey
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Harold Lee
See This Movie Larry Finkelstein
2005 House, M.D. Harvey Park TV series
2006 American Dreamz Ittles
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Tom
Grey's Anatomy Marshall Stone TV series
2007 West 32nd John Kim
Smiley Face Mikey
How I Met Your Mother Jeff Coatsworth TV series
Ugly Betty Kenny TV series
Kitchen Confidential Teddy Wong TV series
'Til Death Vice Principal TV series
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Harold Lee
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
2009 Star Trek Hikaru Sulu post-production
2010 Harold & Kumar 3 Harold Lee pre-production

References

  1. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (2007-10-14), "John Cho Speaks About Being Asian in Hollywood", The Korea Times, <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/10/201_11837.html>. Retrieved on 2008-04-22  "Korean-American actor John Cho, 35, is becoming a household name in the United States..."
  2. ^ SBU AA E-Zine
  3. ^ Harold and Kumar's John Cho to Be a Dad
  4. ^ Jason Buchanan (2008-03-12). "John Cho". New York Times.
  5. ^ Borys Kit (2007-10-12). "Final frontier for Cho, Pegg". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ^ Associated Press (2008-03-12). "John Cho: 'Trek' role is 'daunting'". CNN.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cho"

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