Kenneth Choi
Kenneth "Ken" Choi (born October 20, 1971 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American actor of Korean descent.
Life
Kenneth Choi, born in Chicago in 1971, has been interested in training as an actor from an early age. However, in order to meet the wishes of his parents, he first began studying at Purdue University with a major in auditing. But he quickly dropped out of studies to devote himself to acting.
From 1998 he first appeared in smaller supporting roles. Guest roles soon followed in series such as The West Wing - In the Center of Power , Roswell , Crossing Jordan - Pathologist with Profile and Dr. House . In 2004 he was seen in Steven Spielberg's terminal .
He became known to a larger audience from 2008 in the role of Henry Lin in the television series Sons of Anarchy and as Sato in the sitcom Samurai Girl . In 2011 he took on the role of the Japanese American Jim Morita in the Marvel comic adaptation Captain America - The First Avenger , who fights against the Hydra organization together with Captain America ( Chris Evans ) .
In 2013 he appeared on the side of Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street .
In the first season of the American Crime Story television series, about the criminal trial of OJ Simpson , Choi starred as judge Lance Ito .
Choi lives in Los Angeles .
Filmography (selection)
- 1998: Halloween Town - My grandma is a witch (Halloweentown)
- 2000: Deep Core - The earth is burning (Deep Core)
- 2001: Beyond the Pale
- 2002: Woman on Fire
- 2002: King of Queens ( The King of Queens , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2003: Timecop 2 - Decision in Berlin (Timecop: The Berlin Decision)
- 2004–2005: Dr. House ( House , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2004: Terminal (The Terminal)
- 2005: The Road to Canyon Lake
- 2005: Harsh Times - Life on the Limit (Harsh Times)
- 2006: In Crosshair II - Axis of Evil (Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil)
- 2006: Only the Brave
- 2006: Undoing
- 2006: The Heart Specialist
- 2007: 24 (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2007: Walk the Talk
- 2007: Was
- 2007: Koreatown
- 2008: Street Kings
- 2008: Samurai Girl (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2008: Baby - Live Fast. Kill Young. (Infant)
- 2008–2009: LA Crash (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2008-2014: Sons of Anarchy (TV series, 14 episodes)
- 2009: Burning Hollywood (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2009: Glee (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2010: Hawthorne (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2011: Captain America - The First Avenger (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- 2012: Red Dawn
- 2013: Ironside (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
- 2014: Agents of SHIELD (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2014: Allegiance (TV series, 13 episodes)
- since 2015: The Last Man on Earth (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2016: The Whole Truth
- 2016: American Crime Story (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2016: Suicide Squad
- 2016: OneRepublic - Wherever I Go (music video)
- 2017: Stephanie - The Evil In Her (Stephanie)
- 2017: Spider-Man: Homecoming
- 2017: Bright
- since 2018: 9-1-1: Emergency Call LA ( 9-1-1 , TV series)
- 2018: Hotel Artemis
- 2018: Office Uprising
- 2018: Bumblebee
Web links
- Kenneth Choi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kenneth Choi Brings Nisei Soldiers to the Big Screen in "Captain America" at pacificcitizen.org, accessed December 12, 2013
- ↑ Exclusive Interview with Kenneth Choi on 'Captain America: The First Avenger' ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at about.com, accessed December 12, 2013
- ↑ Kenneth Choi Bio at nbc.com, accessed December 12, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choi, Kenneth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Choi, Ken; Choi, Kenny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th October 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |