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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 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean American¹ actor and musician, best known for his roles in the American Pie films (1999-2003) and the Harold & Kumar films (2004-2008). More recently, Cho has wrapped production on the new Star Trek film, in which he portrays Hikaru Sulu.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

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.⁵⁶

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	Hype Man
2009	Star Trek	Hikaru Sulu	post-production

References

External links

• Viva La Union website
• John Cho at the Internet Movie Database
• John Cho at TV.com