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| Full Name: | John Cho |
| Famous As: | Actor, lead singer for a band called Left of Zed |
| Date of Birth: | June 16, 1972 |
| Place of Birth: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Height: | 5' 10 |
| Nationality: | American |
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John Cho Videos
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John Cho News and Gossip
USA Weekend Magazine - Found Jun. 16, 2009
John Cho celebrates his 37th birthday on a hot streak. He's the sword-wielding Sulu in J.J. Abrams' current hit reboot of Star Trek, and Cho...
STV.tv - Found May. 12, 2009
Actors Karl Urban and John Cho have given their first Star Trek interview for STV, and said that it was a big thrill to be part of the saga?s long-
Collider.com - Found May. 11, 2009
John Cho and Anton Yelchin Exclusive Video Interview - STAR TREK 5/6/2009 Posted by Frosty Written by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Over the past few days ...
Sun Herald - Found May. 7, 2009
LOS ANGELES - After John Cho was cast to play Hikaru Sulu in the new 'Star Trek' film, he sat down with George Takei, who originated the role on the
Fort Mills Times - Found May. 6, 2009
LOS ANGELES - After John Cho was cast to play Hikaru Sulu in the new 'Star Trek' film, he sat down with George Takei, who originated the role on the
Trekweb - Found May. 19, 2009
RollCreditsOnline.com posted a new interview with Star Trek stars Chris Pine, Eric Bana, John Cho and Anton Yelchin and here are excerpts.
Trekweb - Found May. 15, 2009
I like it.' BlackBook posted a new interview with John Cho, the new Sulu, and here are excerpts.
Femail - Found May. 1, 2009
CHO BEAMED UP TO NEW TREK CHALLENGES. EXCLUSIVE John Cho, Star Trek Interview by Paul Fischer. At first glance, the casting of Korean-born John Cho...
Trekweb - Found May. 12, 2009
... else is secondary.' The full article is here st.tv posted a video interview with Karl Urban (McCoy) and John Cho (Sulu) and here are excerpts.
Wired News - Found Jul. 2, 2009
Meanwhile, Enterprise familiar crew members Sulu (John Cho), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Uhura (Zoë Saldana), Leonard ?Bones? McCoy (Karl Urban...
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| Born | John Yohan Cho June 16, 1972 Seoul, South Korea |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse(s) | Kerri Higuchi |
John Yohan Cho (born March 14, 1972) is an Korean-born American1 actor and musician, best known for his roles in the American Pie films (1999–2003) and the Harold & Kumar films (2004–present). More recently, Cho portrayed Hikaru Sulu in the 2009 film Star Trek.
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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. Despite a Korean upbringing, Cho cannot speak Korean. 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 then taught English at Pacific Hills School in West Hollywood, California. He is married to actress Kerri Higuchi and has a son.2 Cho campaigned against passage of Proposition 8.3
Career
Cho began his career as a print model for Korean magazines, such as appearing in an ad for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. After graduating from Berkeley, he moved to Los Angeles, and worked with the Asian American theatre company, East West Players, appearing in Edward Sakamoto's The Taste of Kona Coffee in 1996, and Euijoon Kim's My Tired Broke Ass Pontificating Slapstick Funk in 2000.4 He gained attention with a small role in the 1999 comedy American Pie, in which he popularized the slang term "MILF". His most successful starring role to date has been 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 a co-star of the now-defunct Fox sitcom Kitchen Confidential. Cho 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. In 2006, Cho was selected as one of the sexiest men alive in People Magazine.
Cho appeared on July 2004 issue of KoreAm Journal. He is the lead singer for Viva La Union,5 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 played helmsman Hikaru Sulu in J. J. Abrams's feature film Star Trek.67
Cho appeared in Nas' "Be a Nigger Too" music video along with various celebrities.
Cho will star in the fall TV series Flash Forward. 8
Filmography
References
- ^ 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..."
- ^ Harold and Kumar's John Cho to Be a Dad
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- ^ EWP 34th Season on East West Players site
- ^ Jason Buchanan (2008-03-12). "John Cho". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/224268/John-Cho/biography.
- ^ Borys Kit (2007-10-12). "Final frontier for Cho, Pegg". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if4ef26bbb490c2c53a944c8e92a50006.
- ^ Associated Press (2008-03-12). "John Cho: 'Trek' role is 'daunting'". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/12/john.cho.ap/index.html.
- ^ Joyce Eng (2009-05-19). "Fall TV: ABC's Official Schedule Revisits V, Moves Betty and Says Adieu to Who?". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fall-TV-ABC-1006175.aspx.
External links
- Viva La Union website
- John Cho at the Internet Movie Database
- John Cho at TV.com
- John Cho talks about his career
- John Cho at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
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