James Kyson Lee
| James Kyson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lee Jae Hyuk Seoul, South Korea |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이재혁 |
| Hanja | 李諸赫 |
| Revised Romanization | I Jae-Hyeok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Chaehyŏk |
James Kyson (born December 13) is a Korean-born American actor best known for his role of Ando Masahashi on the NBC television series Heroes.
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[edit] Early life
Kyson was born in Seoul, South Korea. Kyson moved with his family to New York City at the age of 10, where he later attended the Bronx High School of Science. He studied communications at Boston University and the New England Institute of Art.
After a stint in a hip-hop rap group in college, and trying out improv comedy, James moved to LA on a one-way ticket & a single suitcase, where he began his training in music, dance, and acting.
[edit] Acting career
Voted by TV Guide as “Hollywood’s 25 Hottest”, James recently finished Hawaii Five-O on CBS, and a 4-year run on NBC's Heroes as ‘Ando’.
His first ever Television audition landed him on CBS’s “J.A.G.”. Other TV credits include "CSI", NBC's "Las Vegas", "The West Wing", "Heist", as well as ABC's "Threat Matrix", and FOX's "All About the Andersons". He starred in feature films such as “Star Runners”, “Shutter”, “How to Make love to a Woman”, and “White on Rice”.
James plays basketball for The Hollywood Knights, a charity celebrity team, and participated in Robbie Williams’ Soccer Aid for UNICEF, at Manchester United’s Old Trafford in England.
An avid outdoorsman, James enjoys scuba diving, ultimate frisbee, and playing basketball for the Hollywood Knights, a charity celebrity team for USO. He is also an active member of the Global Green eco campaign & the Creative Coalition.
[edit] Filmography
- Hawaii Five-0 (2011) - Sean Leung
- Why Am I Doing This? (2009) – Eric
- Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
- WWII in HD (2009) -- voice of Jimmie Kanaya
- Star Runners (2009) – Lei Chen
- How to make love to a Woman (2009) – Aaron
- Necrosis (2009) – Jerry
- Hard Breakers (2009) – Evan
- White on Rice (2009) – Tim Kim
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009) – Korean Translator (1 episode – "Say Uncle")
- Akira's Hip Hop Shop (2008) - Akira
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008) – voice of Shang Tsung
- Shutter (2008) – Ritsuo
- Asian Stories (Book 3) (2006) – Jim Lee
- Big Dreams Little Tokyo (2006) – Murakami
- Las Vegas – Joon Ho Park (2007)
- Heroes – Ando Masahashi (2006–2010)
- On the Rocks (2006) – Donald Park
- Heist (2006) – Universal Studio Guide
- Doberman (2005) – Johnny
- The West Wing (2004) – Chinese Translator Zheng
- Threat Matrix (2004) – Vargas Killer
- All About the Andersons (2003) – Josh
- JAG (2003) – Lieutenant Pak (1 episode, 2003)
[edit] Other activities
James dubbed his voice over the actor for Shang Tsung in the video game: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.
Lee represented the Rest of the world team in 2010 Soccer Aid,[1] a British charity soccer match in aid of UNICEF. During which he attempted to take a corner kick in the manner of a throw in. The Rest of the World team defeated their opponents England after a penalty shoot-out.
[edit] References
- ^ Soccer Aid - Rest of the World team ITV Entertainment
