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Justin Chon
Chon in 2009
Born
Justin Jitae Chon

(1981-05-29) May 29, 1981 (age 42)
Garden Grove, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Sasha Egorova
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(m. 2014)​
Websitewww.tenthandfourth.com

Justin Jitae Chon[1] (born May 29, 1981) is a Korean-American actor and a member of parody K-pop band BgA. He is best known for portraying Eric Yorkie in The Twilight Saga film series (2008–2012).

Early life

Chon was born in Garden Grove, California and raised in Irvine, California.[2] He is of South Korean descent. His father, Sang, who worked in show business, was a child actor in South Korea,[3] and was often in black-and-white films. Chon grew up watching his father's films, which eventually inspired him to pursue acting. His mother, Kyung, is a pianist and homemaker.[4][5]

Chon was educated at University High School in his home city of Irvine in California, where he played saxophone in the marching band, followed by the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he majored in Business Administration.[6] As he was required to learn a language as a part of his course, he started learning Japanese, then switched to Korean (his parents' native tongue). In order to improve his ability in the language, he spent time in South Korea as part of a year abroad in his junior year. During the first semester, he lived in the dorms of Yonsei University, in the capital, Seoul.[6]

Career

Acting

Chon started acting in 2005 in shows such as Jack & Bobby and Taki & Luci. He came to fame in 2006 when he played Peter Wu in the Disney Channel film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior.[1] He also played Tony Lee in the Nickelodeon sitcom Just Jordan.[1] In 2008, he played Eric Yorkie in the film Twilight, based on the book by Stephenie Meyer.[7] Chon reprised his role as Eric Yorkie in the Twilight sequel New Moon.[8] He starred as the central character, Jeff Chang, in the film 21 & Over in 2013. He also appeared in the independent film Innocent Blood that same year. In 2014, Chon appeared as a lead character in crime drama film Revenge of the Green Dragons, which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese. In 2015, Chon starred as Sid Park, the trouble-making main character influenced by rocker culture in the independent film Seoul Searching, directed by Benson Lee, which made its premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.[9] In 2016, Chon held a role in the Korean American comedy drama Dramaworld. In March 2017, he was cast as a series regular in the upcoming television series Deception.[10]

Directing

Chon appearing at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival for a showing of his film Gook

Chon also co-wrote (with Kevin Wu), directed, executive produced, and starred in the 2015 feature film Man Up.[11] The film made its premiere at the 2015 CAAMFest.[12] It was also screened at the 2015 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, making its West Coast premiere there.[13] The film is set in Hawaii and also stars Kevin Wu, Amy Hill, Parvesh Cheena, Nichole Bloom, Dion Basco, Samantha Futerman and more.[14] In March 2015, the film was acquired by "Off the Dock", a digital studio owned by Lakeshore Entertainment.[15]

Chon has also directed several digital short films that are viewable on his YouTube Channel, including You're Stoopid (2013), Full Circle (2013) and 90 Day Visa (2015).[16]

Other ventures

Chon co-owns a chain of stores, named the Attic, in California.[17] In January 2015, he began uploading edited vlogs to his YouTube channel on a weekly basis. Since November 2015, he has uploaded edited vlogs to the channel on a daily basis. He also creates short comedy videos on YouTube with his friends. He has appeared in videos on Nigahiga's YouTube channel. In 2016, Chon wrote an editorial for NBC about the racism he faced in Hollywood roles and auditions.[18]

Personal life

After dating for over a year, he married his girlfriend Sasha Egorova in October 2014.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Puff, Puff, Pass Bobbi
2006 Fleetwood Rong
2007 Hack! Ricky
2008 Twilight Eric Yorkie
2009 Ashley Mason Morgan
2009 Crossing Over Yong Kim
2009 Turbo Hugo Park
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Eric Yorkie
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Eric Yorkie
2011 From the Rough Ji-Kyung
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Eric Yorkie
2012 Detention of the Dead Ash
2012 Rock Jocks Seth
2012 Hang Loose BJ
2013 21 & Over Jeff Chang
2013 Innocent Blood Brad Lee
2014 Revenge of the Green Dragons Sonny
2015 Seoul Searching Sid Park
2015 Man Up Randall Also director, writer, executive producer
2016 Satanic Seth
2016 Heartbeats Jae Juarez
2016 Like Lambs Jasper
2017 Gook Also director

Directorial work

Year Title Role Notes
2013 You're Stoopid Director, writer Short film
2013 Full Circle Director, writer, actor Short film
2015 90 Day Visa Director, writer, actor Short film
2015 Man Up Director, writer, actor, executive producer Feature film
2017 Gook Director, writer, actor, executive producer Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Jack & Bobby Greek Chorus Episode: "Under the Influence"
2006 The O.C. Big Korea Episode: "The Party Favor"
2006 Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior Peter Wu Television film
2007–2008 Just Jordan Tony Lee
2009 Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach Joe Chang Television film
2011 House Harold Lam Episode: "The Dig"
2013 New Girl Brian Episode: "Menus"
2015 Sin City Saints Byron Summers
2016 Dramaworld Seth Ko
2016 Dr. Ken Jae Recurring, Season 2
2017 Deception Jordan Kwon Upcoming series

References

  1. ^ a b c "Star Spotlight: Justin Chon". Scholastic. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  2. ^ Teenfaze (2 April 2008). "Justin Chon (Twilight) Interview" – via YouTube.
  3. ^ motoway065. "Interview With Justin Chon".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Jetsetting With Up-and-Coming Actor Justin Chon - Jetset Extra".
  5. ^ "justin chon - Audrey Magazine".
  6. ^ a b Justin Chon Publisher: www.TwilightLexicon.com Published: 27 July 2008. Retrieved: 18 March 2014.
  7. ^ Larry Carroll (7 February 2008). "'Twilight' Gives The Green Light To Anna Kendrick, Justin Chon For Book-Turned-Movie". MTV. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  8. ^ "New Moon Actors arrived in Vancouver". ReelzChannel. 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ James S. Kim, Justin Chon Does His Own ‘Seoul Searching’, http://iamkoream.com/justin-chon-does-his-own-seoul-searching/
  10. ^ Petski, Denise (1 March 2017). "Elliot Knight Joins The CW's 'Life Sentence'; Justin Chon in ABC's 'Deception'". Deadline.
  11. ^ Cynthia Brothers & Vu-Bang Nguyen, Justin Chon on ‘Seoul Searching’ and ‘Man Up’, http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2015/02/26/justin-chon-on-seoul-searching-and-manning-up/
  12. ^ CAAMFest, Man Up, http://caamfest.com/2015/films/man-up/
  13. ^ LAAPFF 2015, MAN UP, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ Man Up, Official Film Page, http://www.manupfilm.com
  15. ^ Dave McNary, Lakeshore Launches Digital Studio With Justin Chon-Kevin Wu Comedy http://variety.com/2015/film/news/lakeshore-launches-digital-studio-with-justin-chon-kevin-wu-comedy-1201460990/
  16. ^ ChannelAPA.com, Full Circle, http://www.channelapa.com/2013/02/full-circle-short-film-with-justin-chon.html
  17. ^ AllKPop, Up in Justin Chon's Attic, http://www.allkpop.com/article/2009/04/up-in-justin-chons-attic
  18. ^ Chon, Justin (15 March 2016). "Editorial: I Walked Out On a Racist Audition". NBCNews.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  19. ^ Justin Chon (1 January 2015). "i got married..." YouTube.

External links

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