Sung Kang
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.jpg) Sung Kang at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival |
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| Born | April 8, 1972 Gainesville, Georgia, US |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active |
2001 – present |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 강성호 |
| Hanja | 姜成鎬 |
| Revised Romanization | Gang Seongho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kang Sŏngho |
Sung Kang (Korean: Kang Sung-Ho; Hangul: 강성호; born April 8, 1972) is an American actor, known for his role as Han Seoul-Oh in the films Better Luck Tomorrow, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, and Fast Five.
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[edit] Life and career
Kang was born in Gainesville, Georgia, to immigrants from South Korea.[1] His first major role was that of Han Seoul-Oh from Better Luck Tomorrow, in which he played an aloof gang member. He reprised his role as Han in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, and Fast Five. He was one of the stars in The Motel, in which he played Sam Kim. He also had a role in Jet Li's film War playing an FBI agent, and was featured as a son of Genghis Khan, Doran, in the movie Forbidden Warrior. On MADtv, Sung has played the recurring role of the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee in the Korean drama parody, "Tae Do (Attitudes and Feelings, Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive)." Kang also had a small role in the action movie Live Free or Die Hard.
Kang is featured in the music video "Lie" for the Korean band g.o.d..
He owns a restaurant called Saketini in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California.[2] It offers a wide range of Pacific Rim foods and has Eun San Yi as head chef.
Kang says that before he was cast as Han in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift he was unaware of the drifting subculture that exists in Japan. It wasn't until he began researching for the part that he learned what a popular sport drifting is all over the world.[3]
As an American actor, Kang says one of his biggest dislikes about Hollywood is the stereotypes East Asian actors face when being cast in a role.[3]
[edit] Filmography
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) (Also Associate Producer)
- Spin City (2002)
- Antwone Fisher (2002)
- The Shield (2003)
- Forbidden Warrior (2004)
- Threat Matrix (2004)
- Cold Case (2004)
- The Motel (2005)
- Monk (2005)
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
- Undoing (2006)
- Standoff (2006)
- CSI: Miami (2006)
- War (2007)
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007) (FBI Central)
- Undoing (2007) (Producer)
- Samurai Girl (2008)
- Knight Rider (2008)
- CSI (2008)
- Fast & Furious (2009)
- Ninja Assassin (2009)
- Helium (2009)
- Clap Clap (Film 2010)
- Fast Five (2011)
- Knots (2011)
- Bullet to the Head (2012)
[edit] References
- ^ Stevenson, Elena (2008-10-14). "Chow Talk with Sung Kang, Part 1". Elena Stevenson. http://elena.ningin.com/2008/10/14/chow-talk-with-sung-kang-part-1/. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ^ Sung Kang's Blog
- ^ a b Sung Kang Bio – TV.com
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