Kenneth Choi

Kenneth Choi Biography

Kenneth Choi (born October 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character Henry Lin on the television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014). He is also known for his roles as Jim Morita in the film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Chester Ming in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Judge Lance Ito in American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson (2016). and Lewis on the FOX comedy series The Last Man on Earth.

Early life

Choi was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Korean immigrants. His parents, especially his father, discouraged his childhood dreams of becoming an actor, instructing him to pursue a "responsible and reasonable"? career, like accounting. Choi followed the advice of his parents and majored in accounting at Purdue University, but later decided to drop out in order to pursue his acting dreams. Choi stated: "I came from a very traditional kind of Asian upbringing and so they were very strict. So when I decided to do this [pursue acting] I decided that I had to do this on my own. And so when I left I basically ran away from home."?

Acting career

Choi has appeared in over 20 films, most notably The Wolf of Wall Street (as Chester Ming), Captain America: The First Avenger (as Jim Morita), Red Dawn (as Smith) and Suicide Squad. In the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming, he plays a grandson of his Captain America character.

On television he played Henry Lin in Sons of Anarchy and Captain Ed Rollins on the NBC TV series Ironside.

He also appeared in various the TV series, including Longmire, The Newsroom, The Last Man On Earth, Glee, Heroes, 24, Lincoln Heights, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, House M.D. and The King of Queens.

In 2011 Choi has provided his voice as Jim Morita for the video game Captain America: Super Soldier. He has also voiced the role of a gangster in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Halloweentown	Hip-sales-creature
2000	Deep Core	Wayne Lung
2001	Beyond the Pale	Douglas
2002	Woman on Fire	Janitor
2003	Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision	Professor Josh Chan
2004	The Terminal	CBP Officer
2005	The Road to Canyon Lake	Pong
2005	Harsh Times	Fujimoto
2006	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	South Korean Ambassador Li Sung Park
2006	Only the Brave	Dave Fukushima
2006	Undoing	Danny
2006	The Heart Specialist	Mitchell Kwan
2007	Baby	Mike
2007	Walk the Talk	Dave
2007	War	Takada
2007	Koreatown	Sil the Well Dressed Drug Dealer
2008	Street Kings	Boss Kim
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	James "Jim" Morita
2012	Dr0ne	Jay
2012	Red Dawn	Smith
2013	Five Thirteen	C.I.A.
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Chester Ming
2016	Suicide Squad	Yakuza Boss
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Principal Morita
2017	Stephanie
2017	Bright	Agent Coleman	Post-production
2018	Gringo		Post-production
TBA	Hotel Artemis		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Martial Law	Biohazard Driver	Episode: "Blue Flu"
2000	The West Wing	Secret Service Agent #1	Episode: "Six Meetings Before Lunch"
2000	The Huntress	Douglas Ho	Episode: "Scattered"
2000	Arli$$	Tommy Takega	Episode: "Where There's a Will..."
2000	V.I.P.	Desmond Kusari	Episode: "Magnificent Val"
2000	Roswell	Ken	Episode: "Skin and Bones"
2001	The Division	Louis Tang	Episode: "Absolution"
2001	The Brothers Garca	Alec Lind	Episode: "Band on the Run"
2001	Kristin	Smoove	Episode: "The Escort"
2001	Dead Last	Syd the Junkie	Episode: "Heebee Geebee's"
2002	Reba	Officer Aoki	Episode: "Brock's Swan Song"
2002	The King of Queens	Todd Ling	Episode: "Holy Mackerel"
2003	Presidio Med	Dennis	2 episodes
2003	Crossing Jordan	Garma	Episode: "Fire and Ice"
2003	Becker	Nam	Episode: "Dates & Nuts"
2003-04	Dragnet	C.I. Burrell	2 episodes
2004	According to Jim	Lab Technician	Episode: "A Vast Difference"
2004-05	House	Dr. Lim	2 episodes
2005	Las Vegas	Duncan Sabusawa	Episode: "Fake the Money and Run"
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jason Tua	Episode: "Post Mortem"
2007	Shark	Kirk Bagley	Episode: "The Wrath of Khan"
2007	Lincoln Heights	Anthony Moon	Episode: "Tricks Treats"
2007	24	Cheng's Operative	4 episodes
2008	Samurai Girl	Sato	6 episodes
2008-09	Crash	Mikey Han	3 episodes
2008-14	Sons of Anarchy	Henry Lin	14 episodes
2009	Without a Trace	Agent Philip Shen	Episode: "Once Lost"
2009	Heroes	Sam Douglas	Episode: "Chapter Nine 'Turn and Face the Strange'"
2009	Glee	Dr. Wu	2 episodes
2010	Hawthorne	Dr. Paul Hyun	3 episodes
2011	Last Man Standing	Dr. Wong	2 episodes
2012	The Newsroom	Dr. Lee	Episode: "The Greater Fool"
2013	Ironside	Captain Ed Rollins	9 episodes
2013	Longmire	Dr. Bloomfield	Episode: "Tuscan Red"
2014	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	James "Jim" Morita	Episode: "Shadows"
2015	Allegiance	Sam Luttrell	13 episodes
2016	The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Judge Lance Ito	10 episodes
2016-17	The Last Man on Earth	Lewis	10 episodes
2017	Chicago Med	Dr. David Kwon	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Gangster
2011	Captain America: Super Soldier	Jim Morita

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Year	Artist	Song title
2016	OneRepublic	"Wherever I Go"

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