13 Facts About Beau Sia

In 1995, Beau Sia moved to New York City, where he attended the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts dramatic writing program.

Beau Sia has said that moving to New York City made him conscious of his identity as an Asian American, something that he denied often in Oklahoma City.

Beau Sia began performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, eventually earning himself a place on the 1996 Nuyorican National Poetry Slam team.

Beau Sia took Maggie Estep's pop culture reference-heavy work to the next level, bouncing across the stage, frenzied and electrified.

Beau Sia was a firebrand who seemed determined to smash the prevailing stereotypes of Asian-America, the ones that painted Asian-Americans as being meek, passive and voiceless.

Beau Sia eventually earned two National Poetry Slam Championships in 1997 and 2000 while competing on the NYC-Urbana national poetry slam team.

Beau Sia reached second place in the Individual Poetry Slam competition in 2001.

Beau Sia then began touring around Europe and the United States.

Beau Sia appeared in films and published a wide range of his works in book and compact disc form.

Beau Sia portrays the protagonist in the music video for Wolf Like Me by the band TV on the Radio.

Beau Sia portrays a minor character, Cicero, in Jeremy Saulnier's directorial debut, Murder Party.

Beau Sia plays Norman Sklear, a wedding czar emcee in Rachel Getting Married.

In 2015, Beau Sia appeared in yet another Jonathan Demme film, Ricki and the Flash, followed by a recurring role on the web series Pretty Dudes alongside such actors as Dion Basco and Yoshi Sudarso.