John Cho was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Searching.
30 Facts About John Cho
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John Cho made history in American television in the 21st century as the first Asian-American actor cast as a romantic lead in a romantic comedy series when he starred as Henry Higgs in the 2014 sitcom Selfie.
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John Cho was raised in Los Angeles, where his family settled after living in Houston, Seattle, Daly City, California, and Monterey Park, California.
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John Cho's father was a minister in the Church of Christ and was originally from North Korea.
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John Cho graduated from Herbert Hoover High School, in Glendale, California, in 1990.
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John Cho graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature.
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John Cho reprised the role in three sequels: American Pie 2, American Wedding, and the latest installment American Reunion in which he has a much larger role.
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John Cho guest-starred on Charmed as a ghost in the episode "Dead Man Dating" in 1998 and was one of the stars of the short-lived situation comedy Off Centre from 2001 to 2002.
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John Cho was a costar on the Fox sitcom Kitchen Confidential based on Anthony Bourdain's best-selling book.
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John Cho had supporting roles in the science fiction comedy Evolution directed by Ivan Reitman, Down to Earth, and Bowfinger.
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In 2002, John Cho had a starring role in the ensemble cast of Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow, a drama focusing on the travails of a group of Asian Americans living in Southern California who are academically successful but socially discontented, and as a result engage in wantonly violent, criminal behavior.
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Later that year, the movie Big Fat Liar was released, in which John Cho played a Hong Kong-based film director.
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John Cho refused to do the accent scripted for his character.
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John Cho appeared in the July 2004 issue of KoreAm Journal and, in September 2006, was cast in NBC's new comedy The Singles Table, but the series never aired due to changes in scheduling and production.
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In 2007, John Cho was added to the cast of Ugly Betty as a recurring character.
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John Cho plays Kenny, a best friend of accountant Henry Grubstick.
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John Cho played helmsman Hikaru Sulu in JJ Abrams's feature film Star Trek.
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From 2009 to 2010, John Cho starred in the television series FlashForward as FBI Special Agent Demetri Noh.
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John Cho's character was originally slated to be killed off during what turned out to be the show's only season, but after his turn as Sulu in Star Trek boosted his popularity, the producers revised the show's storyline so that he survived, in an attempt to boost declining ratings.
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John Cho starred as Henry Higgs in the short-lived sitcom Selfie, a retooling of the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, becoming the first Asian American man to play a romantic lead on a US romantic comedy television series in 2014.
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Julie Anne Robinson, one of the directors and executive producers of Selfie, revealed in 2021 interviews that she strongly supported casting John Cho and had to persuade "top to bottom of everybody in that chain" that he was the perfect choice for the role, which took a long time to consider.
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In 2018, John Cho starred in the film Searching, playing a man combing social media for clues to his daughter's disappearance.
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John Cho was the first Asian-American actor to headline a mainstream thriller in Hollywood.
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However, production shut down when John Cho suffered a knee injury in October and remained shut down until late September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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John Cho wrote a middle school grade novel book for younger readers called Troublemaker on March 22,2022.
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In May 2022, John Cho was cast in the second season of Apple TV+'s comedy series The Afterparty.
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John Cho is the lead singer for Viva La Union, a Los Angeles garage rock band composed of former Berkeley and USC students.
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John Cho is close to his father, a former preacher, and would like to play a role in the story of his father's generation, growing up in North Korea through the Korean War.
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John Cho has said he has experienced racism throughout his career in Hollywood and that he tries to take roles that do not perpetuate Asian stereotypes.
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John Cho supported the 2012 re-election campaign of Democratic US President Barack Obama.