1. Justin Jitae Chon was born on May 29,1981 and is a South Korean-American actor and filmmaker.
19 Facts About Justin Chon
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Justin Chon is known for portraying Eric Yorkie in The Twilight Saga film series.
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Justin Chon is a member of the K-pop parody group Boys Generally Asian.
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Justin Chon's father, Sang Chon, was an actor in South Korea and later a shoe wholesales owner in Paramount, California.
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Justin Chon attended the University of Southern California, where he majored in business.
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Justin Chon came to fame in 2006 when he played Peter Wu in the Disney Channel film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior.
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Justin Chon played Tony Lee in the Nickelodeon sitcom Just Jordan.
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Justin Chon reprised his role as Eric Yorkie in the Twilight sequel New Moon.
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Justin Chon appeared in the independent film Innocent Blood that same year.
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In 2014, Justin Chon appeared as a lead character in crime drama film Revenge of the Green Dragons, which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
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In 2015, Justin 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.
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Justin Chon trained for over two years in the Meisner technique at the Baron Brown Studio in Santa Monica and guest starred in the Studio web series Joanne Brown Is Here with Hana Mae Lee and Joanne Baron in 2016.
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Justin Chon held a role in the Korean-American comedy drama Dramaworld.
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Justin Chon starred in the 2018 movie High Resolution with Ellie Bamber, directed by Jason Lester.
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Justin Chon co-wrote, directed, executive produced, and starred in the 2015 feature film Man Up.
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Justin Chon has directed several digital short films that are viewable on his YouTube Channel, including You're Stoopid, Full Circle and 90 Day Visa.
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In 2017, Justin Chon wrote, directed, produced and starred in a film entitled Gook, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the NEXT Audience Award and was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Distribution.
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Justin Chon is a member of BgA, a parody K-Pop group formed by Higa.
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In 2016, Justin Chon wrote an editorial for NBC about the racism he faced in Hollywood roles and auditions.