1. Sung Kang was raised by his Korean mother and his Black American stepfather in Gainesville, Georgia.
11 Facts About Sung Kang
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Sung Kang moved to Barstow, California, while in high school.
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Sung Kang was one of the stars in The Motel, in which he played Sam Kim.
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In portraying Han, Sung Kang emulated "the laid-back cool of the Paul Newmans and Steve McQueens" with "an added Pitt-esque obsession with constantly snacking".
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Sung Kang played an FBI agent in Jet Li's film War, and was featured in the movie Forbidden Warrior as Doran, a son of Genghis Khan.
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Sung Kang had a small role in the action movie Live Free or Die Hard, and he appeared in Walter Hill's movie Bullet to the Head, as Detective Taylor Kwon, opposite Sylvester Stallone.
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Sung Kang has had several notable television roles, including the recurring role of the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee in the Korean drama parody "Tae Do " alongside Bobby Lee on MADtv.
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Sung Kang portrayed FBI Agent Tae Kim in the short-lived crime procedural Gang Related on FOX.
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In 2022, Sung Kang portrayed Fifth Brother in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Sung Kang owned a restaurant called Saketini in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, which closed in early 2013.
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Sung Kang has said that he had been unaware of the drifting culture that existed in Japan before he was cast as Han in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.