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Randall Park (born March 23, 1974)[1][2][3] is an American actor, comedian, and writer, who is best known for his role as Louis Huang in the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015-2020), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series award in 2016.

Randall Park
Born	(1974-03-23) March 23, 1974 (age 48) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MA)
Occupation	Actor, comedian, writer
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Jae Suh Park ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	1

Before these major roles, Park gained popularity by playing Steve, a prank replacement of Jim Halpert (dubbed "Asian Jim") in an episode of the NBC sitcom The Office and starring in the recurring role of Governor Danny Chung in the HBO comedy series Veep. He also co-starred in and co-wrote the Netflix romantic comedy film Always Be My Maybe (2019), alongside Ali Wong.

He has appeared in numerous web series on Channel 101, including Dr. Miracles and IKEA Heights. He has also appeared in a few short films by Wong Fu Productions.

Park also appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Agent Jimmy Woo in the 2018 film Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2021 miniseries WandaVision and in the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, as a future version of himself in the 2021 Dwayne Johnson autobiographical comedy series Young Rock, and in the DC Extended Universe film Aquaman (2018) as Dr. Stephen Shin.

Early life

Park was born to Korean immigrants in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Castle Heights, Los Angeles.[4] His mother was an accountant at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and his father owned a one-hour photo store.[5] Park graduated from Hamilton High School's humanities magnet program.[6][7]

Park began attending UCLA in winter quarter of 1993.[8] As a student, he co-founded "Lapu, the Coyote that Cares," the largest and longest-running on-campus Asian American theater company, now known as the LCC Theatre Company, in 1995.[9][10][11][12] He credits his experiences with LCC for sparking his desire to pursue acting professionally and would go on to collaborate with many of its alumni.[13] Their first performance was of Treehouse Bachelor Society, a full-length play Park had written, and it was performed at the Northwest Auditorium.[13] Park was also a student volunteer for UCLA's official charity, UCLA UniCamp, and went by the camp name "CareMoose."[4]

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English, with a concentration in creative writing,[14] and minor in Asian American studies from UCLA in 1997.[8][15] He remained at UCLA, partly to continue acting with LCC, and later completed his master's degree in Asian American studies in 1999.[16][17][7] After graduation, Park worked at the weekly newspaper New Times LA as a graphic/print designer for a few years. When he left the job, he considered pursuing architecture school but failed the pre-requisite courses and realized he did not want to attend any more schooling.[7]

Career

Park has made guest appearances on television shows including Community, Curb Your Enthusiasm, New Girl, The Office, ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Four Kings, Las Vegas, House, iCarly, Cold Case, The Mindy Project, and Reno 911!.

2001–2006: Early years

He co-founded the Propergander theater group with a few LCC alumni. Their first production was of The Achievers by LCC co-founder Michael Golamco in 2001.[11] Around this time, Park began doing stand-up comedy recreationally in his backyard during Propergander shows. He cited Mike Birbiglia and Mitch Hedberg as early influences and would later perform alongside comedian Ali Wong.[18][4][19] Other notable alumni include Vivian Bang, Tim Chiou, Samantha Quan, and Eddie Shin.[20] Park, Shin, and LCC co-founder Naoya Imanishi were also a part of the short lived improv group, "The Legendary Stage Ninjaz,"[11] along with comedian Ali Wong.[4]

Park made his screen debut as the lead in the 2003 short film Dragon of Love, which won Best Short Film at the 2003 Hawaii International Film Festival.

Park co-wrote and starred in the feature film American Fusion, directed by UCLA alumnus Frank Lin, which won the Audience Award at the 2005 Hawaii International Film Festival.[21][22][23] It was actor Pat Morita's last role before his death in November of that year.[21] The script was a quarter-finalist for the 2009 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.[24]

Early in his career, when Park did not have a talent agent, he would book roles through diversity showcases at different television networks.[25] In 2006, he was featured in the CBS Diversity Showcase. At 32, while a cast member on MTV's Wild 'n Out, he worked at Starbucks to supplement his income.[4][26]

In 2007, he regularly appeared as an actor in the filmmaking reality show On the Lot.

2007–2013: Online work

Park found work to be scarce in 2009 due to the Great Recession in the United States in 2008 and a potential SAG-AFTRA strike at the beginning of 2009,[27] so he began to focus on his own projects during this period.[18] He wrote the short film Blueberry, which won an award for Best Actor at the NBC Shortcuts Film Festival For Short Films in 2010.[28][29]

Park had a recurring role as Martin Fukanaga on Supah Ninjas.

Park has collaborated on several projects with Wong Fu Productions. Previously, he has appeared as Brandon in the comedy skit Too Fast (2010) and the stepfather in the web series Home Is Where the Hans Are (2012). More recently, Park played a D.E.I. agent in the feature film Everything Before Us (2015) and its accompanying short film, Asian Santa in the comedy skit Why is Santa Asian?, and a brief cameo as himself in Asian Bachelorette 2.[30][31]

He created, directed, wrote, and starred in several short internet series for Channel 101, including Dr. Miracles, The Food, IKEA Heights, and Dumb Professor. In 2013 he wrote and starred in a series for Channel 101 featuring his baby daughter entitled Baby Mentalist.[32] In Channel 101's bracket competition format for web-series, Baby Mentalist was voted number one the most times of any show at the time, ending with six episodes in 2013.[33][34]

2014–present: Mainstream success

Park played the recurring character of Minnesota governor Danny Chung on the HBO comedy Veep.[4][1]

In 2014, Park played a company rep trying to recruit college students in Neighbors. He had previously worked with the director, Nicholas Stoller, on The Five-Year Engagement (2012). Stoller later recommended Park for the role of "a vague North Korean dictator," who later turned out to be North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in the controversial[35] film, The Interview, directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen. Impressed by his audition, Goldberg and Rogen offered Park the role after one audition. Park gained over 20 pounds for the role. For reference material on the role, he used Forest Whitaker's performance in The Last King of Scotland and the Vice documentary on North Korea.[36]

That year, he also co-starred in the Jason Segel/Cameron Diaz comedy, Sex Tape.[37]

In 2015, he appeared as Jeff in the prequel 2015 series for Netflix, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. He also appeared in Wong Fu Productions' first feature film, Everything Before Us. Park appeared with John Malkovich in the music video for Eminem's single "Phenomenal". He also appeared as a co-worker of Amy Schumer's character in Trainwreck. He also had roles in the films Southpaw (as Jed Wang) and The Night Before as Ethan's Boss.

From 2015 to 2020, Park starred as Louis Huang, patriarch of a Taiwanese American family, alongside Constance Wu, in ABC's television show Fresh Off The Boat (based on Eddie Huang's memoir, Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir), written and produced by Nahnatchka Khan and executive produced by Jake Kasdan.[35] He was the first actor cast on the show, with the producers having approached him before the pilot was ordered.[33] Park initially felt uneasy about portraying a Taiwanese father as somebody of Korean heritage. However, Huang reassured Park that he was Huang's first choice to play his father.[38] When they were staffing the writer's room, Park recommended Ali Wong for the position.[39] The show ran for six seasons and was concluded on February 21, 2020.

In 2016, Park appeared in the film Office Christmas Party as Fred.

In 2017 appeared in the comedies The House as the Wall Street Guy and The Disaster Artist. He also lent his voice talents to the CGI animated film The Lego Ninjago Movie as Chen the Cheerleader.

In 2018, Park had minor roles in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe (DCEU). He played FBI Agent Jimmy Woo in the Marvel Studios film Ant-Man and the Wasp. Park returned as Woo in the Disney+ series, WandaVision (2021). In the DCEU, he played Dr. Stephen Shin in the film Aquaman.

Park produced and starred in the Netflix original film Always Be My Maybe, directed by Fresh of the Boat creator Nahnatchka Khan, with Ali Wong. The film was written by Park, Wong, and Michael Golamco.[40] The in-film hip hop band, Hello Peril, is inspired by Park's 90s hip hop band, Ill Again.[41] The film was released in select theaters on May 29, 2019, and digitally on May 31, 2019, on Netflix.[42]

Park, Golamco, and Hieu Ho launched the Asian American focused production company, Imminent Collision, and signed a first look deal with 20th Century Fox Television in October 2019. The name is derived from a play they worked on while members of the LCC theater group at UCLA.[43]

In 2021, Park was announced as starring in the upcoming Netflix comedy series Blockbuster.[44]

Other works

Park was a front man for the Bay Area hip-hop/jazz/rock fusion band, Ill Again.[41][45] The band served as the inspiration for his character's band, Hello Peril, in the film Always Be My Maybe (2019).[12] He later formed the rap group Novelists with former Ill Again emcee Andrew Johnson. In this group, Park went by the rap name, "Randruff."[46][47][48][49] They released the album Bookends in 2008.[50]

Park has been featured in ads for HBO Go, Ally Financial, and the 2011 Father's Day Verizon Droid commercial.[51][52] He plays a "doggie daycare owner" in a print and online campaign for Chase Bank, which aired in early 2015.[53]

Park was featured in UTC Business Ethics Course HUR750 "Respect in the Workplace".^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Park is married to actress Jae Suh Park. They worked together on The Mindy Project and the short film Love, NY. They live with their daughter Ruby in the San Fernando Valley.[18][54]

Park returned to UCLA as a keynote speaker for the Asian American Studies department commencement ceremony in 2015 and for English department commencement ceremony in 2017.[55][56]

Park and Jae Suh's daughter, Ruby Louise Park, was born in 2012. Ruby Louise starred, alongside her parents, as a crime-fighting baby superhero in Baby Mentalist, a comedy web series developed by her father in 2013.[57][58] Ruby Louise is autistic, as discussed by Park on Mike Birbiglia's podcast Working it Out.[59] Park supports the non-profit KultureCity that focuses on "sensory accessibility and acceptance for those with invisible disabilities." Park is on KultureCity's board of Directors. [60]

Park is an active supporter of East West Players theater group in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. He has publicly voiced his support of the theatre during EWP's donation campaign in 2018.[61]

Park has an older brother.[4] In the beginning, Park's parents were not supportive of his acting ambitions. However, in hindsight, Park has acknowledged that they have supported him tacitly by continuing to house him throughout the years.[19] When Park received the script for The Interview, his parents encouraged him to pursue the role.[38]

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Will Unplugged	Kevin
	American Fusion	Josh
2007	Universal Remote	The Sick Man / Asian Father
2008	Fix	Sam
2009	The People I've Slept With	Carlton Kim
	Winged Creatures	Resident
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Henderson
	The 41 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It	Officer Yo Ass
2011	Larry Crowne	Trainee Wong
	Our Footloose Remake	Ren McCormack
	The Good Doctor	Clerk
2012	The Five Year Engagement	Ming
2014	Neighbors	Rep	Cameo
	Sex Tape	Edward
	They Came Together	Martinson
	The Interview	Kim Jong-un
2015	Trainwreck	Bryson
	The Meddler	Officer Lee
	Everything Before Us	Randall
	The Night Before	Ethan's Boss
	Amigo Undead	Kevin Ostrowski
2016	The Hollars	Dr. Fong
	Office Christmas Party	Fred
2017	The Disaster Artist	Rob
	Snatched	Michael
	The House	Buckler
	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Chen the Cheerleader (voice)
	Dismissed	Mr. Sheldon
2018	The Samurai of Tsushima	Ganpei (voice)
	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Jimmy Woo
	Aquaman	Dr. Stephen Shin
2019	Long Shot	Boss
	Always Be My Maybe	Marcus Kim	Writer, Producer
	Straight Up	Wallace
2020	Valley Girl	Principal Evans
2021	PAW Patrol: The Movie	Butch (voice)
2023	Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania	Jimmy Woo	Post- Production
	Strays	TBA
	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Dr. Stephen Shin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Fastlane	Octopus Man	Episode: "Strap On"
	Reno 911!	Mailman	Episode: "Dangle's Moving Day"
	Las Vegas	Jasper	Episode: "Jokers and Fools"
2004	Alias	Korean Soldier	Episode: "Crossings"
	ER	Yong-Jo Pak	Episode: "White Guy, Dark Hair"
2005	House	Brad	Episode: "Autopsy"
2006	Four Kings	Server Pat	Episode: "Night of the Iguana"
2006–07	Wild 'n Out	Himself / Various	16 episodes
2006; 2007	The Bold and the Beautiful	E.R. Doctor	Episodes: "#1.4924" and "#1.5010"
	Mad TV	Bobby’s Cousin / Korean Man / Ando	Episodes: "#11.18", "#12.5" and "#12.18"
2007	Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz	Police Officer / Hypeman Waiter / Bjork	Episodes: "#1.1", "Suge Knight Light" and "#1.5"
	Cold Case	Manny Kim '07	Episode: "That Woman"
2008	iCarly	Mr. Palladino	Episode: "iGot Detention"
	The Sarah Silverman Program	Mongolian Aide	Episode: "The Mongolian Beef"
	Eli Stone	Chris Kim	Episode: "Unwritten"
	Zip	Mr. Yu	Television film
	The Apostles	Ettinger
2009	Gary Unmarried	Dr. Greenberg	Episode: "Gary Tries to Do It All"
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Doctor	Episode: "The Table Read"
2009–10	IKEA Heights	James Melville / Ezekiel Ikea / Lucas Melville	Main role; web series
2010–11	Svetlana	Dr. Park	Episodes: "Eco-Shlong", "Snatchengil for the Stars" and "Corkage Fee"
2010; 2015	Community	Crime Boss / Himself	Episodes: "Romantic Expressionism" and "Intro to Recycled Cinema"
2011–13	Supah Ninjas	Martin Fukanaga	Recurring role, 27 episodes
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Scott Katsu	Episode: "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead"
	A Series of Unfortunate People	Odd Man / Jay / Barry	Episodes: "Bad Seed", "She’s in a Better Place" and "Me Me Me"
	Random Comedies	Joe	Episode: "Open House"
2012	New Girl	Will	Episode: "Fancyman Part 1"
	The Office	Asian Jim Halpert	Episode: "Andy's Ancestry"
	A Car Called Wanda	Richard	Episode: "It Wasn’t a Roofie"
	Slanted	Kai	Episode: "Paying Your Dues"
2012–17	Veep	Governor Danny Chung	Recurring role, 13 episodes
2013	Infomercials	Mark	Episode: "Broomshakalaka!"
	Mr. Box Office	Larry Kung	Episode: "Marcus Gets Kung Pow'd"
2013–14	The Mindy Project	Dr. Colin Lee	Episodes: "Harry & Sally", "Sk8er Man" and "I Slipped"
2014	Newsreaders	Clavis Kim	Episodes: "F– Dancing, Are You Decent?", "Strip Club Exposé; Long Lost Twin" and "Band Names-R-Us; Put Me in Coach"
2014; 2018	Robot Chicken	Kim Jong-un / Li Shang / Charon / Red Power Ranger	Episodes: "Walking Dead Lobster" and "Why Is It Wet?"
2015	Repeat After Me	Himself	Episode: "#1.5"
	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Jeff	Episodes: "Auditions", "Dinner", "Electro/City" and "Staff Party"
	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Randall Park Wears Brown Dress Shoes With Blue Socks"
2015–20	Fresh Off the Boat	Louis Huang	Regular role Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (2016,[62] 2017)
2016	Idiotsitter	Hank	Episode: "GED Prom"
	Childrens Hospital	Jamyang	Episode: "Show Me a Hero"
	Dr. Ken	Gary Chon	Episode: "Korean Men's Club"
	$100,000 Pyramid	Himself	Episode: "Randall Park vs. Anna Camp"
	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Grieg	Episode: "Day of the Diamond Dealmakers"
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Blair	Netflix Variety special
	Love	Tommy	Episodes: "Liberty Down" and "The Long D"
	Angie Tribeca	Dr. Moreau	Episode: "Brockman Turner Overdrive"
	Drop the Mic	Himself	Episode: "James Van Der Beek vs. Randall Park / Gina Rodriguez vs. Rob Gronkowski"
	Do You Want To See a Dead Body?		Episode: "A Body and a Crater"
2018	Hot Streets	Donovan Kim (voice)	Episode: "Got a Minute for Love?"
	Drunk History	Jamukha	Episode: "The Middle Ages"
	Animals.	Nikolai (voice)	Episode: "The Democratic People's Republic of Kitty City"
	Art Prison	Himself	Adult Swim TV special
2018; 2020	BoJack Horseman	Moose / Hotel Concierge / American Tourist (voice)	Episodes: "The Dog Days Are Over" and "Good Damage"
2019	Hell's Kitchen	Himself	Episode: "Devilish Desserts"
	What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage		Episode: "Neighbor"
2020	Medical Police	Clavis Kim	Episodes: "The Goldfinch", "Mature Group Action", "Real Heavy Hitter" and "Everything Goes Back to Normal… or Do They?"
	Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart	Eugene (voice)	Episode: "Adoradad"
	Adventure Time: Distant Lands	Hugo (voice)	Episode: "BMO"[63]
	American Dad!	Doctor (voice)	Episode: "Trophy Wife, Trophy Life"
	Where's Waldo?	Wizard Shadowbeard (voice)	Episode: "Shadow of Bali"
2021	WandaVision	Jimmy Woo	Regular role, 6 episodes
	Marvel Studios: Assembled	Himself	Documentary; Episode: "Assembled: The Making of WandaVision"
	Tuca & Bertie	Bertie's father (voice)	Episode: "Corpse Week"
	Star Trek: Lower Decks	Apergosian High Leader (voice)	Episode: "Strange Energies"
	Amend: The Fight for America	Himself	Episodes: "Citizen", "Wait" and "Promise"
	Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.	Dr. Edmund Choi	Episodes: "Lahela & Stitch" and "Dunk Cost"
2021–present	Young Rock	Future version of himself	Recurring role, 19 episodes
2022	Blockbuster	Timmy Yoon	Main role;
2022–present	Human Resources	Peter "Pete" Doheny (voice)	Main role
2023	Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai	TBA	Upcoming series[64]

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Notes
2015	Eminem	"Phenomenal"
2013	Chester See	"Whistle While I Work It"

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Dr. Miracles	Dr. Miracles	Also writer/director
2009	Greendale Community College Webisodes	Brody Leitz	Promos for Community
2009	The Food	Wallace	Also writer
2009	IKEA Heights	James	YouTube Series only filmed in IKEA without staff noticing
2010	Too Fast	Brandon	Wong Fu Productions short
2010	Dumb Professor	Professor Raymond Nash	Also writer/director
2010	Weekend Forecast[65]	Tokyo Mitsubishi	MagicHugs short
2010	Workout Tape[66]	Ronny Nishimoto	MagicHugs short
2011	Siamese Dad	Russell	Also writer/director
2011	The Game Station - The Street Fighter	Kenneth
2012	The Game Station - The Return of King Hippo	Roommate
2012	Listen to Grandpa, Andy Ling	Andy Ling	Starred opposite Elliott Gould
2012	Home Is Where The Hans Are	Andrew	Wong Fu Productions short
2013	Baby Mentalist	Detective Chung	Also writer
2014	CollegeHumor - If Google was a Guy (2)	Bing
2014	Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey	Himself	Guest with JaeLego
2018	Asian Bachelorette 2	Himself	Wong Fu Productions short
TBA	Blue Eye Samurai		Series regular

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2014)

Select awards and recognition

• (2010) – Best Actor Award at NBC's Short Cuts Film Festival.[67]
• (2011) – Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment New Writers Award for the pilot Erasists[29]
• (2015) – Asian Pacific Alumni Alumnus of the Year Award[67]
• (2015) – V3Con Visibility Award[68]
• (2016) – Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the Year[67]
• (2017) – Visionary Award by East West Players (EWP)[29]
• (2022) – Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performance (Nominated)[69]

References

External links

• Randall Park at IMDb
• Comedy Zen

На других языках

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[de] Randall Park

Randall Park (* 23. März 1974 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler südkoreanischer Herkunft. Bekannt ist er für seine Rolle als Kim Jong-un in The Interview. Er spielt eine der Hauptrollen in der Fernsehserie Fresh Off the Boat. Seit Beginn seiner Karriere war er in über 120 Film- und Fernsehproduktionen zu sehen.

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- [en] Randall Park

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[ru] Парк, Рэндалл

Рэндалл Парк (англ. Randall Park; род. 23 марта 1974, Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния, США)[1] — американский актёр и сценарист, наиболее известный по роли верховного лидера Северной Кореи Ким Чен Ына в фильме «Интервью».

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