- Sung Kang
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nationality = Korean
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birthplace =Gainesville, Georgia
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awards =Sung Kang サン・カン (born
April 8 ,1972 ) is an Americanactor , born inGainesville, Georgia . His first major role was that of Han from "Better Luck Tomorrow ". He was also one of the stars in "The Motel", in which he played Lucas valeriano, and "", in which he played Han, a born and raised North Korean, this time as a mentor to the main character, Sean Boswell. He also had a role in Jet Li's major film "War", playing an FBI agent.On
MADtv , Sung has been playing the recurring role of the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee in theKorean drama parody, "Tae Do" or "Attitudes and Feelings, Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive." Kang also had a small role in the action movie "Live Free or Die Hard ".He was also featured in a music video for popular Korean Band, g.o.d.'s Lie.
He owns a restaurant called Saketini in
Brentwood, Los Angeles, California . [ [http://sungkang.com/?s=saketini] ] It offers a wide range of Pacific Rim foods and hasEun San Yi as head chef.Sung says that before he was cast as "Han" in he was unaware of the drifting subculture that exists in Japan. It wasn't until he began researching for the part that he learned what a popular sport drifting actually is all over the world. [ [http://www.tv.com/sung-kang/person/16349/biography.html] ]
Kang says one of the things he dislikes most about Hollywood is the stereotypes that Asian actors are faced when being cast in a role. [ [http://www.tv.com/sung-kang/person/16349/biography.html] ]
Filmography
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Ninja Assassin " (2009)
*"Fast and Furious " (2009)
*"Finishing the Game " (2007)
*"Knight Rider (2008)
*"Undoing" (2007) (Producer)
*"Live Free or Die Hard " (2007) (FBI Central)
*"War" (2007)
*"" (2006)
*"Monk" (2005)
*"The Motel" (2005)
*"Better Luck Tomorrow " (2002) (Associate Producer)
*"Pearl Harbor" (2001)References
External links
* [http://www.sungkang.com Sung Kang's Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/mrkangsta SUNG KANG - Official MySpace Site]
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* [http://www.jumpboxtv.com/collision Sung Kang Interview] on JumpBoxTV
* [http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=52373 UCLA Asia Pacific Arts Interview]
* [http://www.backstage.com/bso/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002727707 Back Stage Interview]
* [http://www.saketini.com Sung Kang's Restaurant]
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