Geoffrey Giuliano

Biography

Geoffrey Giuliano is an American actor and author who has published widely on popular music, most of it about the Beatles, and had written 20 books by 1999, among them Dark Horse: The Private Life of George Harrison (1990). He grew up in Tampa, Florida, and as a teenager performed with the Tampa Community Theater in productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Macbeth. During the early 1980s he appeared in commercials for Burger King and McDonald's, the latter as Ronald McDonald, a job he afterward criticized. His film work includes Captain Li in Mysterious Island (2005), Siris in The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012) and Karl Redbeard in Vikingdom (2013). In Peninsula (2020) he was a mob boss from Hong Kong, a part that brought him to the attention of the producers of Squid Game, where he played VIP #4 in 2021 and later wrote an audio book about the experience.

73years old

Turns 74 on September 11in 334 days

Born September 11, 1953Rochester
Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22

Movie Career

Films: 5
Career span: 8 years2012 to 2020

Every film, newest first

2020PeninsulaIMDb rating 5.5
2016Hard Target 2IMDb rating 5.2
2014Lupin the 3rdIMDb rating 5.5
2013VikingdomIMDb rating 3.3
2012The Scorpion King 3: Battle for RedemptionIMDb rating 3.7

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A change of course
Giuliano played Ronald McDonald in McDonald's commercials in the early 1980s, but later denounced the work, saying he had been brainwashing youngsters and selling out to concerns that make millions by murdering animals.
Big break
Giuliano appeared as a Hong Kong mob boss in Peninsula, a 2020 South Korean zombie movie. That part drew the notice of Squid Game's producers, who cast him as "VIP #4" in 2021.
First role
Giuliano's teenage years included joining the Tampa Community Theater, where he took on roles in productions of Streetcar Named Desire and Macbeth.
Behind the camera
Giuliano's 1994 book Paint It Black: The Murder of Brian Jones was one of the sources for the 2005 film Stoned: The Wild & Wicked World of Brian Jones.
Behind the camera
Giuliano wrote an audio book about his time on the set of Squid Game, titled Surviving Squid Game, I Am VIP 4, after playing VIP #4 in the series.