Justin Chon
Biography
Justin Chon is an American actor and filmmaker who grew up in Irvine, California, and started acting in 2005 with television work such as Jack & Bobby and Taki & Luci. He broke through in 2006 as Peter Wu in the Disney Channel film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006), and he played Eric Yorkie in the Twilight series, including New Moon (2009). His other screen roles include the lead in 21 & Over (2013), Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014), and Sid Park in Seoul Searching (2015), which premiered at Sundance. He co-wrote, directed, executive produced and starred in Man Up (2015), then wrote, directed, produced and starred in Gook (2017), which took the NEXT Audience Award at Sundance and prizes at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. He also directed Ms. Purple, Blue Bayou (2021) and Jamojaya, and performs with the parody K-pop group Boys Generally Asian.
45years old
Turns 46 on May 29in 229 days
- Born Garden Grove
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Justin Jitae Chon (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 15 years2006 to 2021
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Early training
Justin Chon spent more than two years studying the Meisner technique at the Baron Brown Studio in Santa Monica. In 2016 he made a guest appearance on the Studio web series Joanne Brown Is Here.
Behind the camera
Justin Chon wrote, directed, produced and starred in Gook, a 2017 film. It premiered at that year's Sundance Film Festival, took the NEXT Audience Award there, and Samuel Goldwyn Distribution acquired it.
Behind the camera
Chon starred in Man Up, a 2015 feature film he also co-wrote with Kevin Wu, directed and executive produced. The film had its premiere at the 2015 CAAMFest.
Beyond film
Chon belongs to BgA, also called Boys Generally Asian, a parody K-Pop group that Higa formed. The five-member group has put out two singles and climbed many South Korean and American music charts.
Big break
Justin Chon played Peter Wu in the Disney Channel film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, and that 2006 role brought him fame.
Justin Chon movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together6 more actors
- Michael WelchThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
- Jackson RathboneThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
- Taylor LautnerThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
- Christian SerratosThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
- Samantha FutermanTwinsters (2015) and 21 & Over (2013)
- Kevin WuRevenge of the Green Dragons (2014) and Rock Jocks (2012)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Justin Chon's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.5 billion
9 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$710M48.7% of the total
- 2$698M47.9% of the total
- 3$48M3.3% of the total
- 4$1.0M0.1% of the total
- 5$750K0.1% of the total
- 6$349K0.0% of the total
- 7$250K0.0% of the total
- 8$151K0.0% of the total
$107,412from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total