Kenneth Choi
Biography
Kenneth Choi is an American actor who started out in Portland, Oregon, training with local teachers before his first screen role in the Disney Channel film Halloweentown (1998), and who moved to Los Angeles in 1999. His best known roles include Henry Lin on Sons of Anarchy, Chester Ming in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Judge Lance Ito in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. In Marvel films he appeared as Jim Morita in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and as Principal Morita in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and he played Smith in Red Dawn (2012). Other credits include Gringo (2018), Hotel Artemis (2018), the comedy series The Last Man on Earth, and voice work in video games. He has starred since 2018 as the firefighter Chimney in the drama series 9-1-1.
55years old
Turns 56 on October 20in 344 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 28 years1998 to 2026
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First role
Choi started acting in Portland, Oregon. His first part came in Halloweentown, a Disney Channel television film, alongside Debbie Reynolds.
Kenneth Choi movies on Netflix
Coyote vs. Acmeas Oscar Jeon
Mercyas Ray Vale
Gringoas Marty
Hotel Artemisas Buke
Office Uprisingas Freddy Wong
Spider-Man: Homecomingas Principal Morita
The Wolf of Wall Streetas Chester Ming
Red Dawnas Smith
The Real St. Nickas Jack
Captain America: The First Avengeras Jim Morita
Waras Takada
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evilas Ambassador Li Sung Park
The Heart Specialistas Mitchell Kwan
Deep Coreas Wayne Lung
Halloweentownas Hip-Sales-Creature
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Captain America: The First Avenger2011 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Jim Morita
IMDb rating 6.9988K votes
Most often with
Four 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
Luis Guzmán2 films together, 2007 to 2026
Luis Guzmán's page Coyote vs. Acme2026IMDb rating 7.5Choi as Oscar JeonGuzmán as Judge Troppogrosso
War2007IMDb rating 6.2Choi as TakadaGuzmán as Benny
Bruce McGill2 films together, 2000 to 2006
Bruce McGill's page Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil2006IMDb rating 4.5Choi as Ambassador Li Sung ParkMcGill as Gen. Norman T. Vance
Deep Core2000IMDb rating 3.2Choi as Wayne LungMcGill as Sam Dalton
Jon Favreau2 films together, 2013 to 2017
Jon Favreau's page Spider-Man: Homecoming2017IMDb rating 7.4Choi as Principal MoritaFavreau as Happy Hogan
The Wolf of Wall Street2013IMDb rating 8.2Choi as Chester MingFavreau as Manny Riskin
P.J. Byrne2 films together, 2013 to 2026
P.J. Byrne's page Coyote vs. Acme2026IMDb rating 7.5Choi as Oscar JeonByrne as Bill Pellicanos
The Wolf of Wall Street2013IMDb rating 8.2Choi as Chester MingByrne as Nicky Koskoff ('Rugrat')
Box office
What Kenneth Choi's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.9 billion
10 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$881M46.3% of the total
- 2$407M21.4% of the total
- 3$371M19.5% of the total
- 4$80M4.2% of the total
- 5$55M2.9% of the total
- 6$45M2.4% of the total
- 7$40M2.1% of the total
- 8$12M0.7% of the total
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