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Sung Kang

Biography

Sung Kang is an American actor who was born in Clarkston, Georgia, and raised in Gainesville before attending the University of California, Riverside, where he chose acting over law school. His first major role was the aloof gang member Han Lue in Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), a character he went on to play across the Fast & Furious franchise, starting with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and continuing through Fast & Furious (2009), Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and F9 (2021). He also appeared in War, Live Free or Die Hard and Bullet to the Head, and on television played John Mak in Power from 2017 to 2020 and the Fifth Brother in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022). He launched the YouTube channel Sung's Garage in 2020 and made his directing debut with Shaky Shivers (2022).

54years old

Turns 55 on April 8in 171 days

  • Born Clarkston
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
  • Also credited as Kang Sung Ho and Sung-Ho Kang

Movie Career

Films
19
Career span
21 years2002 to 2023

Genres

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  1. Behind the camera

    In 2022, Kang made his directorial debut with the horror comedy film Shaky Shivers. The same year, he portrayed Fifth Brother in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi.

  2. Behind the camera

    In January 2020, Kang launched a YouTube channel called "Sung's Garage," where he posts videos for his podcast of the same name.

  3. Languages

    Kang was conversant in Korean, which he used for roles including the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee on MADtv and FBI Agent Tae Kim in Gang Related.

  4. A change of course

    Sung Kang attended the University of California, Riverside, and while he was in college there, he made the choice to pursue acting instead of law school.

Sung Kang movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift2006 Action, Crime, Dramaas Han Lue

    IMDb rating 6.1339K votes

  2. Fast & Furious 62013 Action, Crime, Thrilleras Han Lue

    IMDb rating 7.0445K votes

  3. Fast Five2011as Han

    IMDb rating 7.3439K votes

  4. Bullet to the Head2012as Taylor Kwon

    IMDb rating 5.755K votes

  5. Ninja Assassin2009as Hollywood

    IMDb rating 6.380K votes

  6. Live Free or Die Hard2007as Raj

    IMDb rating 7.1438K votes

  7. War2007as Goi

    IMDb rating 6.2102K votes

  8. Code 82019as Park

    IMDb rating 6.159K votes

Most often with

Justin Lin directed seven of these films. Two actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Sung Kang's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$4.0 billion

15 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 19 films: 15 worldwide figure; 4 figure not found.

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Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Fast & Furious 62013as Han Lue
    $789M19.6% of the total
  2. 2
    F92021as Han Lue
    $726M18.1% of the total
  3. 3
    Fast X2023as Han
    $705M17.5% of the total
  4. 4
    Fast Five2011as Han
    $626M15.6% of the total
  5. 5
    $384M9.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Fast & Furious2009as Han
    $363M9.0% of the total
  7. 7
    $159M4.0% of the total
  8. 8
    Raya and the Last Dragon2021as Dang Hai (voice)
    $130M3.2% of the total
Ninja Assassin (2009), $61.6 millionWar (2007), $40.5 millionAntwone Fisher (2002), $23.4 millionBullet to the Head (2012), $9.5 millionBetter Luck Tomorrow (2002), $3.8 millionCode 8 (2019), $157,209Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007), $52,868

$139 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total