Kenneth Choi is one of those actors who disobeyed their parents with joy and settled for a career that is against the family tradition. His personal life story might make a blockbuster hit if he ever shares it with a good and smart scriptwriter. what is the actor up to these days? Here is everything you need to know about him.
Kenneth Choi: Ethnicity and early life
Kenneth Choi was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 20, 1971, to a father who worked as an electrical engineering professor and businessman and a mother who held a career as a registered nurse before quitting her job to become a stay-at-home mother. He is an Asian American as his parents are Korean immigrants. Kenneth Choi is the middle child in a family of three.
Being raised by a professor father means one thing during his era, and that is his education must come first before any other thing. With that, his parents enrolled him at Longwood Elementary in Glenwood, Illinois. He was later admitted at intermediate and junior high school at Brookwood School District 167. It was during his high school that he fell in love with the entertainment world and performed for the first time as a breakdancer during his junior high years. In sports, he was untouchable as he held the record for the pommel horse during his sophomore year.
As he continued to explore his hidden talents and flirting with them, his professor father became worried and advised him to pursue a “responsible and reasonable” career, like accounting. In fact, it was more than a piece of advice, it was an instruction that must be followed.
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His parents didn’t give up in their hammerings, so he gave in to their request and majored in accounting at Purdue University, but later decided to drop out in order to pursue his acting dreams.
Kenneth Choi is 48 years old.
Kenneth Choi: Career
The call to becoming an actor is so strong that when he dropped out of college, he ran away from home and cut ties with everyone so he can focus on his acting career. He relocated to Portland Oregon to chase his dreams but he was just a rookie with no work experience. He landed a job at a local Blockbuster video store and spent his next five years training with local Portland acting teachers, this was a major defining moment in his acting journey.
He made his acting debut in the 1998 Disney Channel television movie, “Halloweentown”. In order to make something out of the movie industry, he moved to Los Angeles where he became better. He played the role of James in the Marvel film “Captain America: The First Avenger”. To land this role, he did a lot of research on World War II and participated in stunt and weapons training.
He played the role of Chester Ming in the film “The Wolf Of Wall Street”, for this role, he added extra 25 pounds. He also starred as Henry Lin in America crime drama series “Sons of Anarchy”. Provides voices for the video games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Captain America: Super Soldier. He lent his voice for the video games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Captain America: Super Soldier. Since 2018, he has been playing the role of Howie in the procedural television series “9-1-1”.
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Kenneth Choi has appeared in commercials for Priceline, Blockbuster, Mercedes-Benz and Bombay Sapphire Gin.
All The Details
Many people want to find out who Kenneth Choi is dating or married to. Well, the actor is discreet when it comes to his personal affairs. He has not disclosed his relationship status. He stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches or 1.70 meters. He has a net worth of 2 million dollars.
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