Ken Leung
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| Ken Leung | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kenneth Leung January 21, 1970 New York City, New York |
| Years active | 1995 — present |
Ken Leung (born January 21, 1970) is an American actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Leung was born in New York City and initially raised in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His family moved to Midwood, Brooklyn where he grew up before finishing high school in Old Bridge, New Jersey.
Leung later attended New York University (NYU) as a University Scholar and discovered acting in his junior year, where he studied acting with Catherine Russell and Nan Smithner, then briefly with Anne Jackson at HB Studio. During this time he also acted mostly in downtown spaces and black boxes, finding artistic homes with groups such as Ma-Yi, New Perspectives, and STAR, a traveling group of actors-educators based in Mount Sinai Hospital.
[edit] Career
In 1997, Leung made his debut in Brett Ratner's Rush Hour. Edward Norton cast him in his directorial debut, Keeping the Faith in 2000. Since then Leung has appeared in several independent and television films, as well as features, including four films with Brett Ratner and two with Spike Lee. In 1998, he played James the Less and God in Terrence McNally's passion play, Corpus Christi, and in 2002 made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie (and appears on the cast recording).
In 2007, he starred in the independent film Shanghai Kiss with Hayden Panettiere, and guest-starred in an episode of the final season of the HBO drama series The Sopranos. This memorable guest role inspired the producers of the ABC drama Lost to cast him in a regular role as Miles Straume in the series' fourth season.[1]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Pictures of Baby Jane Doe | Shopkeeper | Film |
| Welcome to the Dollhouse | Barry | Film | |
| Law & Order | Chung | TV series (1995-2002) | |
| 1997 | New York Undercover | David Kwan | TV series |
| Red Corner | Peng | Film | |
| Kundun | (voice) | Film | |
| 1998 | Fly | Jeremy Kim | Film |
| Rush Hour | Sang | Film | |
| 1999 | Man of the Century | Mike Ramsey | Film |
| 2000 | Keeping the Faith | Don | Film |
| Wonderland | TV series | ||
| Deadline | Fung | TV series | |
| Maze | Dr. Mikao | Film | |
| The Family Man | Sam Wong the Deli Clerk | Film | |
| 2001 | Oz | Bian Yixue | TV series |
| Artificial Intelligence: A.I. | Syatyoo-Sama | Film | |
| Home Sweet Hoboken | Film | ||
| Spy Game | Li | Film | |
| Vanilla Sky | Art Editor | Film | |
| 2002 | Face | Willie | Film |
| Red Dragon | Lloyd Bowman | Film | |
| 2004 | Saw | Detective Steven Sing | Film |
| Whoopi | Terrence | TV series | |
| Strip Search | Liu Tsung-Yuan | TV program | |
| The Jury | Ken Arata | TV series | |
| Sucker Free City | Lincoln Ma | Film | |
| 2005 | Hate | Mo | TV program |
| The Squid and the Whale | School Therapist | Film | |
| 2006 | Inside Man | Wing | Film |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Kid Omega | Film | |
| 2007 | Year of the Fish | Johnny | Film |
| Shanghai Kiss | Liam Liu | Film | |
| The Sopranos | Carter Chong | TV series | |
| East Broadway | Ming | Film | |
| 2008 | Lost | Miles Straume | TV series (2008-) |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Ken Leung at the Internet Movie Database
- Ken Leung at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ken Leung at Lostpedia
- Interviews
- Washington Post May 25, 2008
- Asia Pacific Arts - UCLA Asia Institute May 30, 2008
