Future Asian & Pacific History Month: John Cho Is Keeping Hollywood on Its Toes
Fuse is celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future Asian and Pacific History before our eyes. Today we are honoring John Cho, who continues to push for more diversity in Hollywood.
The South Korean-born, Los Angeles-raised actor was first introduced to us in 1999, thanks to small roles in American Beauty and American Pie. But Cho really proved just how strong his comedy chops were in his breakout role as Harold Lee in 2004's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Instead of playing the predictable Asian nerd, the actor instead broke the stereotypes and created a fresh character that usually wasn't portrayed by South Korean-Americans: a hazy and hilarious stoner.
From there, Cho continued to test both his and Hollywood's limits with roles in television series like The WB's sitcom Off Centre, Fox's Kitchen Confidential, ABC's sci-fi drama FlashForward and NBC's Go On sitcom. But the moment that truly shifted his career was scoring a role in the Star Trek movie franchise. Cho has portrayed Hikaru Sulu (the character first made famous by George Takei in the original Star Trek TV series) in 2009's Star Trek, 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness and last summer's Star Trek Beyond.
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