Eddie Shin Biography

Edward Andrew Yoon Beom "Eddie" Shin (born July 17, 1976) is an American actor.

Life and career

He was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, in the neighborhood of Rogers Park, of Korean descent. From a young age, Shin was heavily involved in academics and extracurricular activities. Notably, he would go on to become student body president at both his grade school, Saint Jerome elementary school, and his high school, Loyola Academy. Throughout high school, Eddie was also involved in his Church youth club (the KCYC), where he would also become president during his junior and senior years.

After graduating from high school, he attended Williams College and seriously considered a career in medicine. Instead, he discovered the theater and became passionate about acting after getting involved with the Student Theatre Project (STP), "Jurasian Park," in his first year. Before his second year of college, he transferred to the University of Chicago, where he would become a mainstay of the University Theater. He graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Humanities, focused on theater and performance.

During his time at the University of Chicago, he spent three years interning at the famed Steppenwolf Theater under the mentorship of Curt Columbus. Eddie would help lead various theater-related workshops and after he graduated, Eddie would have his professional acting debut in the world premier of Chuck Mee's "The Berlin Circle", directed by Tina Landau. Shin has performed throughout Chicago at theaters such as the Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Court Theatre, and Appletree Theatre.

Television

While working in Chicago, Shin garnered interest from LA. After playing recurring roles as Henry Cho on Gilmore Girls, and Stanley Mao on ER, he landed the role of Roger Park on That '80s Show. He also continued his theater roots by performing in various productions with East West Players and Lodestone Theatre Ensemble. In NY, he originated the role of Felix in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's premier of Sasha No Home.

Shin would further his television career with roles in Spike Lee"?s Sucker Free City, David E. Kelley's Girls Club, Malcolm in the Middle, Pushing Daisies, Phoo Action, NYPD Blue, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and various other television programs.

In 2008 Shin played Terry Phoo in Phoo Action, the BBC adaptation of the cult comic-strip, Get The Freebies. The show would go on to win a Scottish BAFTA for best television drama.

In 2009, Shin landed the role of Martin Hu in the Showtime series, End of Steve. Since returning, he has also held guest spots on shows such as Castle, Ghost Whisperer, NCIS, Royal Pains, and CHAOS, among others.

In 2010, Shin was added as Carl, a recurring character on Men of a Certain Age, which starred Ray Romano, Andre Braugher, and Scott Bakula. The show picked up the prestigious Peabody Award in 2010 for significant and meritorious achievement in media.

After, Shin went on to work on various films, including Richard Peter Johnson, The Guilt Trip, and Dumb and Dumber To.

In 2014, Shin originated the role of Sidney Liao in the series, Manhattan, which was about the research and development that went into the creation of the atomic bomb.

After wrapping on Manhattan, he did a story arc as Matthew Ogilvie in NCIS: LA, and then spent a year doing motion capture and voiceover work as Danny Li and Blackjack on the massively popular video game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. He also made several guest appearances on TV shows Bones, Lucifer, and Agent Carter.

In 2016, Eddie returned to do more regular TV work, where he continues to recur as Henry on HBO's Westworld, as well as Nori on Amazon's Man in the High Castle. He also appears as Hugh Laurie's attorney in the Hulu series "Chance."

In 2017, Eddie shot the comedy pilot, "What About Barb?" (based on the 80's film "What About Bob?"), in which Shin played the character of Nick, the younger half-brother to Suzanne (played by Leah Remini), and the boyfriend to the title character of Barb (played by Jessica Gunning).

Shin plays Dave Mendoza, father to Alexa in the Netflix original comedy series, Alexa & Katie, which premiered March 23, 2018.

Personal

Shin continues to reside in Los Angeles and Chicago.