Randall Park Biography

Randall Park (born March 23, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He played Kim Jong-Un in the 2014 film The Interview, Minnesota governor Danny Chung in Veep, and beginning in 2015 he portrayed Eddie Huang's father, American restaurateur Louis Huang, in ABC's television show Fresh Off the Boat.

Early life

Park was born to Korean immigrant parents in Los Angeles, California. He was raised in West Los Angeles. His mother was an accountant at UCLA, and his father owned a one-hour photo store.

Park graduated from Hamilton High School's Humanities Magnet Program. Park earned a bachelor's degree in English and creative writing and a master's degree in Asian American studies from UCLA. While attending UCLA, Park co-founded the Asian American theater group named "Lapu, the Coyote that Cares", which is now known as the LCC Theatre Company.

Career

Film and television

Park made his acting debut in the 2003 short film Dragon of Love (as the main character, Joel), which won the Best Short Film at the 2003 Hawaii International Film Festival. He has appeared in feature films such as Larry Crowne, Dinner for Schmucks, and The Five-Year Engagement. He appeared in various independent film projects such as Quentin Lee's The People I've Slept With (2009) and starred and co-wrote the feature film American Fusion (2005).

Park has made guest appearances on television shows including Curb Your Enthusiasm, New Girl, The Office, ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Four Kings, Las Vegas, House, iCarly, Cold Case, and Reno 911!. He appeared as Martin Fukanaga on Supah Ninjas and was a cast member on MTV's Wild 'n Out. In 2007, he regularly appeared as an actor in the filmmaking reality show On the Lot.

In 2014, Park played a company rep trying to recruit college students in Neighbors, co-starred in the Jason Segel/Cameron Diaz comedy, Sex Tape, which led to his being cast in The Interview (2014), portraying Kim Jong-un.

Park was a recurring character on The Mindy Project beginning in 2013. He played the recurring character of Minnesota governor Danny Chung on the HBO comedy Veep. He appeared as Jeff in the prequel 2015 series for Netflix, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. In 2015 he also appeared in Wong Fu Productions' first feature film, Everything Before Us.

Since February 2015, Park has starred as Louis Huang, patriarch of a Chinese American family, alongside Constance Wu, in ABC's television show Fresh Off The Boat (based on Eddie Huang's memoir, Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir), written and produced by Nahnatchka Khan and executive produced by Jake Kasdan. He was the first actor cast on the show, with the producers having approached him before the pilot was ordered.

Park appeared in 2015 with John Malkovich in the music video for Eminem's single "Phenomenal". He also appeared as a co-worker of Amy Schumer's character in 2015's Trainwreck.

Writing and directing

In 2005 Park co-wrote and starred in the feature film American Fusion directed by Frank Lin, which won the Audience Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival. He has also created, directed, written, and starred in several short internet series for Channel 101, including Dr. Miracles, The Food, and Dumb Professor.

In 2013 he wrote and starred in a series for Channel 101 featuring his baby daughter entitled Baby Mentalist. In Channel 101's bracket competition format for webseries, Baby Mentalist was voted number one the most times of any show at the time, ending with six episodes in 2013.

Park wrote a short film, Blueberry, which won an award for Best Actor at the NBC Shortcuts Film Festival For Short Films. He was awarded the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) New Writers Award for his television pilot script, The Erasists.

Commercials and online work

Park has been featured in ads for HBO Go, Ally Financial, and the 2011 Father's Day Verizon Droid commercial. He plays a "doggie daycare owner" in a print and online campaign for Chase Bank, which aired in early 2015.

Park was featured in Wong Fu Productions' short film, Too Fast as Brandon, the web series Home Is Where the Hans Are as the stepfather and as Randall in their first feature film, Everything Before Us (2015).

Park was featured in UTC Business Ethics Course HUR750 "Respect in the Workplace".

Personal life

Park is married to Jae Suh Park and they have one daughter. They reside in the San Fernando Valley.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The People I've Slept With	Nice but Boring Guy
2010	Too Fast	Brandon	Short
	Dinner for Schmucks	Henderson
	The 41 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It	Officer Yo Ass
2011	Larry Crowne	Trainee Wong
2012	The Five Year Engagement	Ming
2014	Neighbors	Rep	Cameo
	Sex Tape	Edward
	They Came Together	Martinson
	The Interview	Kim Jong-un
2015	Southpaw	Jed Wang
	Trainwreck	Bryson
	The Hollars	Dr. Fong
	Everything Before Us	Randall
	The Night Before	Ethan's Boss
	Amigo Undead	Kevin Ostrowski
2016	The Meddler	Officer Lee
	Office Christmas Party	Fred
2017	The Disaster Artist	Male Actor	Cameo
	Snatched	Michael
	The House	Wall Street Guy - Buckler
2018	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Jimmy Woo	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Fastlane	Octopus Man	Episode: "Strap On"
2003	Reno 911!	Mailman	Episode: "Dangle's Moving Day"
2003	Las Vegas	Jasper	Episode: "Jokers and Fools"
2004	Alias	Korean Soldier	Episode: "Crossings"
2004	ER	Yong-Jo Pak	Episode: "White Guy, Dark Hair"
2005	House	Brad	Episode: "Autopsy"
2005-2007	Wild 'n Out	Himself/Various	16 episodes
2006	Four Kings	Server Pat	Episode: "Night of the Iguana"
2006-2007	The Bold and the Beautiful	E.R. Doctor	2 episodes
2006-2007	Mad TV	Various	3 episodes
2007	Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz	Various	3 episodes
2007	Cold Case	Manny Kim '07	Episode: "That Woman"
2008	iCarly	Mr. Palladino	Episode: "iGot Detention"
2008	The Sarah Silverman Program	Mongolian Aide	Episode: "The Mongolian Beef"
2008	Eli Stone	Chris Kim	Episode: "Unwritten"
2009	Gary Unmarried	Dr. Greenberg	Episode: "Gary Tries to Do It All"
2009	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Doctor	Episode: "The Table Read"
2010-2015	Community	Crime Boss / Himself	2 episodes
2010-2011	Svetlana	Dr. Park	3 episodes
2011-2013	Supah Ninjas	Martin Fukanaga	27 episodes
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Scott Katsu	Episode: "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead"
2012	New Girl	Will	Episode: "Fancyman Part 1"
2012	The Office	Steve (more popularly known as Asian Jim Halpert)	Episode: "Andy's Ancestry"
2012-2016	Veep	Governor Danny Chung	12 episodes
2013	Mr. Box Office	Larry Kung	Episode: "Marcus Gets Kung Pow'd"
2013-2014	The Mindy Project	Dr. Colin Lee	3 episodes
2014	Newsreaders	Clavis Kim	3 episodes
2014	Robot Chicken	Kim Jong-un	Episode: "Walking Dead Lobster"
2015-present	Fresh Off the Boat	Louis Huang	Regular role Nominated "? Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (2016)
2015	Repeat After Me	Himself	Episode #1.5
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Jeff	4 episodes
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Randall Park Wears Brown Dress Shoes With Blue Socks"
2016	Idiotsitter	Hank	Episode: "GED Prom"
2016	Childrens Hospital	Jamyang	Episode: "Show Me a Hero"
2016	Dr. Ken	Gary Chon	Episode: "Korean Men's Club"
2016	$100,000 Pyramid	Himself/Celebrity Guest	Episode: "Randall Park vs. Anna Camp"
2016	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Grieg	Episode: "Day of the Diamond Dealmakers"
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Blair	Variety special
2017	Love	Tommy	2 episodes
2017	Angie Tribeca	Dr. Moreau	Episode: "Brockman Turner Overdrive"

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Notes
2015	Eminem	"Phenomenal"

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Dr. Miracles	Dr. Miracles	Also writer/director
2009	The Food	Wallace	Also writer
2009	IKEA Heights	James	YouTube Series only filmed in IKEA without staff noticing
2010	Dumb Professor	Professor Raymond Nash	Also writer/director
2011	Siamese Dad	Russell	Also writer/director
2011	The Game Station - The Street Fighter	Kenneth
2012	The Game Station - The Return of King Hippo	Roommate
2012	Listen to Grandpa, Andy Ling	Andy Ling	Starred opposite Elliott Gould
2012	Home Is Where The Hans Are	Andrew	Wong Fu Productions short
2013	Baby Mentalist	Detective Chung	Also writer
2014	CollegeHumor - If Google was a Guy (2)	Bing
2014	Adult Swim - The Broomshakalaka	Mark
2014	Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey	Himself	Guest with Jae