Kenneth Choi Biography, Age, Family, Married, Career, Movies, TV Shows, Captain America And Net Worth

Kenneth Choi Biography

Kenneth Choi is an American actor best known for playing Henry Lin on the television series Sons of Anarchy from 2008 to 2014, Chester Ming in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013, and Judge Lance Ito in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story released in 2016. 

His other film credits include roles as Jim Morita in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011 and Principal Morita in Spider-Man: Homecoming. He played Lewis on the FOX comedy series The Last Man on Earth and currently he starred in FOX first responder drama series 9-1-1, playing LAFD firefighter Howie “Chimney” Han.

Kenneth Choi Age

Choi was born in 1971 October 20th. He is 47 years old as of 2018.

Kenneth Choi Family

Choi was born in Chicago, Illinois to his immigrant parents from Korea. His mother was a registered nurse but later became a stay at home mother and his father was an electrical engineering professor and business. He is the second of three children. Choi went to Longwood Elementary in Glenwood, Illinois and later joined intermediate and junior high school at Brookwood School District 167 where he had his first performed as a break dancer. When he joined Homewood-Flossmoor High School he was active in cross-country and gym. He also had a sophomore record for the pommel horse. His parents were against the idea of him becoming an actor and encouraged him to pursue accounting which he did at Purdue University but he later dropped out to pursue an acting career.

Kenneth Choi Married

Choi doesn’t really talk about his personal issues and affairs. There is no information if he is already married or who he is currently dating. There were speculations that he may actually be gay but Choi has not confirmed anything to be true, he tries to avoid any questions about his personal life.

Kenneth Choi Career

After dropping out of Purdue University, he ran away to Portland. He stated that “I came from a very traditional Asian upbringing so they were very strict. When I decided to pursue acting, I knew that I had to do it all on my own. When I left the Midwest, I cut all ties with my family. I basically ran away from home.” He worked at a local Blockbuster video store to raise money. For the next 5 years, he trained with local Portland acting teachers, mostly with film and theatre director Paul Warner.

Choi got his first role in the Disney Channel television movie, Halloweentown, alongside Debbie Reynolds. He then moved to Los Angeles in late 1999 to further pursue his acting career. Choi has been able to appear in over 25 films, including The Wolf of Wall Street as Chester Ming, Captain America: The First Avenger as Jim Morita, Red Dawn as Smith and Suicide Squad. In the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming, he portrays the grandson of his Captain America character. Choi has performed in more than 40 television shows. including Sons of Anarchy as Henry Lin, NBC TV series Ironside as Captain Ed Rollins, and NBC TV series Allegiance as Sam Luttrell.

Kenneth Choi Photo

Choi portrayed Judge Lance Ito in the Emmy Award-winning FX series, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson and made appearances in a number of TV series, including The Last Man on Earth, Longmire, Glee, Heroes, The Newsroom, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, House M.D., Lincoln Heights, and The King of Queens. Choi voiced Jim Morita for the video game Captain America: Super Soldier and voiced the role of a gangster in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In 2018, Choi took the role of Bob Dwyer on Starz’s new series, Counterpart and played Howie “Chimney” Han on FOX TV’s hit show, 9-1-1.  He featured in the film Gringo opposite alongside Joel Edgerton and Charlize Theron and Hotel Artemis alongside Jodie Foster.

Kenneth Choi Movies

Year	Title	Role
2018	Gringo	Marty
	Hotel Artemis	Buke
	Office Uprising	Freddy Wong
2017	Stephanie
	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Principal Morita
	Bright	Yamahara
2016	Suicide Squad	Yakuza Boss
2013	Five Thirteen	C.I.A.
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Chester Ming
2012	Dr0ne	Jay
	Red Dawn	Cpl. Smith
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	James “Jim” Morita
2008	Street Kings	Boss Kim
2007	Baby	Mike
	Walk the Talk	Dave
	War	Takada
	Koreatown	Sil the Well Dressed Drug Dealer
2006	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	South Korean Ambassador Li Sung Park
	Only the Brave	Dave Fukushima
	Undoing	Danny
	The Heart Specialist	Mitchell Kwan
2005	The Road to Canyon Lake	Pong
	Harsh Times	Fujimoto

 

Kenneth Choi TV Shows

Year	Title	Role
2018–present	9-1-1	Howie “Chimney” Han
2018	Counterpart	Bob Dwyer
2017	Chicago Med	Dr. David Kwon
	Dimension 404	Kojima
2016	The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Judge Lance Ito
2016–17	The Last Man on Earth	Lewis
2015	Allegiance	Sam Luttrell
2014	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	James “Jim” Morita
2013	Ironside	Captain Ed Rollins
	Longmire	Dr. Bloomfield
2012	The Newsroom	Dr. Lee
2011	Last Man Standing	Dr. Wong
2010	Hawthorne	Dr. Paul Hyun
2009	Without a Trace	Agent Philip Shen
	Heroes	Sam Douglas
	Glee	Dr. Wu
2008	Samurai Girl	Sato
2008–09	Crash	Mikey Han
2008–14	Sons of Anarchy	Henry Lin
2007	Shark	Kirk Bagley

Kenneth Choi Net Worth

Throughout his career, Kenneth has been able to garner an estimated net worth of $ 2 million.

Kenneth Choi Height

Choi stands at a height of 1.7 m.

Kenneth Choi 911

Choi plays Howie ‘Chimney’ Han in the TV series 9-11 which explores the high-pressure experiences of the first responders who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations.

Kenneth Choi Spiderman

Choi plays Principal Morita in the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming which focuses on Peter Parker who tries to balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man. He finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.

Kenneth Choi Halloweentown

Choi portrays the Hip-Sales-Creature in the 1998 film Halloweentown that tells about a girl who learns that she is a witch, she decides to help save a town full of other supernatural creatures.

Kenneth Choi Wolf Of Wall Street

Choi portrays Chester Ming in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street which is based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Kenneth Choi Music Video

Choi appears as a Businessman in the music video “Wherever I Go” which was released in 2016 by the American pop band OneRepublic.

Kenneth Choi Glee

Choi features in the TV series Glee as Dr Wu in 2010 where a group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club.