{"id":32908,"date":"2018-02-22T06:36:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T14:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/?p=32908"},"modified":"2018-02-22T06:36:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T14:36:47","slug":"asian-american-actor-of-the-decade-john-cho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/22\/asian-american-actor-of-the-decade-john-cho\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian American Actor of the Decade, John Cho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like every few years there is an Asian American actor who seems to appear everywhere, in print, movies and television.\u00a0 In the 90s it was B. D. Wong, for example, peering at us from movie screens and tvs everywhere.\u00a0 The Asian-American actor for the last 10 years who seems to get the most plum roles and screen time is handsome Korean-American actor John Cho, who gracefully made the transition from teen films to scifi, drama, comedy and big screen epics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/22\/asian-american-actor-of-the-decade-john-cho\/john-cho2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john-cho2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"560,280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2009 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john-cho2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john-cho2-560x250.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32913\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john-cho2-560x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia, &#8220;John Cho is an American actor and musician. He is best known as Harold Lee in the Harold &amp; Kumar films; John, who popularized the term &#8220;MILF&#8221; in the American Pie films; and Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek reboot film series.&#8221; He has a good-looking Everyman quality that suits almost every type and genre of film, and he is aging VERY well at 45.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32909\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/22\/asian-american-actor-of-the-decade-john-cho\/cho1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cho1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;TM \\u0026amp; Copyright \\u00a92009 by Paramount Pictures.  All Rights Reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cho1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cho1-600x250.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32909\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cho1-600x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His taking over of the iconic Sulu role in Star Trek (popularized by fantastic actor and gay icon George Takei) is probably the role he is most famous for at the present time, but audiences definitely remember him as Harold in the teen stoner &#8220;Harold and Kumar&#8221; comedies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/22\/asian-american-actor-of-the-decade-john-cho\/john-cho\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John-Cho.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"759,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"John-Cho\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John-Cho-600x250.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32912\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John-Cho-600x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Living in LA&#8217;s trendy Silverlake neighborhood, he is a family man at home who can often be seen walking the leafy streets with his child, or working out at a modest neighborhood gym.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32910\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/22\/asian-american-actor-of-the-decade-john-cho\/john-cho-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john-cho-cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;SLEEPY HOLLOW: John Cho guest-stars as Officer Andy Brooks in the premiere episode of SLEEPY HOLLOW premiering Monday, Sept. 16 (9:00-10:00 PM ET\/PT) on FOX. \\u0026#xa9;2013 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Kent Smith\/FOX&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john cho cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john-cho-cover-600x250.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32910\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john-cho-cover-600x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re glad to see a quality Asian actor with this much talent and versatility, and look forward to seeing him pop up in dozens more vehicles before the next &#8220;Asian American actor of the decade&#8221; taakes over!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like every few years there is an Asian American actor who seems to appear everywhere, in print, movies and television.\u00a0 In the 90s it was B. 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