Sung Kang サン・カン (born April 8, 1972) is an American actor, born in Gainesville, Georgia. His first major role was that of Han from Better Luck Tomorrow. He was also one of the stars in The Motel, in which he played Sam Kim, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, in which he played Han, a born and raised North Korean, this time as a mentor to the main character, Sean Boswell. He also had a role in Jet Li's major film War, playing an FBI agent.
On MADtv, Sung has been playing the recurring role of the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee in the Korean drama parody, "Tae Do" or "Attitudes and Feelings, Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive." Kang also had a small role in the action movie Live Free or Die Hard.
He was also featured in a music video for popular Korean Band, g.o.d.'s Lie.
He owns a restaurant called Saketini in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. It offers a wide range of Pacific Rim foods and has Eun San Yi as head chef.
Sung says that before he was cast as "Han" in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift he was unaware of the drifting subculture that exists in Japan. It wasn't until he began researching for the part that he learned what a popular sport drifting actually is all over the world.
Kang says one of the things he dislikes most about Hollywood is the stereotypes that Asian actors are faced when being cast in a role.
Filmography
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Fast and Furious (2009)
Finishing the Game (2007)
Undoing (2007) (Producer)
Live Free or Die Hard (2007) (FBI Central)
War (2007)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Monk (2005)
The Motel (2005)
Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) (Associate Producer)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
References
External links
Sung Kang's Website
SUNG KANG - Official MySpace Site
Sung Kang at the Internet Movie Database
Sung Kang Interview on JumpBoxTV
UCLA Asia Pacific Arts Interview
Back Stage Interview
Sung Kang's Restaurant
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