Randall Park 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 is Eddie Huang's father, Louis Huang, in ABC's television show Fresh Off the Boat.
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Movies
The Interview, Trainwreck, The Five-Year Engagement, Everything Before Us, The Night Before, The People I've Slept With, Sex Tape, Dinner for Schmucks, Larry Crowne, The 41 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It, Amigo Undead, American Fusion, The Meddler, They Came...
TV Shows
Fresh Off the Boat, ABC TV Micro-Mini Series
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Even as a kid, I'd have a recorder, and I'd lean it up against a TV and record 'I Love Lucy.' I loved hearing the audience laughing. It was really exciting to me.
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I've been reading a lot about North Korea ever since I got the part in 'The Interview' because it's just such a fascinating place. There are so many amazing stories of bravery coming out of there.
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'Veep' is definitely one of my favorite TV shows, and not because I'm in it. It's just such a great show, and the fact that I'm on it is crazy to me because I love it so much.
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The first thing I do is I check my emails and my texts. I guess I shouldn't feel guilty about it at this point; it's kind of the norm. Sometimes I'll bounce around Twitter. And if I have time, I'll catch up on the news, usually on 'Huffington Post' or 'Salon.'
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My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
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I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.
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I'm on Twitter, but I'm not super active. I follow a lot of the same people that a lot of people follow: Rob Delaney, Megan Amram, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, people I've worked with.
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My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.
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I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.
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Participated in ABC's Diversity Showcase.
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Graduated from Hamilton High School's Humanities Magnet Program in Los Angeles.
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Graduated from UCLA with an undergraduate degree in English, Creative Writing and a Master's Degree in Asian American Studies.
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Was a member of the seven-piece Los Angeles-based band Ill Again.
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Co-founder of LCC Asian American Theater at UCLA and the coalition of artists known as Proper Gander in Los Angeles.
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