John Cho

American actor

Photo by: Aubrey Gemignani · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born:June 16, 1972

Age:54

Zodiac Sign:Gemini

Children:2

Born in:Seoul, South Korea

Languages:English

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House M.D.How I Met Your MotherAmerican BeautyStar TrekStar Trek Into Darkness

John Cho

American actor

Biography

John Yo-Han Cho (Korean: 조요한; born June 16, 1972) is an American actor. As a performer, he is noted for his subtle and understated style of acting. He is known for his roles as Harold Lee in the Harold & Kumar film series (2004–2011), John/MILF guy #2 in the American Pie film series (1999–2012), and Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016). Cho became the first Asian American actor cast as a romantic lead in a romantic comedy series when he played Henry Higgs in the sitcom Selfie (2014) and the first to headline a mainstream Hollywood thriller film when he starred in Searching (2018), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. Cho has had lead roles in television series such as FlashForward, Off Centre, and The Afterparty, and recurring roles in Sleepy Hollow and Difficult People. In his early career, Cho attained recognition for guest-starring in the fantasy television series Charmed.

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Quotes

“I’ve always said that it really bothers me that so much of Asian representation in cinema has been people running away from their Asian-ness to find love elsewhere…”

— On the trends typical of films featuring Asian American characters in “John Cho Is One Step Ahead” in Vulture (2018 Aug 24)

“I’ve spent my life trying to figure out what Asian-ness means…but you know, I really gotta figure out what whiteness means. We all have to figure out what it means, apparently, for our survival.”

— On trying to understand what it means to be Asian in “John Cho Is One Step Ahead” in Vulture (2018 Aug 24)

Quotes sourced from the Wikiquote article "John Cho", available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Photos

Actor John Cho in interviewed by NASA's Social Video Producer, Brittany Brown, Friday, June 1, 2018 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ahead of the "National Symphony Orchestra Pops: Space, the Next Frontier," celebrating NASA's 60th Anniversary in Washington DC. The event featured music inspired by space including artists Will.i.am, Grace Potter, Coheed & Cambria, John Cho, and guest Nick Sagan, son of Carl Sagan.

Stars of new millennial thriller Searching, Star Trek's John Cho, Will & Grace's Debra Messing, and director Aneesh Chaganty reveal the tricky way they made the new mystery movie, which is told entirely through computer screens and apps… and what had everyone LOLing on set!

John Cho attends the premiere of "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother" during the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 12, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario.