Biography
Stephen Yong is an American actor, famous thanks to a number of films and serials, as well as visualizing computer action and animation cinema characters. He received prestigious nominations for the role in the South Korean drama and became the winner of the award established by Donald A. Reed, as well as the Chunsa Film ART Awards awards.Childhood and youth
The biography of the actor Stephen Yong began in 1983 in Seoul, where his parents lived, formerly from Korean families. Father served as a city architect, and his mother was engaged in household, but always wanted to work in the field of services for rich people.
Her dream was turned during the period when it became possible to move to America and open the beauty salon in the town near the town of Detroit. At this time, the boy went to school and easily learned English, and then began to be interested in art and acting game.
Parents did not see talent in the Son to any of the creative professions and wanted him to continue to learn and grew by a specialist in the field of science. As a result, Stephen chose the Faculty of Medicine in a private college in Kalamaz and for 2 years was determined who he is a psychologist or surgeon.
In the middle of 2005, the young man received a neurologist diploma, but he did not want to continue his career in medical actually. Choose the right road in my life His comedian Jordan Klepper helped him, who performed in a sketch show and considered the eternal holiday acting lot.
With the filing of this talented young man, Yong got carried away by Standap and improvisation and performed in the student team, who received fame as Monkapult. Father and mother were unhappy with this, but decided to give a son for 2 years so that he would either regret his own decision, or found his unique way.
Stephen proved that he was not mistaken with the choice, and joined the theater troupe, whose star was Dennie Padi from the "Community" series. Then he passed the school of comedized programs Stir Friday Night and The Second City, whose participation led to television and provided the work in the cinema.
Personal life
As many representatives of Asian nationality, Yong does not like to talk about personal life, but he has a number of family pictures laid out in Facebook and Instagram. They captured two children who were born in a happy marriage, and the wife of Joana Pak, working as an artist and a photographer.Films
In early 2009, Stephen moved closer to Hollywood and appeared on listening to the series "awkward situations for men." However, he did not approach the director due to the growth, which was 175 cm, and insufficient weight, at that time barely reaching 67 kg.
However, the guy who had the abilities of the comedian, offered an episode in the "Theory of the Big Explosion", and Yong appeared in the Staircase IMPLEMENTATION series, completing the 3rd season. And then he got one of the main characters of the "Walking Dead" about the zombie apocalypse, which was created and was produced by the American director Frank Darabont.
The image of Glennna, Pizza Performer, was so successful to the Korean actor that he appeared in each series, helping other heroes to fight for life. With the development of the plot, he got a girlfriend, filled with Lauren Cohen, and the love of this beautiful couple instigated optimism in the audience.
In general, thanks to the acting, where Norman Ridus, Jeffrey Din Morgan, Andrew Lincoln, John Bernal and Ryan Hirst, received a number of prestigious premiums, including the best male roles, and won the Saturn and Satellite Awards awards.
Another noticeable work of Yong was the action movie "Experiment" Office ", who told about the terrible virus that attacked the planet Earth. For this successful replenishment of the filmography, he got positive feedback from critics and a premium for the best performance of the Independent Brooklyn Film Festival.
At the end of 2018, a new project was published with the participation of Stephen - the drama "flaming", which he shot the director and screenwriter Li Chhan Don. The participants of this full-length production based on the plot of Haruki Murakami became the nominees of the Golden Palm Branch and owners of the Vulcan Prize.
The film has established a number of national records on the ratings and fees from rolled products, as well as the number of statuettes collected for the best male role. Among them were prizes from Experts of Florida, Boston and other film academies and Awards International Cinephile Society, Saturn and Vancouver Film Critics Circle.
Stephen Yong now
2019 became a fruitful time for the Korean actor, as he starred in a number of serials and participated in the sounding of animated paintings. Now the artist is working on a "invisible" project based on comic books Robert Kirkman, and his colleagues are stars like Sandra O and Mark Hamill.Filmography
- 2010 - "Big Explosion Theory"
- 2010 - 2016 - "The Walking Dead"
- 2011 - "Moment of youth"
- 2011 - "Storage-13"
- 2014 - "Drunk History"
- 2014 - "I - the beginning"
- 2017 - "Chaos" ("Experiment" Office ")
- 2017 - "Okcha"
- 2018 - "Flaming"
- 2019 - "Twilight Zone"