John Cho
Cho in 2011, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Cho Yo-Han (조요한)
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Date of Birth: June 16, 1972
Ethnicity: Korean
John Cho is an American actor and musician. His roles include the American Pie films, Better Luck Tomorrow, Big Fat Liar, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and its sequels; In Good Company, American Dreamz, the Star Trek franchise, beginning with the 2009 film of the same name; Total Recall (2012), Identity Thief, That Burning Feeling, Grandma (2015), Get a Job, Columbus, Gemini (2017), A Happening of Monumental Proportions, Searching, The Oath (2018), The Grudge (2020), Over the Moon, Wish Dragon, Don’t Make Me Go, and AfrAId (2024); and the shows Charmed, Off Centre, FlashForward, Sleepy Hollow, Selfie, Difficult People, The Exorcist, Cowboy Bebop, The Afterparty, and The Sympathizer. He is often noted as having reached several Asian-American “firsts” in casting.
He was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the U.S. in the late 1970s, living mostly in Los Angeles, California; as well as Houston, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and Daly City and Monterey Park, CA. His father was a minister in the Church of Christ, originally from North Korea. John is married to actress Kerri Higuchi, with whom he has two children.
There are many people born out of country and have homes here. Rory Mcilroy has a home in his native Northern Ireland and also in Florida, that doesn’t make Mcilroy American.
Don’t know much about Rory McIlroy but Im not saying having a home in the U.S. or any country automatically makes them a citizen of that country. Ijs that if John is an American citizen (doesn’t mean just by birth) than he is. He could also have his citizenship if one or both of his parents are naturalized.
That too but from what I understand, he’s been in the U.S. since he was 6 and is an American citizen and considers himself Asian-American.
He is Asian American because he’s here but his birth place should be what he is. Which is South Korean.
He probably doesn’t even remember much of his early life in South Korea and who knows if he can still speak Korean.
He’s not American he was born in south Korea and is of Korean descent.
He is still American if he grew up and was raised in the US.
He could also have duel citizenship.