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John Cho is a Korean-born American actor, known for his roles in the ''AmericanPie'' films, the ''[[Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle Harold and Kumar]]'' series, as Demetri in ''FlashForward2009'', and as Sulu in the latest incarnation of ''Film/StarTrek''.
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!!This actor provides examples of
* AllAsiansAreAlike: Got hit with this hard when the ''[[Franchise/TheGreenHornet Green Hornet]]'' [[Film/TheGreenHornet remake]] came out in early 2011. Despite the fact that Kato was played by Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou, who is years younger and speaks English with a heavy accent, many reviewers remarked on how great "John Cho" was. Even ''IMDB'' screwed this up at one point, as well as many reviews citing IMDB. The confusion might also have had something to do with their [[OneSteveLimit similar-sounding names]].
** Cho joked about this incident on {{Website/Twitter}}, saying "I am beginning to suspect that I am not in the Green Hornet movie."
* BrutalHonesty: Has taken a few jabs at ''StarTrekIntoDarkness'' for its RaceLift of Khan Noonien Singh.
* HiddenDepths: Broke through in comedy films, but also capable of [[http://youtu.be/xsldWZm2R7M quite serious reflections on his family's history in Korea]] (0:28:00) and [[http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/090703/article.asp?parentID=110087 dissecting Asian stereotypes on film and TV.]]
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