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famousfilipinos: (originally posted August 26, 2009)

Ken Jeong, M.D.

Not only is this guy FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY, but HOT HOT HOT in the world of comedy.  He’s popping up all over the place! ROCK on Ken!

Jeong is currently starring with Jeremy Piven in The Goods: Live Hard and Sell Hard and next appears with Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper in All About Steve, in theaters September 4th.


Jeong most recently played ransom demanding mobster guy who jumps out of a car trunk stark naked, Mr. Chow, in Hangover.  Was an awesome surprise playing the Korean mafioso guy in Pineapple Express (“suck my ball two time!”), King Argotron in Role Models, and Allison Scott’s (Katherine Heigl’s) strict and sarcastic, perfectly condescending OB/GYN, Dr. Kuni, in Knocked Up.

Ken Jeong was born in 1969 to Korean immigrants who settled in North Carolina.  Jeong graduated high school at 16, completed his undergrad at Duke, and obtained his medical degree from UNC-Chapell Hill.  Jeong was urged by an NBC producer and an Improv founder to move to LA after seeing him perform and win the Big Easy Laff-Off in New Orleans where Jeong was completing his Internal Medicine residency.  He made regular appearances at the Improv and the Laugh Factory.

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Taiwanese actor, Jay Chou, will play Kato in “The Green Hornet”.  Seth Rogen will play the title character, while Michael Gondry directs.  Cameron Diaz, Nicolas Cage, and Edward James Olmos will also star.

Jay Chou

was born on January 18, 1979 and is a Taiwanese musician, singer, producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. He is well-known for composing all his own songs and songs for other singers. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for popular Chinese singers. Although he was trained in classical music, Chou combines Chinese and Western music styles to produce songs that fuse R&B, rock and pop genres, covering issues such as domestic violence, war, and urbanization.

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

is the newest national ambassador for the Diabetes Aware Campaign and appears in a Novo Nordis and Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) sponsored PSA that debuted on People.com August 12th.

Aiming to reach 24 million Americans living with Diabetes and 6.2 million more who are unaware they have the disease, the campaign attempts to underscore the importance of detection, monitoring, and disease management.

“We can make a difference in our own families through exercise, eating right and teaching healthy behaviors to our children.”

Stats, action kits, and more info are available on the NYC Department of Health’s Diabetes Prevention and Control program website.

Dwayne Johnson born May 2, 1972 is an American actor of Samoan and African-American descent, a former nine time world champion professional wrestler with the WWF/E, and a former defensive tackle for the University of Miami.

Johnson not only landed his first leading role in The Scorpion King (2001), but also the highest salary for an actor in his first starring role, earning $5.5 million. He has since appeared in movies such as The Rundown, Be Cool, Walking Tall, Gridiron Gang, The Game Plan, Get Smart, Race to Witch Mountain, and Planet 51.


[sources: Access Hollywood tv, Celebrity Babies.com, About.com, Wiki]

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Brandon Soo Hoo

born November 2, 1995 (Wiki) plays the young Storm Shadow in GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra and was Tran in Ben Stiller’s, Tropic Thunder (2008).

Though the specificity of his Asian heritage has yet to be confirmed on the internet, where everything is true, Lee will be tagged as “other” Asian.

Brandon holds a black belt in Tae Kwan Do and is currently training in extreme martial arts and Wing Chun Kung Fu. Soo Hoo has also received training in weapons such as the bō staff, sword, and the nunchaku.^[2] (Rock on!)

Soo Hoo was nominated for and won the award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor award at the Young Artists Awards.^[3]

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Lee Byung-hun

Born July 12, 1970 Lee Byung-Hun is a South Korean actor, most recently starring as Storm Shadow in the hollywood blockbuster, GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra; alongside other famous hollywood actors as Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum, and Marlon Wayans.

His westernized name is…Brian. Awesome.

Lee is Buddhist, fluent in English and able to speak French and Mandarin, in addition to his native Korean.  His sister, Lee Eun-Hee, won Miss Korea in 1997.