Sung Kang

Kang was born in Gainesville Georgia to South Korean immigrant parents and spent his adolescence in California He attended the University of California Riverside While in college he chose acting over law school a decision which was met with disappointment from his parents due to their concerns over the lack of Asians on American television and lack of job prospects His first major role was in Better Luck Tomorrow 2002 in which he played Han Lue an aloof gang member and the cousin of Virgil Hu played by Jason Tobin He was one of the stars in The Motel in which he played Sam Kim He played the same character Han Lue in The Fast and the Furious film franchise appearing in The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift Fast Furious Fast Five Fast Furious 6 and F9 as well as the short film Los Bandoleros He also had a role in Jet Lis film War 2007 playing an FBI agent and was featured in the movie Forbidden Warrior as Doran a son of Genghis Khan He had a small role in the action movie Live Free or Die Hard and he appeared in Walter Hills movie Bullet to the Head 2013 as Detective Taylor Kwon opposite Sylvester Stallone Kang has had several notable television roles including the recurring role of the narcissistic President Gin Kew Yun Chun Yew Nee in the Korean drama parody Tae Do Attitudes and Feelings Both Desirable and Sometimes Secretive alongside Bobby Lee on MADtv He portrayed FBI Agent Tae Kim in the shortlived crime procedural Gang Related on FOX Both roles required him to speak Korean which he is conversant in The character Tae Kim was written specifically for him by creator Chris Morgan who had worked on the Fast Furious film franchise