Happy Birthday John Cho!

Happy Birthday John Cho!  He started a genre career playing Mark Chao in a 1998 episode of Charmed.  Next, Cho had a cameo in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000).  Cho voiced two 2001 episodes of the Static Shock animated series.  He played as as student in Ivan Reitman’s sci fi comedy Evolution (2001).  Cho had a cameo in Stephen Soderburgh’s sci fi film Solaris (2002).  Then, Cho had an iconic role as Harold Lee in the comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004).  He played Teddy Wong along with Bradley Cooper in the sitcom Kitchen Confidential (2005-2006) and then The Singles Table (2007).  Cho voiced Vince Chung in the animated series American Dad! (2006-2016).  He then returned in Harold & Kumar Escape form Guantanamo Bay (2008).  Then, he had another career defining role as Sulu in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek (2009). 

Next, he played Demetri Noh in the sci fi series Flashforward (2009-2010).  Then, he finished out the comedy series with A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011).  Cho next was in the Total Recall (2012) reboot.  He returned as Sulu in Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013). Cho was in the supernatural series, Sleepy Hollow (2013-2014) as Andy Brooks.  One of my favorite roles for John was as Henry Higgs in the sitcom Selfie (2014) alongside Karen Gillan.  John Cho played Sulu in 2016’s Star Trek: Beyond.  He played Andrew Kim in the supernatural series, The Exorcist (2017).  He was in the drama, Searching, about a father trying to find his missing daughter and may find clues to her disappearance with her laptop.  In 2019, Cho was in “The Wunderkind“ episode of The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access.  He was in the 2020 reboot of the horror movie, The Grudge.  Happy Birthday John Cho!   

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