Justin Chon Biography
Justin Chon Jitae is an American actor, director, and YouTube personality. He is known for playing Eric Yorkie in The Twilight Saga film series.
For his critically acclaimed 2017 film Gook, and for being a member of the K-pop parody group Boys Generally Asian. Chon trained for over two years in the Meisner technique at the Baron Brown Studio in Santa Monica and guest-starred in the Studio web series Joanne Brown Is Here with Hana Mae Lee and Joanne Baron.
Chon began acting in 2005 in shows such as Jack & Bobby and Taki & Luci. He became famous in 2006 when he played the role of Peter Wu in the Disney Channel film Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. He also portrayed Tony Lee in the Nickelodeon sitcom Just Jordan. In 2008, he played the role of Eric Yorkie in the film Twilight, based on the book by Stephenie Meyer.
Chon reprised his role as Eric Yorkie in the Twilight sequel New Moon. He starred as the central role Jeff Chang, in the film 21 & Over in 2013. He also appeared in the independent film Innocent Blood that same year. In 2014, Chon appeared as a lead role in crime drama film Revenge of the Green Dragons, which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
Justin Chon Age
Chon was born on 29th May 1981, in Garden Grove, California, U.S. He is 37 years old as of 2019.
Justin Chon Family
Chon was born in Garden Grove, California and raised by his parents Sang Chon and Kyung Chon in Irvine, California. His father was an actor in South Korea, and later a shoe store owner in Paramount, California and his mother is an accomplished pianist.
Justin Chon Wife
Chon married his longtime girlfriend Sasha Egorova in October 2014 after dating over a year. The couple has a daughter born in December 2017.
Justin Chon Movies
- 2006 Puff, Puff, Pass
- Fleetwood 2006
- 2007 Hack!
- 2008 Twilight
- 2009 Crossing Over
- Turbo 2009
- 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- 2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- 2011 From the Rough
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 2011
- 2012 Detention of the Dead
- Rock Jocks 2012
- 2012 Hang Loos
- 2013 21 & Over
- Innocent Blood 2013
- 2014 Revenge of The Green Dragons
- 2015 Soul Searching
- Man Up 2015
- 2016 Satanic
- Heartbeats 2016
- 2016 Like Lambs
- 2017 Gook
Justin Chon TV Shows
- 2005 Jack & Bobby
- 2006 The O.C.
- Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior 2006
- 2007–2008 Just Jordan
- 2009 Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
- 2011 House
- 2013 New Girl2015 Sin City Saints
- 2016 Dramaworld
- 2017 Dr. Ken
- 2018 Deception
- 2013 You’re Stoopid
- Full Circle 2013
- 2015 90 Day Visa
- 2019 Ms. Purple
Justin Chon Twilight
The Twilight Saga is a series of five romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. The film’s star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. The series has grossed over $3.3 billion in worldwide receipts. The first installment, Twilight, was released on November 21, 2008. The second installment, New Moon, followed on November 20, 2009.
Breaking box office records as the biggest midnight screening and opening day in history, grossing an estimated $72.7 million. The third installment, Eclipse, was released on June 30, 2010, and was the first Twilight film to be released in IMAX. The series was in development since 2004 at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation of Twilight that differed significantly from the novel was written.
Three years later, Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the film. After Twilight grossed $35.7 million on its opening day, Summit Entertainment announced they would begin production on New Moon; they had acquired the rights to the remaining novels earlier that same month. A two-part adaptation of Breaking Dawn began shooting in November 2010 with release dates of November 18, 2011, and November 16, 2012, respectively.
Justin Choon Net Worth
Chon is an American actor who has a net worth of $5 million.
Justin Chon Director
Chon also co-wrote with Kevin Wu, directed, executive, produced and starred in the 2015 feature film Man Up. The film made its premiere at the 2015 CAAMFest. It was also screened at the 2015 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, making it’s West Coast also premiere there. The film is set in Hawaii and also stars Kevin Wu, Amy Hill, Parvesh Cheena, Nichole Bloom, Dion Basco, Samantha Futerman and others.
In March 2015, the film was acquired by “Off the Dock”, a digital studio owned by Lakeshore Entertainment. Chon has also directed several digital short films that are viewable on his YouTube Channel, such as You’re Stoopid (2013), Full Circle (2013) and 90 Day Visa (2015). In 2017, Chon wrote, directed, produced and starred in a film, Gook, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and won. The NEXT Audience Award and was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Distribution.
The film also won Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature Film, Best Director (Justin Chon), Best Actress (Simone Baker), and an Audience Award at the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film further won Golden Space Needle Awards for Best Director (2nd Place or 1st Runner-Up) (Justin Chon) and Best Actress (5th Place) (Simone Baker) at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival.
Justin Chon Other Projects
Chon co-owns a chain of clothing stores, named the Attic, in California. In January 2015, he started uploading edited vlogs to his YouTube channel on a weekly basis and since November 2015, he has uploaded edited vlogs to the channel on a daily basis. He also creates short comedy videos on YouTube together with his friends. Chon has also appeared in videos on Nigahiga’s YouTube channel.
In 2016, he wrote an editorial for NBC about the racism he faced in Hollywood roles and auditions. Chon is also a member of BGA (Boys Generally Asian), a Parody K-Pop group formed by Youtuber Ryan Higa (nigahiga). The 5 member group have released 2 singles and have risen up many South Korean Music charts as well as American Music charts.
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