Ken Leung Biography
Ken Leung is an American actor. His roles include Sang in Rush Hour, Miles Straume in Lost, Admiral Statura in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Detective Stephen Sing in Saw, and Kid Omega in X-Men: The Last Stand.
Ken Leung Age
Leung was born on January 21, 1970, New York City, New York, United States. He is 49 years old as of 2019.
Ken Leung Family
He was the only child of a Chinese business personality named Wang-Gang Leung and Kim- Chong Lui. His father operated his own business while the occupation of his mother, Kim-Chong Lui. His mother was reportedly pregnant with him when the family migrated to the United States.
Ken Leung’s Brothers’ Death
Actor Leung woke up one morning to a phone call. It was his father telling him that he had to fly to Thailand to bring back the body of his brother Kevin who had suddenly drowned while on vacation. Ken explains a mystery surrounding the circumstances and goes on to tell us how the experience of handling his brother’s affairs changed his outlook on both his life and his craft.
Ken Leung Personal Life
Ken Leung Education
He started going to school when the family moved to Brooklyn and he joined the Pierre English Boarding school. Leung transferred to another school in New Jersey named Old Bridge High School.
Ken completed his graduation from there, and after being ignited for a desire in acting went to New York University, where he joined the Fine Arts Course and kept acting in his major.
He graduated alongside actors like Nan Smither and Cathy Russell in 1995 and was actively involved in many acts and plays as he possibly could.
Ken Leung Career
Leung mostly hung around black box theatres and downtown and was involved with Ma-Yi Theater Company. He also joined the touring group of artists like New Perspectives and STAR and worked for some time as an amateur.
Ken appeared in some theatre works and musical plays too, but his first break in a big screen came only in 1997 when he made his debut in the movie Rush Hour. Directed by Brett Ratner who he considered Ken to be a very good actor with abilities to portray any kind of roles. He appeared alongside Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour.
The two who became good friends had worked on many occasions later on like in The Family Man (2002), Red Dragon (2002) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
He even debuted as a director and came up with the film Keeping the Faith, early in 2000. As Edward Norton was also working in the same project, he praised Ken as in an interview with The Washington Post, he said: “Ken’s show-stopping performance turned a throwaway scene into one of the film’s best.”
Regarding his TV career, he appeared in Shanghai Kiss in 2007 and was respected for his role at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. He also featured in the HBO’s The Sopranos in 2007 and ABC’s Lost from 2008-10.
He played the Marvel Comic’s character Karnak in the ABC’s TV series Inhumans in 2017. The series received negative reviews and low ratings hence it canceled by ABC in May 2018.
Ken Leung Net Worth
Leung’s current net worth is $2 million. He has amassed a huge amount of net worth from his professional career.
Ken Leung Awards & Achievements
Leung’s performance in the 2007 film ‘Shanghai Kiss’ received a ‘Special Mention’ at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
Ken Leung Height, Weight
- Height: He stands at the height of 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
- Weight: He weighs 65 kg
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