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Aaron Yoo
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Aaron Yoo
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1979-05-12,East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Aaron Yoo (born May 12, 1979, in East Brunswick, New Jersey) is a Korean-American actor and writer, the son of Korean immigrant parents. He attended East Brunswick High School, where he played cello and ran track, before graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. Originally pursuing writing, he switched to acting after a summer Shakespeare workshop. He is married to actress Fara Homidi (married September 6, 2014). His most recognized film roles include Ronald "Ronnie" Chu in Disturbia (2007, starring Shia LaBeouf), Choi in 21 (2008), and Chad "Chewie" Wong in the Friday the 13th reboot (2009). Other notable film credits include Rocket Science (2007), American Pastime (2007), Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), The Wackness (2008), Gamer (2009), A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), 10 Years (2012), Money Monster (2016), Killing Gunther (2017), and Wish Dragon (2021, voice role). On television, he is best known as Russell Kwon in The Tomorrow People (2013–2014, 22 episodes), with additional credits in The Blacklist, StartUp, Hawaii Five-0, Goliath, God Friended Me, Evil, and Criminal Minds. In theatre, he performed as Henry in Christopher Chen's The Headlands at Lincoln Center Theater (2020) and in Where Do We Live?.

Filmography

6.689

21
2008-03-27

6.694

Disturbia
2007-03-27

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

6.441

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
2008-10-03

Friday the 13th

5.8

Friday the 13th
2009-02-11

6.3

Rocket Science
2007-01-19

5.459

The Good Guy
2009-04-25

I Hate Big Phony

0

I Hate Big Phony
2016-04-22

American Pastime

6.5

American Pastime
2007-05-11

5.697

Gamer
2009-09-03

5.4

Labor Pains
2009-06-19

4.5

McCanick
2014-02-17

6.1

Kid Cannabis
2014-04-18

A Flicker in Eternity

0

A Flicker in Eternity
2011-11-01

6.4

The Wackness
2008-07-03

5.3

Demonic
2015-02-12

Everything Before Us

5.3

Everything Before Us
2015-06-03

6.433

Money Monster
2016-05-12

Killing Gunther

4.8

Killing Gunther
2017-09-22

6.5

Someone Else
2015-03-13

5.8

10 Years
2012-09-14

A Nightmare on Elm Street

5.527

A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010-04-30

7.84

Wish Dragon
2021-01-15

Youth in Oregon

6.1

Youth in Oregon
2017-01-11

The Bedford Diaries

5.8

The Bedford Diaries
2006-03-29

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

7.819

ER
1994-09-19

7.733

Drop Dead Diva
2009-07-12

The Tomorrow People

6.9

The Tomorrow People
2013-10-09

7.632

The Blacklist
2013-09-23

7.131

StartUp
2016-09-06

7.732

Hawaii Five-0
2010-09-20

7.732

Hawaii Five-0
2010-09-20

7.835

Evil
2019-09-26

God Friended Me

7.677

God Friended Me
2018-09-30

7.585

Goliath
2016-10-13

The Mysteries of Laura

7.2

The Mysteries of Laura
2014-09-17

8.3

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

7.8

The Closer
2005-06-13