Lanny Joon is a

Korean-American Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian Americans ...

actor. He is best known for his roles in films '' Takers'' (2010), '' Black Gold'' (2011), '' West 32nd'' (2007)'','' and most recently ''

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'' (2017)''.'' He has appeared in single episodes of several TV series. In '' West 32nd'' (2007) by Michael Kang, he stars alongside John Cho, Grace Park, and Jun-seong Kim. He played the role of JD in ''

'' (2017), opposite Jamie Foxx and

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. Joon also stars as the protagonist John in ''Ktown Cowboys'' (2010), directed by

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, which won Best Feature Film at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. He has also appeared in one episode of the TV shows, such as: ''

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'', '' The Big Bang Theory'', '' Wizards of Waverly Place'', in J. J. Abrams' '' Undercovers'', '' The Forgotten'', '' Numb3rs'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' Hawaii Five-0'' and more. Joon is a graduate of New York University (NYU), where he majored in Broadcast Journalism and Theater.Lisa Lee, Film Festival Gossip,

Filmography

Film

Television

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joon, Lanny American male actors of Korean descent Tisch School of the Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) People from Cincinnati Living people 21st-century American male actors