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A 1960s pioneer of Asian-American theatre, Soon Tek Oh (aka Sun-Taek Oh, Soon-Tek Oh or Soon-Taik Oh) was born on June 29, 1932, in Mokpo, Korea at the time the country was under Imperial Japanese rule. He attended high school at Gwangju, South Korea, and went on to study at Yonsei University in Seoul. His family (including one sister) moved to the United States in 1959, where they settled in Southern California.
Oh studied at USC before attending UCLA and receiving his Masters of Fine Arts in acting and playwriting. Trained in performance at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, his mounting of a California production of "Rashomon" led to his co-founding (along with fellow actors Mako, James Hong , Beulah Quo and five others) of the renowned Los Angeles' East West Players theatre company in 1965.
Breaking into TV that same year with a minor role on "I Spy," Oh resolved to work against the restrictive servile Asian stereotypes he found himself playing on such 60s TV programs as "The Wild, Wild West," "The Invaders" and "It Takes a Thief." Via the stage, he strove to broaden the types of roles available, which included other theatre troupes he founded or guided (i.e., Korean American Theatre Ensemble). As such, his companies went on to produce a variety of plays from Ibsen ("A Doll's House") and Shakespeare ("Twelfth Night") to Tony-winning vehicles ("Pippin," "Equus, "Sweeney Todd") to original contemporary pieces, several written by Oh himself.
Following unbilled parts as secret agent types in such films as Murderers' Row (1966) and The President's Analyst (1967), he achieve a degree of notoriety in the James Bond feature The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as Lt. Hip, an intelligence operative. He continued sporadically in films with featured parts in Good Guys Wear Black (1978), The Final Countdown (1980), Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), Steele Justice (1987), Bialy smok (1987), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), Collision Course (1989), A Home of Our Own (1993), Red Sun Rising (1994), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), Yellow (1997) (the first film by and featuring Korean-Americans) and gave voice to Fa Zhou, the father, in the Disney animated classic Mulan (1998). TV roles continued to come his way with several episodes of "Kung Fu," "Hawaii Five-0," "M*A*S*H" and "Magnum P.I.,, as well as a recurring part as a lieutenant on Charlie's Angels (1976) and the quality mini-series East of Eden (1981) and Marco Polo (1982).
Oh and Mako both made their Broadway debuts in Stephen Sondheim's "Pacific Overtures" in 1976. His later stage performances include "The Woman Warrior (1994) and "The Square" (2000). He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 by the San Diego Asian Film Festival.
Making his last on-camera appearance featured in the action film Les formidables (2006), Oh was later diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and forced to retire. He died of complications in Los Angeles, on April 4, 2018, at age 85.- Oh Ji-ho was born on 14 April 1976 in Mokpo, Korea. He is an actor, known for Fantasy Couple (2006), The Queen of Office (2013) and The Slave Hunters (2010).
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Choi Youngjae was born on 17 September 1996 in Mokpo, South Korea. He is an actor, known for When My Love Blooms (2020), So I Married My Anti-Fan (2021) and My Roommate Is a Gumiho (2021).- Actor
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Lee Donghae, known only as Donghae, is a South Korean's singer, songwriter, model, and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy-band Super Junior, on SM Entertainment label. He is a close friend of Choi Siwon, who is an actor and also part of the Super Junior group. Their fans are called ELFs.- Kim Kyung-ho is a South Korean singer who is often referred to as a "legend of rock" for his efforts in bringing rock music to South Korea and his four-octave vocal range. He is known for his appearances on a wide range of singing competition series' including I Am a Singer and Hidden Singer and for his popular singles "Forbidden Love" and "Even in Heaven".
Kim was born in Mokpo, South Korea. He is known as the National Rock Star with a charismatic presence on stage and later on, called Rock Unnie or National Sister because of his long hair and feminine look. He started his career in music in 1989 when he performed on a KBS talent scout series. He released his debut self-titled album in 1995. Then in 1997, he made it to the top of the charts with the popular single "People Who Make Me Sorrow".
His debut album released in 1995 entitled Kim Kyung Ho, while not commercially successful earned him some recognition among Korean rock music fans. His novel second album, Kim:kyungho 1997 was much better received and the song "People Who Make Me Sorrow" topped on music charts which made him popular. Since then, he rose to mainstream success and released numerous hit songs such as "Forbidden Love", "Heartless", "Until the day we love beautifully", "My Love, Even In The Heavens", "Though I Love You", "Wine", and "Father". He also collaborated on the soundtrack of the 2002 Korean drama series Empress Myeongseong and 2004 (of which he covered Within Temptation song; "Mother Earth"). - Jung-hae Oh was born on 5 September 1971 in Mokpo, Chollanam-do, South Korea. She is an actress, known for Sopyonje (1993), Beyond the Years (2007) and The Taebaek Mountains (1994).
- Yeum Hye-Seon was born on 3 February 1991 in Mokpo-si, South Korea.