Feodor Chin

Last updated

Feodor Chin
Feodor Chin at Comic Con Revolution 2017.jpg
Chin at the 2017 Comic Con Revolution
Born
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, writer, director
Years active2000–present
SpouseJessica Rau (m. 2018)
Website http://feodorchin.com

Feodor Chin is an American actor, writer, and comedian from San Francisco, CA. As an actor, he was classically trained at UCLA, the American Conservatory Theater, and has studied with renowned acting coach, Larry Moss. He was a Maude Night performer at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre for three seasons. TV credits include Big Little Lies , Good Trouble , American Auto , Pam & Tommy , Medical Police , Lethal Weapon , Jane the Virgin , The Affair , Speechless , and New Girl . Animation credits include the title role in Netflix's Uncle from Another World , Futurama , Marvel's Hit-Monkey and What If...? , and Cartoon Network's Regular Show . He is the voice of Zenyatta and Lee Sin in the hit video games, Overwatch / Overwatch 2 and League of Legends . He was a performer for the ABC Discovers Talent Showcase and a writer for the CBS Diversity Comedy Showcase.

Contents

Early life

Chin was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and attended Lowell High School where he found an interest in acting, taking drama classes and performing in musicals in the Carol Channing auditorium (named for one of Lowell's most notable alumni). He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and though his major was Communication Studies, he spent most of his time in the theater department, taking classes and acting in plays and student films. He trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. [1]

Career

Film, Television and Writing

Feodor made his SXSW Film Festival debut in 2023 as the fertility doctor in Leah McKendrick's comedy about a broke, single millennial freezing her eggs, Scrambled from Lionsgate. [2] [3]

Under his banner Iron Oxide Productions, Chin wrote, directed and starred in the short film Spice It Up, which won an Audience Choice Award at the 2011 HollyShorts Film Festival. [4] Chin wrote, produced and starred in the TV Pilot Golden Boy (directed by William Lu), which screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the DisOrient Film Festival.

Chin wrote a pilot, along with Will Henning, for a TV series titled Chinatown Squad, about a police squad responsible for cleaning up corruption in 1890 San Francisco Chinatown and which Stephane Gauger directed and produced. [5] In it, he stars as Pistol Pete, a Chinatown mob boss who dons European clothes, a character who is also based on the real-life historical figure of Little Pete. [6] [7] The pilot also stars Baby co-stars David Huynh and Robert Wu, as well as Kelvin Han Yee. [5] [7] He received an Honorable Mention for the screenplay at the 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - Project Catalyst. [8]

Chin played the antagonist "Benny" in Juwan Chung's Baby opposite the protagonist "Baby", played by David Huynh - the film won a Special Jury Award for Best Feature Length Film, Narrative at the 2007 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, among other accolades. [9]

On TV, Chin has appeared on Big Little Lies (as Kevin), The Affair (as Chen), Jane the Virgin (as Dr. Park), Lethal Weapon (as The Florist), Future Man (as the Bartender), Weird City (as Doctor Lance), and Good Trouble (as Jian). [10] [11] Chin has also appeared as "Dan Chang" in the Lifetime movie, Lost Boy, opposite Virginia Madsen. [11]

Voicework

Chin may be best known for his voicework in video games, [12] most notably voicing the robot monk Zenyatta in Blizzard Entertainment's game Overwatch [13] and its sequel Overwatch 2 , [14] and the reworked Lee Sin in Riot Games' League of Legends . [15] Other notable roles include Harunobu Adachi (both voice and PCAP) and the blind musician Yamato in Ghost of Tsushima , [16] and Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows . [11]

Chin voiced the title character of Ojisan/Uncle in the Netflix English-language version of the Japanese anime series Uncle from Another World . He has also voiced characters in animated series such as Marvel's Hit-Monkey (as Police Captain, The Real Rooster, News Anchor, Baldy, etc.), Cartoon Network's Regular Show (as Earl, Game and Joe), and the animated short Legendary Place (as Baba Lee) created by Calvin Wong, which screened on Cartoon Network and was also produced by Cartoon Network Studios. [11] [17] Chin voiced the main villain "Evil Lord" in the animated CG film Monkey King: Hero is Back , also starring the voices of Jackie Chan and James Hong. He took over the supporting role of Amy Wong's father Leo Wong in the 2023 revival of Futurama , replacing Billy West. [18]

Feodor has narrated over 100 audiobooks and is a five-time Earphones Award Winner from AudioFile . [19] [20] He has narrated such titles as Timothy Dalrymple's Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity and received an Earphones Award from AudioFile for his narration of Snakehead by Patrick Raden Keefe and for his narration of Richard C. Morais' Buddhaland Brooklyn [21] and has added his voice to "Books on Tapes" selections including Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet , Jay Caspian Kang's The Dead Do Not Improve, Ed Lin's Ghost Month, Joyful Wisdom, Journey of a Thousand Miles, and The Physics of the Impossible. [22]

Starting in season 8 of Futurama , Chin became the new voices of Leo Wong and Scoop Chang who were previously voiced in earlier seasons by Billy West and Maurice LaMarche.

Theatrical and Stage Work

Feodor Chin returned to the Bay Area in the Spring of 2024 to make his Berkeley Repertory Theatre debut in the West Coast Premiere of The Far Country, Lloyd Suh's Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist play. [23] [24] In this critically acclaimed play set in San Francisco and Angel Island Immigration Station during the years of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chin portrayed Gee, "the witty anithero" and "sharp entrepreneur" seeking to bring a paper son back from China to help him build his laundry business and an unconventional family. [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]

Chin has also appeared on stage at The Colony Theater as "Jinwu" in Climbing Everest, [31] as Malcolm in A Noise Within theater's production of Macbeth , [32] [33] as Dr. Albert Chang in John Pollono's Rules of Seconds, [34] as George Deever in The Matrix Theater Company's multi-racial production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, [35] as Mr. Wang in Uranium Madhouse's production of Bertolt Brecht's A Man's a Man , [36] A Winter People, Chay Yew's adaptation of The Cherry Orchard at the Boston Court in Pasadena, [31] as Chester in Artist at Play's production of Michael Golamco's Cowboy Versus Samurai, [37] and various plays with the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, including Claim to Fame, Grace Kim and the Spiders from Mars, Ten to Life, [38] Choke, in the Company of Angels production of Henry Ong's Fabric [38] and in Chalk Repertory Theater's productions of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan, [39] The Flash Festival at the La Brea Tar Pits, [40] The Debate Over Courtney O'Connell of Columbus, and in Anton Chekov's Three Sisters (as Andrei Sergeevich Prozorov) opposite Joy Osmanski and Ricardo Antonio Chavira, which was staged at the Historic Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. [41] [42]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Troy & JulieGreg
2007 Baby Benny
2007ATF: Asian Task ForceDavidShort film
2009La La LandHenryTelevision film
2009Golden BoyScott WongTelevision film; also writer and producer
2010Spice It Up!ManShort film; also writer, director and producer
2011Law & ChicobanBronson LawTelevision film; also writer
2012Chinatown SquadPistol PeteTelevision film; also writer
2012 Keye Luke Keye Luke Short film; also writer
2012The Moral Paper RouteFatherVideo short
2012What If People Died
2012Raskal LoveVanna's Father
2012Goodbye KittySpencerShort film
2013Hidden HillsOriental Oscar
2013Guitar HeroHoodlum #1Short film
2014Anita HoCousin Bruce
20151st DateGary Fong
2015 Monkey King: Hero Is Back Evil Lord (voice)English version
2015Lost BoyDan ChangTelevision film
2015Jackson ArmsChuin
2016ComfortCute Couple (Man)
2016 Miss Stevens Guy Next to HerUncredited
2017Two Wongs Make a WhiteLester ChingVideo short
2017The Vomit Solution to Thirsty MenMan at Restaurant 1Short film
202240ishRonShort film
2022The Unquiet DeadDr. BurkeShort film
2023 Scrambled DoctorFeature film
2023 Godzilla Minus One Additional voicesEnglish dub

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Nash Bridges JayEpisode: "Blood Bots"
2011–2012SlantedTruman3 episodes
2013 Bunheads JasonEpisode: "You Wanna See Something?"
2013 The Bold and the Beautiful International Buyer3 episodes
2013 The Mindy Project Karate GuyEpisode: "Christmas Party Sex Trap"
2014–2015Film Lab PresentsHenry, Obnoxious Guy, Guy in Bar7 episodes
2015Down & OutCell Phone GuyEpisode: "Everybody Out!"
2016 New Girl WaiterEpisode: "Return to Sender"
2016 Lopez JohnEpisode: "George Goes All In"
2016–2017 Regular Show Earl, Joel, Game (voices)4 episodes
2018 Jane the Virgin Dr. ParkEpisode: "Chapter Seventy-Eight"
2018 The Affair ChenEpisode: "Episode #4.5"
2018 Speechless ManEpisode: "L-O-N-- LONDON: Part 1"
2018Legendary PlaceBaba Lee (voice)Pilot
2019 Weird City Doctor LanceEpisode: "Go to College"
2019 Lethal Weapon The FloristEpisode: "A Game of Chicken"
2019 Good Trouble JianEpisode: "Vitamin C"
2019 Big Little Lies KevinEpisode: "Kill Me"
2020 Medical Police Lead DetectiveEpisode: "Everybody Panic!"
2020Bulge BracketBoloSeries regular
2021 Hit-Monkey Police Captain, The Real Rooster, News Anchor, EMT 2, Talking Head 2, Warden, Baldy, Gambling Yakuza Boss, Guard (voices)Recurring role
2022 Pam & Tommy 1st AD on Baywatch set, VH1 Behind the Music voice2 episodes
2022 Curious George Bellhop #1 (voice)Episode: "Hawai'i"
2023 Welcome to Chippendales Prison Guard #2Episode: "Switzerland"
2022–2023 Uncle from Another World Ojisan (English voice)Series regular
2023 American Auto EricEpisode: "Hack"
2023–present Futurama Leo Wong, Scoop Chang (voices)Replaced Billy West and Maurice LaMarche
2023 What If...? Xu Wenwu (voice)2 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 New Legends Sun Soo, Flyer, Prison Guard #1
2011 League of Legends Lee Sin
2012 Sleeping Dogs Tran
2012 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Mudmug
2012 XCOM: Enemy Unknown Shaojie Zhang
2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines Weyland Yutani
2013 The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Additional Voices
2013 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Splinter
2014 World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
2015 Evolve Additional Voices
2016 XCOM 2 U.S. Soldier
2016 Overwatch Zenyatta
2018 Paladins Zhin
2018 Metal Gear Survive Dan
2018 Far Cry 5 Lost on Mars DLC
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 The Local Pedestrian Population
2020 Ghost of Tsushima Harunobu Adachi, Yamato, Goro
2020 Wasteland 3 Marshal Darius Kwon
2020 Yakuza: Like a Dragon Additional voices [43]
2022 Ghostwire: Tokyo Hannya, Man C [44]
2022 Overwatch 2 Zenyatta
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Masafumi Narasaki [45]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Henry Hwang</span> American playwright

David Henry Hwang is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays FOB, Golden Child, and Yellow Face. Three of his works have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nancy Kwan</span> Chinese-American actress (born 1939)

Nancy Kwan Ka-shen is a Chinese-American actress. In addition to her personality and looks, her career benefited from Hollywood's casting of more Asian roles in the 1960s, especially in comedies. She was considered an Eastern sex symbol in the 1960s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Culture of San Francisco</span>

The culture of San Francisco is major and diverse in terms of arts, music, cuisine, festivals, museums, and architecture but also is influenced heavily by Mexican culture due to its large Hispanic population, and its history as part of Spanish America and Mexico. San Francisco's diversity of cultures along with its eccentricities are so great that they have greatly influenced the country and the world at large over the years. In 2012, Bloomberg Businessweek voted San Francisco as America's Best City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Chin</span> American author and playwright

Frank Chin is an American author and playwright. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Asian-American theatre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tsai Chin (actress)</span> Chinese actress (born 1933)

Tsai Chin is a Chinese-born British actress, singer, director, teacher, and author best known in the United States for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michelle Krusiec</span> American actress

Michelle Jacqueline Krusiec is an American actress, writer and producer.

This is an alphabetical index of topics related to Asian Americans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raphael Sbarge</span> American actor

Raphael Sbarge is an American actor and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Jake Straka on The Guardian (2001–04), Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archibald Hopper on Once Upon a Time (2011–18) and Inspector David Molk on the TNT series Murder in the First (2014–16). He is also known for voicing Carth Onasi in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003), RC-1262 / "Scorch" in Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005) and Kaidan Alenko in the Mass Effect trilogy (2007–12).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Randall Park</span> American actor (born 1974)

Randall Park is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Louis Huang in the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miss Chinatown USA</span> Beauty pageant

The Miss Chinatown USA pageant, based on Chinese communities within the U.S., greets delegates around the country. The pageant has been an annual Lunar New Year event since 1958. The winners of this pageant represent the Chinese community and act as ambassadors promoting Chinese culture and heritage.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francis Jue</span> American actor and singer (born 1963)

Francis Jue is an American actor and singer. Jue is known for his performances on Broadway, in national tours, Off-Broadway and in regional theatre, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area and at The Muny in St. Louis. His roles in plays and musicals range from Shakespeare to Rodgers and Hammerstein to David Henry Hwang. He is also known for his recurring role on the TV series Madam Secretary (2014–2019).

<i>Falling for Grace</i> 2006 American film

Falling for Grace is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Asian-American Fay Ann Lee, who also co-wrote the film with Karen Rousso, and stars alongside Gale Harold. It debuted at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. New York magazine called the film one of the two best entries in the "New York, New York" competition that year.

Asian American theatre is theatre written, directed or acted by Asian Americans. From initial efforts by four theatre companies in the 1960s, Asian-American theatre has grown to around forty groups today. Early productions often had Asian themes or settings; "yellowface" was a common medium for displaying the perceived exoticism of the East in American performance. With the growing establishment of second-generation Asian-Americans in the 21st century, it is becoming more common today to see Asian-Americans in roles that defy historical stereotypes in the United States.

Sharon Langston Ott is a director, producer and educator who worked in regional theaters and opera throughout the United States. Two plays she directed, A Fierce Longing and Amlin Gray's How I Got That Story, each won an Obie award after their New York runs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephane Gauger</span> American film director

Stephane Gauger was a Vietnamese-born American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Huynh</span> Canadian actor (born 1983)

David Huynh is a Canadian actor.

<i>Keye Luke</i> (film) 2012 American film

Keye Luke is a 2012 American short film directed by Timothy Tau, written by Timothy Tau, Ed Moy and Feodor Chin, and produced by Timothy Tau.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beulah Quo</span> Chinese-American actress and activist

Beulah Quo was an American actress and activist born in Stockton, California. The spelling of her last name changed from Kwoh to Quo because she was constantly asked if KWOH was a radio station. She starred in many films and television series beginning in the mid-1950s, and was best known for her appearances in General Hospital (1963), Chinatown (1974), and Brokedown Palace (1999). She was also an advocate of more and better screen roles for Asian actors, and founded several organizations in pursuit of that goal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wood Moy</span>


Wood Moy was an American film and theater actor from New York City. He developed an interest in acting while attending St. John's University, Shanghai. He was an early member of the Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco. He is best known for a lead role in Chan Is Missing, the debut film by Wayne Wang.

<i>Futurama</i> season 8 8th season of Futurama

The eighth season of Futurama is set to consist of 20 episodes split equally across two released parts. It premiered on Hulu in the United States on July 24, 2023. Although the seventh season was intended to be the final season, having concluded in September 2013, Hulu greenlit the eighth season in February 2022. All of the main voice cast returned, including John DiMaggio after he spent a month in negotiations to sign a new deal with Disney.

References

  1. Maram, Cindy. "Dig In Magazine Interview with Asian American Actor & Filmmaker, Feodor Chin". Diginmag.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  2. "Scrambled the movie". IMDb. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  3. D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 11, 2023). "SXSW Lineup Includes 'Dungeons & Dragons' On Opening Night, 'Evil Dead Rise', Eva Longoria's 'Flamin' Hot', A24's 'Problemista' & More". deadline.com. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  4. "7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival Audience Choice Awards". HollyShorts. August 24, 2011. Archived from the original on November 9, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Channel APA, Chinatown Squad trailer". Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  6. "Chinatown Squad Spec Trailer".
  7. 1 2 Toka, Tony. "Chinatown Squad - Behind The Scenes".
  8. "Visual Communications, LAAPFF Festival Award Winners".
  9. "Award Winners | Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival". Asianfilmfestla.org. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  10. "Feodor Chin, UCB Comedy, User Profile".
  11. 1 2 3 4 "3G Management, Feodor Chin".
  12. "VAM 178 | Interview with Feodor Chin, Part 1". Voice Acting Mastery with Crispin Freeman. Apple Podcasts. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  13. Carter, Justin. "Here Are the Voice Actors of Overwatch". Twinfinite.
  14. "All Overwatch 2 hero voice actors: Lifeweaver, D.Va, Mercy, Reinhardt, Kiriko & more".
  15. "Feodor Chin Twitter Announcement". Twitter. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  16. "Ghost of Tsushima Out Now". FeodorChin.com. July 18, 2020.
  17. "Feodor Chin, ioWest Performers".
  18. "Futurama Season 11 Confirms New Leo Wong Voice Actor". ComicBook.com. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  19. "Reviews of books narrated by Feodor Chin". AudioFile. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  20. "Audiobooks narrated by Feodor Chin". Audible. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  21. "Audiobook Reviews, Buddhaland Brooklyn, Richard C. Morais, Read by Feodor Chin".
  22. "Books Read by Feodor Chin". Booksontape.com. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  23. "Berkely Rep shows, The Far Country". berkeleyrep.org. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  24. "Finalist: The Far Country, by Lloyd Suh". The Pulitzer Prizes. Pulitzer.org. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  25. Kukura, Joe. "'The Far Country' at Berkeley Rep Is a Glorious Historical Epic About a Terrible Chapter In SF History". SFist. sfist.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  26. Chávez, David John. "'The Far Country' Explores Memory, Family and Angel Island's Detention Horrors". kqed.org/arts. KQED. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  27. Lewis III, Charles. "In poignant 'The Far Country,' immigrants caught in an endless cycle of abuse: Lloyd Suh's Berkeley Rep premiere shows the racist US system's damaging affects on Chinese workers". 48hills Independent San Francisco news + culture. 48hills.org. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  28. Schiffman, Jean. "Review: Berkeley Rep's 'Far Country' an affecting look at Chinese immigrants on Angel Island". Local New Matters: Bay Area. localnewsmatters.org. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  29. Janiak, Lily. "Review: Berkeley Rep's 'The Far Country,' set on Angel Island, probes the promise and lie of immigration". Datebook. SF Chronicle. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  30. Hodges, Linda. "Review: THE FAR COUNTRY at Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Against the backdrop of the racist Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943), the compelling story of one group of Chinese immigrant's perseverance unfolds". Broadway World, San Francisco. broadwayworld.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  31. 1 2 "Colony Theatre Artist Feodor Chin". Colonytheatre.org. April 1, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  32. "A Noise Within, Macbeth". Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  33. "Frances Baum Nicholson, Witches Rule the Dark in A Noise Within's "MacBeth"". stagestruckreview.com. March 18, 2014.
  34. Pizzolorusso, Patrick (March 19, 2017). "John Pollono's Rules of Seconds World Premieres in Los Angeles".
  35. "The Matrix Theatre Company: 'All My Sons' Review". Asians on Film. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  36. Bonadonna, Mia (July 18, 2012). "Uranium Madhouse Explores Brainwashing & Identity in 'A Man's a Man' at Atwater Village". LAist. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  37. "Artists at Play: The Cast of Cowboy versus Samurai".
  38. 1 2 Leigh, Steven (May 18, 2009). "Stage Raw: Ten to Life - Los Angeles Art - Style Council". Blogs.laweekly.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  39. "Photo Flash: First Look at LADY WINDERMEre's FAN at UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library".
  40. "LA Stage Times, A Night at the Tar Pits Museum with Chalk Rep". September 4, 2012.
  41. "Feodor Chin - AboutTheArtists theatre profile". Abouttheartists.com. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  42. "Review: 'Three Sisters' at Masonic Lodge of Hollywood Forever Cemetery - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. February 5, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  43. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 0:41.
  44. Tango Gameworks. Ghostwire: Tokyo. Bethesda Softworks. Scene: Ending credits, 7:37 in, ENGLISH CAST.
  45. "Feodor Chin (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 17, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)