Sean Richard Dulake

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Sean Richard Dulake
Born (1984-06-09) June 9, 1984 (age 39)
Los Angeles, California
Alma mater Boston University
Occupation Actor
AgentBH Entertainment (South Korea)

Sean Richard Dulake (born June 9, 1984) is an American actor and director.

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Early life

Dulake was born on June 9, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, to a British father and Korean mother. [1] He studied theatre arts and business at Boston University. [2] He went on to study Sanford Meisner's acting technique in Los Angeles, where he partook in various theater and sketch comedy performances. [3]

Dulake moved to South Korea in 2007 to learn more about his Korean heritage and attended Seoul National University for a year to learn how to speak Korean. [1]

Career

Dulake made his television debut in 2010 as doctor Horace Newton Allen on SBS’ medical drama Jejungwon about the first Western medical institution in Korea. [3] He has gone on to portray diverse variety of characters, from a double agent in the action series Athena: Goddess of War' [2] to a famous chef in the family drama Feast of the Gods. [2]

Dulake directed and hosted a short documentary for Discovery Channel's television series Korea Next. [4] [3] The episode, entitled "Finding Hallyuwood", explores the Korean wave phenomenon [4] and garnered him a Best Director nomination at the Asian Television Awards in 2013. [2]

Returning to English speaking roles, in 2014, he starred in a short film executive produced by Michelle Yeoh entitled Morning Star and the 2015 movie Ktown Cowboys which premiered at South by Southwest.

In 2016, Dulake starred in and produced Dramaworld , a co-production between Viki and Netflix about an American girl who gets sucked into her favorite Korean drama. Dulake portrayed Joon Park, the male lead in the in-show's K-drama. The show won "Most Popular Foreign Drama of the Year" at the Seoul International Drama Awards. [5] Dulake returned in the second season, which premiered in March 2021. [6]

He also co-wrote and played an American lieutenant colonel alongside Liam Neeson in the Korean War film Operation Chromite, which opened at number one in the Korean summer box office. [7] The film was a box office hit in Korea, garnering a sequel The Battle of Jangsari set to be released in 2019 with Megan Fox and Kim Myung-min joining the cast. [8] [9]

Personal life

He is cousins with South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun. [3] [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Athena: The MovieAndy
2014Morning StarThomasshort
2015 Ktown Cowboys Adam
2016 Operation Chromite Edward L. Rowny

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Jejungwon Allen
2010 Athena: Goddess of War Andy
2012 Take Care of Us, Captain James
2012 Feast of the Gods Daniel
2016 Dramaworld Joon Park

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2013 Asian Television Awards Best DirectorKorea Next: Finding HallyuwoodNominated

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