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Arnold Chun

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  • Director
  • Producer
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Arnold Chun
A glimpse into an alternate history of North America. What life after WWII may have been like if the Nazis had won the war.
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The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019)
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Arnold Chun is an American Actor/Director. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Humanities Magnet Program at Grover Cleveland High School in Reseda, CA. He holds a B.A. in East Asian/European History from UC Irvine. Arnold has appeared in many hit shows like, "Kidding, The Big bang Theory, Hawaii 5-0, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Last Ship. Arnold also plays "Kotomichi" on the Emmy-winning Amazon series "The Man in The High Castle".

Arnold is also a filmmaker. Winning the award for Best Short Film at the Harlem Int. Film Fest in 2008 for "Eli's Liquor Store", the film has continued on to 25 film festivals domestically and was the opening presenter at the Smithsonian National Martin Luther King Consortium during Black History Month. It also premiered on FOX Soul and interviewed by Ms. Vivica A Fox. The film was praised for its efforts on bringing more collaboration between African Americans and Asian Americans. He also was awarded an Excellence in Film Making at the Honolulu Int. Film Fest in 2009, for his first feature film.

Arnold is also passionate about community and has helped expand a senior center in Koreatown for the mentally ill, in addition to addressing Mental Health issues in the Asian American Community. One of his most memorable experiences in humanitarian work was a month long trip to India as a short term missionary. He also spent a year in Japan teaching English in countryside of Nagano Prefecture.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their three sons.
BornMay 7, 1976
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BornMay 7, 1976
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Arnold Chun in The Man in the High Castle (2015)
Rampage
Kidding Season 2 - Death of Phil
Kidding Season 2 - Pickles San
Arnold Chun
Arnold Chun
The Last Ship Episode 311
The Last Ship episode 310. Arnold Chun with Hiroyuki Sanada
Between takes. High Castle Season 1. Kotomichi and Kido in friendlier times.
catching up with Bruce Greenwood in Vancouver!
Between takes MITHC S2. Tagomi and Kotomichi at their usual game
Kotomichi, ready to defend the empire

Known for

The Man in the High Castle (2015)
The Man in the High Castle
7.9
TV Series
  • Kotomichi
Jim Carrey in Kidding (2018)
Kidding
8.0
TV Series
  • New Pickles-san
Kingdom (2019)
Kingdom
8.3
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Marley Shelton, Malin Akerman, P.J. Byrne, Matt Gerald, Naomie Harris, Dwayne Johnson, Joe Manganiello, Demetrius Grosse, Allyssa Brooke, Urijah Faber, Breanne Hill, Jake Lacy, Jack Quaid, Bruce Blackshear, and Laura Distin in Rampage (2018)
Rampage
6.1
  • Commanding Officer
  • 2018

Credits

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Actor

  • Over the Hill
    • the Son
    • Completed
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Purgy's
    • Bartender
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Stay Alive My Son (2022)
    Stay Alive My Son
    • Young Thay
    • Old Thay
    • Video Game
    • 2022
  • Brad Pitt, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Zazie Beetz, and Bad Bunny in Bullet Train (2022)
    Bullet Train
    • Takashi Ito
    • 2022
  • Classified (2022)
    Classified
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Carson Allen in So Not Worth It (2021)
    So Not Worth It
    • The Professor (English version, voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • My True Fairytale (2021)
    My True Fairytale
    • John
    • 2021
  • Lee Jin-Wook, Lee Si-young, and Song Kang in Sweet Home (2020)
    Sweet Home
    • Su-Yeong's Father (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Just Roll with It (2019)
    Just Roll with It
    • Akachan Yamamoto
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Jim Carrey in Kidding (2018)
    Kidding
    • New Pickles-san
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • The Man in the High Castle (2015)
    The Man in the High Castle
    • Kotomichi
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2019
  • Evie Nicholson in American Airlines Luxury Experience (2019)
    American Airlines Luxury Experience
    • Male Executive
    • Video
    • 2019
  • Marley Shelton, Malin Akerman, P.J. Byrne, Matt Gerald, Naomie Harris, Dwayne Johnson, Joe Manganiello, Demetrius Grosse, Allyssa Brooke, Urijah Faber, Breanne Hill, Jake Lacy, Jack Quaid, Bruce Blackshear, and Laura Distin in Rampage (2018)
    Rampage
    • Commanding Officer
    • 2018
  • Talitha Eliana Bateman in Geostorm (2017)
    Geostorm
    • Japanese Tech
    • 2017
  • Heather Tom, Thorsten Kaye, and Katherine Kelly Lang in The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)
    The Bold and the Beautiful
    • Laser Doctor
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • Eric Dane in The Last Ship (2014)
    The Last Ship
    • Shirahama Ekei
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Eric Roberts, Billy Zane, and Olivier Gruner in Beyond the Game (2016)
    Beyond the Game
    • Sam
    • 2016

Director

  • Fractured (2017)
    Fractured
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Red Dirt (2014)
    Red Dirt
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • It's a Match (2011)
    It's a Match
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • West Liang and Christina Grance in Invincible Scripture (2010)
    Invincible Scripture
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Open Ends
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Eli's Liquor Store (2007)
    Eli's Liquor Store
    • Director
    • 2007

Producer

  • Fractured (2017)
    Fractured
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Paranormal Whacktivity (2013)
    Paranormal Whacktivity
    • line producer
    • 2013
  • It's a Match (2011)
    It's a Match
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Going Home
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • The Debt
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Eli's Liquor Store (2007)
    Eli's Liquor Store
    • executive producer
    • 2007
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos5

Arnold Chun Demo Reel 2017
Demo Reel 6:15
Arnold Chun Demo Reel 2017
Man In The High Castle S4 Trailer
Demo Reel 1:02
Man In The High Castle S4 Trailer
Arnold speaks Russian! LOL
Demo Reel 1:45
Arnold speaks Russian! LOL
Season 2 Trailer #2
Trailer 1:01
Season 2 Trailer #2
MITHC S2 Trailer Tease
Trailer 0:16
MITHC S2 Trailer Tease

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Official Site
    • facebook
  • Alternative names
    • Arnold H. Chun
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • May 7, 1976
    • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Other works
    Print Campaign for Coca-Cola Times Square (2005)

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  • Trivia
    His first stand up comedy gig was in 1996 at UC Irvine to a very silent crowd.
  • Nicknames
    • AC
    • Chun

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