Won a Virgo Award (an Asian American entertainment prize) for Best
Actor (Theatre) and was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Film)
within the same award season.
Is Harvard-educated.
Was chosen as the first winner of the Mr. Earth Pageant in Karachi,
Pakistan in 2003.
Is also an accomplished choreographer/dance instructor whose former
students have included Broadway performer Jamal Story (The Color Purple: A
New Musical), and actresses Gina Hiraizumi, Lindy Luloff, Rhena Santos, and Odette Annable
(star of "October Road").