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Rick Yune in Prison Break (2005)

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Rick Yune

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  • A former Golden Gloves boxer.
  • Qualified for the Olympic Trials in Tae Kwon Do when he was 19.
  • He is of Korean descent, and prior to acting, was a Hedgefund Trader on Wall Street. During college worked as a Model and was the first Asian Model for Versace and Polo Sport. His campaigns were photographed by Bruce Weber.
  • Graduated from Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia.
  • Voted sexiest villain by People magazine's Sexiest Men issue.
  • Changed the spelling of his last name from "Yun" to "Yune" for Screen Actors Guild (SAG) purposes.
  • His favorite action film is Léon: The Professional (1994).
  • Brother of actor Karl Yune.
  • Parents are Tom Taeho Yune and Wonhui Park.
  • Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1994.
  • Took up Tae Kwon Do and was a world champion at 19.
  • Modelling came from suggestion of a friend as a way of making money while studying and he was soon working for Versace.
  • After business college, he became a city trader, with modeling coming on the suggestion of a friend as a way of making money while studying and before long he was working for Versace.
  • He studied at Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania and became a city trader.
  • His parents emigrated to America from South Korea in 1972 and he was raised in Washington DC.
  • Moddeling came on the suggestion of a friend as a way of making money while studying and before long he was working for some of the big names such as Versache and Polo Sport,.
  • His parents emigrated to America from South Korea in 1973 and he was raised in Washington DC.

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