Résumé
Selected TV
Title Role Network Gotham Guest Star FOX (Dir. Scott White) Julia Co-Star HBO Max (Dir. Jenée LeMarque) New Amsterdam Co-Star NBC (Dir. Craig Zisk) Love Life Co-Star HBO Max (Dir. Craig Johnson) Girls Co-Star HBO (Dir. Lena Dunham) 30 Rock Co-Star NBC (Dir. Michael Slovis) Law & Order SVU Co-Star NBC (Dir. Fred Berner) Law & Order SVU Co-Star NBC (Dir. Peter Leto) Body of Proof Co-Star ABC (Dir. Nelson McCormick) Brotherhood Co-Star Showtime (Dir. Henry Bromell) Big Dogs Recurring Amazon Prime (Dir. Darnell Martin) I'm Paige Wilson Co-Star CW Network (Dir. Rod Lurie) Pledge Drive Host PBS WORLD Channel
Selected Film / MOW
Title Role Production Company The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Supporting BCDF Pictures (Dir. Hans Canosa) Patriots Day (opp. Kevin Bacon) Supporting CBS Films (Dir. Peter Berg) The Makeover (opp. Julia Stiles, Camryn Manheim, Frances Fisher) Supporting ABC/Hallmark (Dir. John Gray) Clear History (opp. Larry David) Supporting HBO (Dir. Greg Mottola) Every Day (opp. Helen Hunt, Liev Schreiber) Supporting Ambush Entertainment (Dir. Richard Levine) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (opp. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner) Supporting New Line Cinema (Dir. Mark Waters) Underdog Supporting Walt Disney Pictures (Dir. Frederik Du Chau) Welcome to the World Lead Chanal Productions (Dir. Albert M. Chan) Descendants of the Past, Ancestors of the Future Lead Chanal Productions (Dir. Albert M. Chan) The Commitment Lead Chanal Productions (Dir. Albert M. Chan) Fate Scores Lead Chanal Productions (Dir. Albert M. Chan)
Selected Theatre
Title Role Theatre The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told Adam Boston Center for the Arts Queer Theory! An Academic Travesty Michel Theatre Offensive/Nat'l Performance Network Surviving the Nian (Musical Workshop) Vincent Theatre Offensive/Boston Center for the Arts
Training
Scene Study / Auditioning (7 years) Anthony Grasso Grasso Acting Studio Scene Study (6 years) Jock MacDonald Straeon Acting Studios Auditioning Bob Krakower One on One NYC Comedy Acting Shari Shaw Shari Shaw Acting Studio Improv Various Upright Citizens Brigade Improv Various Improv Asylum Alexander Technique (3 years) Lauren Hallal AmSAT Linklater Voice Melissa Baroni Designated Linklater Teacher Chekhov Technique Scott Fielding Michael Chekhov Actors Studio Boston
Special Skills
Conversational Chinese (Cantonese) • Chinese accent • British accent • U.S. passport/Canadian passport (Dual citizenship) • Acoustic guitar • Card Dealing • TelePrompTer • Academic/technical jargon • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (MIT)
Acting / Filmmaking Awards
Best Performance Welcome to the World OutlantaCon Best Lead Actor in a Short Nominee Welcome to the World Southern States Indie FanFilmFest Audience Award—Short Film Welcome to the World qFLIX Worcester Best Smartphone Film Welcome to the World Troy International Film Festival Best Screenplay Descendants of the Past NYC Downtown Short Film Festival Best Actor Honorable Mention Descendants of the Past Asians on Film Festival—Spring Filmmaking Grant Descendants of the Past Puffin Foundation Finalist Descendants of the Past Roy W. Dean Film Grant Best Film The Commitment National Association of Social Workers Best Short The Commitment Desperado LGBT Film Festival Audience Favorite—Short Series The Commitment Palm Springs Gay & Lesbian Film Fest Best Male Performance Nominee The Commitment San Antonio QFest Best Portrayal of an LGBT Minority Nominee The Commitment San Antonio QFest Best LGBT Film—Jury Award The Commitment SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival Best LGBT Film—Audience Award The Commitment SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival Best Canadian Short Film—3rd Prize Fate Scores National Film Board of Canada/VAFF Best Actor in a Play Nominee The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told EMACT
