Justin Chon(I)

Actor
Producer
Director

From award-winning writer/director Justin Chon, Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-dad to their beloved daughter Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

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Blue Bayou (2021)

Justin Chon was born in Garden Grove, Orange County, California, and was raised in Irvine, California. He is the son of Kyung, a pianist, and Sang Chon, a former child actor. Justin is of Korean descent.

Justin Chon is a writer, director, and actor known for his '90s LA Riots drama Gook (2017), which won the NEXT category of the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win him the Independent Spirit award for "someone to watch" in 2018. He followed up with a contemporary Koreatown sibling drama MS. PURPLE (2019), which also premiered at Sundance. He wrote, produced, and directed his latest deportation drama Blue Bayou (2020), where he also plays the lead role opposite Alicia Vikander.

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Awards
- 10 wins & 19 nominations

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Blue Bayou

7.1

Antonio LeBlanc

2021

Twilight

5.3

Eric

2008

Gook

7.0

2017

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

5.1

Eric

2010

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Actor

The Casagrandes
5.8
TV Series
- Yoon Kwan
- Twelve Is Midnight (voice)
- 2021–2022
Blue Bayou
7.1
- Antonio LeBlanc
- 2021
Dramaworld
7.3
TV Series
- Seth Ko
- Seth
- 2016–2021
Calamity
Short
- Troy Nagasaki
- 2020
Coming Home Again
6.1
- Changrae
- 2019
Joanne Brown Is Here
TV Series
- Justin (2019-2021)
- 2019
The Ice Cake Man
Short
- Max
- 2018
High Resolution
4.0
- Paul
- 2018
The One That Got Away
6.5
Short
- Man
- 2018
Deception
7.4
TV Series
- Jordan Kwon
- 2018
Dead Trigger
3.2
- Daniel Chen
- 2017
Dr. Ken
5.7
TV Series
- Jae
- 2016–2017
My K-Pop Boyfriend
6.9
Short
- J-Lite
- 2017
Heartbeats
5.4
- Jae Juarez
- 2017
Gook
7.0
- Eli
- 2017

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Height
- 5′ 5¾″ (1.67 m)
Born
- May 29, 1981
- Irvine, California, USA
Spouse
- Sasha EgorovaOctober 2014 - present (1 child)

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Trivia
Despite playing a teenager on Just Jordan (2007), Justin was already well into his twenties when he played the role of Tony Lee.

Quotes
As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and you become set in your ways. I think, as an actor I think it's not a bad thing but more of a gift. It's something you're always doing as an actor. You're adjusting constantly.