Sohee Park | |
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Born |
Joetsu, Niigata, Japan |
December 19, 1975
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Website | http://www.soheepark.com/ |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 박소희 |
Hanja | 朴昭熙 |
Revised Romanization | Bak So-hui |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Sohŭi |
Sohee Park (born December 19, 1975) is a stage, film, and television actor. He is Zainichi Korean active in the Japanese and American market.
He was born December 19, 1975 in Joetsu, Niigata, Japan, to Korean parents. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Bungaku-za theater company. While there, he made a major impact in the Tokyo theater world with his starring role of Max in "Bent" (2002, dir. Robert Allan Ackerman). After starring in many plays and films in Tokyo, Sohee started appearing in American films. In his latest work The Ramen Girl (2008), he played the love interest of Brittany Murphy. He is fluent in Japanese, English, Korean. His family is of Zainichi descent.