Keong Sim

Keong Sim
Born
South Vietnam
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Websitewww.keongsim.com

Keong Sim is an American actor. He portrayed Dr. Sung Park in the TNT medical drama Monday Mornings and Pastor Wayne in the Netflix series Dead to Me. He currently is living in Los Angeles.

Early life

Keong Sim was born in South Vietnam to South Korean parents, but moved to the United States when he was 4 years old.[1]

Career

Keong is a comedy mentor of Laughter for a Change and has acted in numerous television, film and stage productions.

In addition to his skills as an improvisational theater actor and teacher, Keong has worked at The Public Theater in New York City, and the Steppenwolf Theater in his hometown, as well as around the globe, in places such as Canada, Cuba, England and the Czech Republic. Keong has worked extensively using improvisation techniques for corporate training seminars.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Flying Scissors Bruce Wong
2010 The Last Airbender Tyro
2011 My Freakin' Family Pastor Kim Pilot (unaired)
2012 Watching TV with the Red Chinese Wa
2013 Inventing Adam Jonathan 'Johnny' Wang
2013 Olympus Has Fallen South Korean Prime Minister Lee Tae-Woo
2018 American Kyung Short film
2019 The Sun is Also a Star Dae Hyun Bae
2020 Hillbilly Elegy Ken
2021 Breaking News in Yuba County Mr. Kim
2023 Float Mr. Liu
Godzilla Minus One Kenji Noda English dub

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent William Suan Episode: "A Person of Interest"
2004 Law & Order Delivery man Episode: "Evil Breeds"
2005 Rescue Me Photographer Episode: "Twat"
2010 The Forgotten Robert Chung Episode: "Patient John"
2010 Southland Jason Episode: "U-Boat"
2011 The Protector Dr. Jia Tao Episode: "Help"
2011 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Park Episode: "Heart-Shaped Box"
2011–2012 Glee Michael Chang, Sr. 4 episodes
2013 Monday Mornings Sung Park Main role
2015 Scorpion Dr. Chong Episode: "Once Bitten, Twice Die"
2018 The Good Doctor Leo Kwon Episode: "Tough Titmouse"
2017 Vice Principals Kevin Yoon Episode: "A Compassionate Man"
2017 Law & Order True Crime Lester Kuriyama 4 episodes
2019–22 Dead to Me Pastor Wayne Recurring role
2019 Better Call Saul Ko Episode: "Namaste"
2021 Mayans M.C. Juan Denver 2 episodes
2023 The Lincoln Lawyer Walter Kim 2 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Yakuza: Like A Dragon Joon-gi Han (Yeonsu Kim) English voice[3]
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Joon-gi Han English voice[4]

References

  1. ^ "Korean-American Actor Keong Sim has Big Plans". Asian Fusion Magazine. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Laughter For A Change » L4C Staff". www.laughterforachange.org. June 10, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 0:11.
  4. ^ "Keong Sim (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 13, 2024.