Ken Leung
Born	Kenneth Leung January 21, 1970 (1970-01-21) (age 39) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present

Kenneth "Ken" Leung (born January 21, 1970) is an American actor best known for his roles in popular movies such as Shanghai Kiss, Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand. Most recently Leung became known for his starring role as Miles Straume in the popular ABC drama television series Lost.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 2.1 Television 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Leung was born in New York City and initially raised in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His family moved to Midwood, Brooklyn where he grew up before finishing high school in Old Bridge, New Jersey.

Leung later attended New York University (NYU) as a University Scholar and discovered acting in his junior year, where he studied acting with Catherine Russell and Nan Smithner, then briefly with Anne Jackson at HB Studio. During this time he also acted mostly in downtown spaces and black boxes, finding artistic homes with groups such as Ma-Yi, New Perspectives, and STAR, a traveling group of actors-educators based in Mount Sinai Hospital.

[edit] Career

In 1997, Leung made his debut in Brett Ratner's Rush Hour. Ratner stated, "[Ken]'s a great actor. In my opinion, he's equivalent to Philip Seymour Hoffman as far as talent is concerned ^[1]. Edward Norton cast him in his directorial debut Keeping the Faith in 2000. Since then Leung has appeared in several independent and television films, as well as features, including four films with Brett Ratner and two with Spike Lee. In 1998, he played James the Less and God in Terrence McNally's passion play, Corpus Christi, and in 2002 made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie (and appears on the cast recording).

In 2007, he starred in the independent film Shanghai Kiss with Hayden Panettiere, and earned a Special Mention at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival for his breakthrough performance. That same year he guest-starred in one episode of the final season of the HBO drama series The Sopranos. This memorable guest role inspired the producers of the ABC drama Lost to cast him in a regular role as Miles Straume in the series' fourth season.^[2][3]

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Pictures of Baby Jane Doe	Shopkeeper
	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Barry
1997	Red Corner	Peng
	Kundun	(voice)
1998	Fly	Jeremy Kim
	Rush Hour	Sang
1999	Man of the Century	Mike Ramsey
2000	Keeping the Faith	Don
	Maze	Dr. Mikao
	The Family Man	Sam Wong the Deli Clerk
2001	Artificial Intelligence: A.I.	Syatyoo-Sama
	Home Sweet Hoboken
	Spy Game	Li
	Vanilla Sky	Art Editor
2002	Face	Willie
	Red Dragon	Lloyd Bowman
2004	Saw	Detective Steven Sing
	Strip Search	Liu Tsung-Yuan	TV Movie
	Sucker Free City	Lincoln Ma	TV Movie
2005	Hate	Mo	TV Movie
	The Squid and the Whale	School Therapist
2006	Inside Man	Wing
	X-Men: The Last Stand	Kid Omega
2007	Year of the Fish	Johnny
	Shanghai Kiss	Liam Liu	Received a Special Mention at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival for his breakthrough performance.
	East Broadway	Ming
2009	Saw V	Detective Steven Sing	Cameo
2009	Works of Art	John Kim

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995 2000 2002	Law & Order	Chung; Tommy Wong; Stephen Wong
1997	New York Undercover	David Kwan	Episode: Vendetta
2000	Wonderland		Episode: Spell Check
	Deadline	Fung	Episode: Pilot
2001	Oz	Bian Yixue	Episode: Conversions
2004	The Jury	Ken Arata	Episode: Memories
	Whoopi	Terrence	Episode: Identity Crisis
2007	The Sopranos	Carter Chong	Episode: Remember When
2008-2010	Lost	Miles Straume	Starring Role

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ken Leung at the Internet Movie Database
• Ken Leung at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ken Leung at Lostpedia

Interviews

• Washington Post, May 25, 2008
• Asia Pacific Arts - UCLA Asia Institute, May 30, 2008
• IFC, August 27, 2008