Rick Yune

Birth : 1971-08-22, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

History

Rick Yune (born August 22, 1971) is a Korean American actor, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist. Yune, a Korean American, was born in Washington D.C. He is the older brother of actor Karl Yune. He graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. He appeared in Snow Falling on Cedars, The Fast and the Furious, and the James Bond movie Die Another Day. Yune practices many forms of martial arts, having reached Olympic standard in Taekwondo and being a serious contender for the US team when he was 19. He changed the spelling of his last name from "Yun" to "Yune" for Screen Actors Guild (SAG) purposes. Yune was voted one of People magazine's Sexiest Men in 2002. Yune will star in the RZA and Eli Roth martial arts film, The Man with the Iron Fist. Description above from the Wikipedia Rick Yune, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movies

Tetris

Larry

In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.

Jiu Jitsu

Capt Sand

Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, the fate of the planet and mankind hangs in the balance.

Alita: Battle Angel

Master Clive Lee

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

The Man with the Iron Fists

Zen Yi, The X-Blade

In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.

Remigration

Jonathan

Upon returning to their countryside cabin one day, Kaya, his wife Helen, and their daughter Naomi are confronted by two suited men: representatives of the San Francisco Remigration Program. The men explain that San Francisco is now occupied entirely by the wealthy class. But stoplights still burn out and trains occasionally jump their rails. Blue-collar labor isn't obsolete, but it's scarce. The city has created a program to "remigrate" long-gone working class families from their inland homes back to the city that once pushed them out. Kaya, Helen, and Naomi return to San Francisco and join a handful of other potential remigrants for a tour of what can be expected in their new lives. But can they learn to trust their old home once again?

Beyond Remedy

Dr. Lee

An international group of medical students takes part in a seminar on fear - with deadly results.

Ninja Assassin

Takeshi

Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.

Alone in the Dark 2

Edward Carnby

When the night falls, and the creatures of the dark are crawling out of the shadows, there is only one man who stands between us and evil: Edward Carnby.

The Fifth Commandment

Writer

In Bangkok, an assassin who turns down a job that hits too close to home finds himself targeted by the elite members of his profession

The Fifth Commandment

Chance Templeton

In Bangkok, an assassin who turns down a job that hits too close to home finds himself targeted by the elite members of his profession

Die Another Day

Zao

James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

The Fast and the Furious

Johnny Tran

Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.

Snow Falling on Cedars

Kazuo Miyamoto

In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea — and race is a factor in the trial. So is reporter, Ishmael.