- His first name is pronounced "Chee". His middle name is pronounced to rhyme with "toy".
- Along with Seth Green, he is one of only two actors to appear in both Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and the subsequent television adaptation Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
- Jewish League of America sponsored his family and helped them relocate to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Got the "acting bug" at 10 years old and joined the Amy Repertory Company in Junior High School.
- Born on Halloween.
- Born in Phan Rang, Vietnam. The second youngest of 13 children.
- Founder of acting group, Actor's Consortium and served as Artistic Director (July/2002 to May/2005).
- Fluent in three languages.
- Spent one year as an undergraduate theater major at Temple University before accepting a full scholarship to the master's program at the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco.
- Attended Governor's School for the Arts and Dr. Glory's Children's Theater in New York.
- Graduated as a drama major from High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.
- He is Chinese.
- He guest starred in two unrelated television series featuring a regular character named Sam Beckett: China Beach (1988) and Quantum Leap (1989).
- He costarred with both Linda Hunt and Penelope Ann Miller in the movies The Relic (1997) and Kindergarten Cop (1990).
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content