John Cho

A lanky, affable presence in features and television from the late 1990s onward, actor John Cho delivered sharp-witted, often manic comedy in such popular titles as “American Pie” (1999) and “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle” (2004) before shifting gears to play the determined Mr. Sulu in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” (2009). A former literature student and English teacher, he fell in love with acting in college, and worked his way up from bit player in films and television to featured support as high-energy young men in “Pie” and its first two sequels (2001, 2003). Cho became a go-to for laughs