Aaron Yoo

Aaron Yoo
Aaron Yoo
	Yoo at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	May 12, 1979 (age 45); Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Fara Homidi (m. 2014)

Aaron Yoo (born May 12, 1979) is an American^[2] actor. He is best known for appearing in the films Disturbia (2007), 21 (2008), and Friday the 13th (2009), as well as playing Russell Kwon in the sci-fi series The Tomorrow People (2013–14).

Career

He starred in Disturbia, Rocket Science, and American Pastime (all 2007); 21, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and The Wackness (all 2008);^[3] and Labor Pains and the Friday the 13th reboot (both 2009).^[4]

Shortly before filming of Friday the 13th began, Yoo had his appendix removed; as a result, he could not film his scenes right away. As soon as he was ready for filming, director Marcus Nispel immediately hung him upside down from some rafters, exposing the staples over his surgical wound, for the character's post-death shot.^[5]

His stage credits include a 2002 revival of Lope de Vega's Fuente Ovejuna, Mac Wellman's Cellophane (2003), and the premiere of Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live and the anthology production Savage Acts (both 2004).

Personal life

Aaron Yoo was born in Dallas, Texas, to Korean^[2] parents. When he was 8, his family moved from Edison to East Brunswick, New Jersey.^[6] He has an older sister.^[7] He attended East Brunswick High School, where he played cello in the orchestra and ran track; he graduated in 1997. Afterwards, he studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity.^[8] He graduated in 2001 with a degree in theatre,^[6] and worked for Siemens corporate from 2001 to 2003.

He is married to Fara Homidi, who works in the fashion industry as a make-up artist. In his spare time, he practices DJing, pole vaulting, and playing the cello.^[6] He is fully bilingual in Korean and English.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Things That Go Bump in the Night	Brad
2006	Dry Clean Only	Dry Cleaners Clerk
2007	Rocket Science	Heston
	American Pastime	Lyle Nomura
	Disturbia	Ronald "Ronnie" Chu
2008	The Wackness	Justin
	21	Choi
	364 Cranes	Tommy
	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Thom
2009	Friday the 13th	Chad "Chewie" Wong
	The Good Guy	Steve-O
	Labor Pains	Miles
	Gamer	Humanz Dude
2010	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Marcus Yeon	Uncredited
2011	She Wants Me	Max
2011	10 Years	Peter Jung
2013	McCanick	Carl
2014	Kid Cannabis	Brendan Butler
2015	Demonic	Donnie
	Someone Else	Jamie
	Everything Before Us	Ben
2016	Money Monster	Won Joon
2017	Killing Gunther	Yong
2021	Wish Dragon	Pockets (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Ed	Student Ethan	1 episode
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Tommy	1 episode
2005	Cinema AZN	DVD reviewer	Unknown episode(s)
2006	Love Monkey	Staffer #2	1 episode
2006	The Bedford Diaries	James Fong	Recurring role
2008	ER	Kwan Li	1 episode
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Edward Kim	1 episode
2013–14	The Tomorrow People	Russell Kwan	Main role
2015, 2023	The Blacklist	The Troll Farmer / Bo Chang	3 episodes
2016-2017	StartUp	Alex Bell	Seasons 1 & 2
2018	Hawaii Five-0	Hideki Tashiro	2 episodes
2024	Criminal Minds	Roger Song	1 episode

References

^ "Aaron Yoo & Fara Homidi Wedding". Luster. Archived from the original on October 4, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hamlin, Andrew (2016). "Korean American actor stars in new TV series". Northwest Asian Weekly. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019.
^ "The Wackness at ComingSoon!". Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
^ "'Shark' Co-Star Floats to 'Friday the 13th'". The Hollywood Reporter. Zap2it. April 16, 2008. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
^ "Interview: Friday the 13th Marcus Nispel". Shock Till You Drop. February 9, 2009. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Makin, Cheryl (2016). "East Brunswick actor ready to 'StartUp'". My Central Jersey. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019.
^ Jordan, Chris. "Keep an eye on this guy", Home News Tribune, April 13, 2007. Accessed February 13, 2011. "Disturbia costar and East Brunswick native Aaron Yoo..."
^ Aaron Yoo at IMDb