Peter Shinkoda Biography

Fast Facts

• He studied acting at the East-West Players Conservatory
• He studied civil engineering at the University of Western Ontario before transferring to UCLA to study post-production for film and TV
• Is the nephew of fellow screen actor Gene Mark
• Before becoming an actor, he worked as an assistant film editor
• Has been featured in a Northwest Asian American Theatre production "Exit the Dragon․"
• Auditioned for the role of Short Round in the film "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom․"
• He studied classical piano as a child, and by the time he was 13 years old, he was known as one of the top young piano players in Canada