Rick Yune Biography

Fast Facts

• Growing up in the Washington, D
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• , area, was a Golden Gloves boxer and studied martial arts as a youngster, qualifying for the U
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• Olympic trials in tae kwon do at 19
• While doing an internship on Wall Street during his years at Penn, was discovered by a modeling agency, which led to appearing in advertisements for Versace and Ralph Lauren
• Spent several years after college working as a hedge-fund trader but taking acting classes on the side, eventually landing a leading role in the film Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), an adaptation of David Guterson's 1994 post-World War II novel
• In 2002, was named People magazine's Sexiest Villain for playing the diamond-faced Zao opposite Pierce Brosnan's James Bond in Die Another Day (2002)
• Is a member of the International Honorary Board of the Center for Global Dialogue and Cooperation