Rick Yune

Birth Name:

Richard Yun

Birth Place:

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Writer, Production manager

Voted as the sexiest villain in the 2002 "People" magazine's sexiest man issue
Graduated with an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania
Worked as a hedge fund trader on Wall Street before getting into acting
Quote: "(On his first commercial) "I filmed my first commercial in 1994 with Cindy Crawford․ It was a European pasta commercial․ I played a karaoke-singing gangster trying to pick her up․""
Added an "e" to his legal last name, changing it from Yun to Yune, for Screen Actors Guild purposes
Reached the Olympic standard in Taekwondo and was a serious contender for the US National team by the time he was 19
Was the first Asian model for Versace and Ralph Lauren's Polo while attending college

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