Soon-Tek Oh Biography

Fast Facts

• Founded the Korean American theater group, Society of Heritage Performers in 1995
• Attained a Master of Fine Arts in theater from the University of California at Los Angeles
• Earned a degree at the University of Southern California
• Studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City
• Left Korea as a teenager in order to pursue a career in California as an actor
• Quote: "I didn't know what was entailed in filmmaking․ But I was fascinated by that world․"
• Left Hollywood, Cali․, to teach American-style acting in Korea