Kelvin Han Yee
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Kelvin Han Yee
- Hollywood Babylon, California, US
- Last Login: 1/7/2010
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Interests
General
Interests
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Madly in love with hot young blond "trophy wife"
(Ok, ok, it's really kind of strawberryblond and although she looks like a trophy and in my mind she is a trophy, she is her own woman and not bound in any way by the limitations of a label especially one with condescending and marginalizing implications. But I do enjoy putting a polish on her and showing her off once in a while).
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I'm grateful for my time spent inside lockdown with Each One Reach One Organization mentoring incarcerated youth.
A shout out to all our kids in lockdown! Keep writing. Claim your voice. Picture me rollin'.
"You beat somebody down to the ground but they ain't feeling you. Only your words can make them feel you."
Each One Reach One Organization diverts incarcerated youth from a life in prison to become productive community members through mentor-based performing arts and academic tutoring programs.
http://www.eoro.org/
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The Secret
to my success?
I use
The Law of Attraction
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I love my country.
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I like the way cowboys talk all simple and poetical.
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I love playing my guitar. (I really only play 3 chords but shred 'em)
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Real Estate aquisition. (Everyone needs a hobby)
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Human combat fascinates me.
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I've had a lifelong interest in the art of fighting and conflict.
I am fascinated by Martial and Military Arts.
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MMA.
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Tai Chi
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Jeet Kun Do
(Bruce Lee was the father of MMA)
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Kali and Silat knife fighting. (survive in prison!)
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Favorite exclaimation is Aaiiee-ya!
(It's a Chinese thing you wouldn't understand)
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I collect art, objects d'art and historical artifacts that reflect "Orientalism"
and
Asian-American racial iconography. (So, Oprah collects Pickaninny dolls)
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Interracial is hot.
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Working out.
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I like pumping up and getting my swoll on.
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I enjoy...
hanging out by the pool.
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"Vegas" baby
What happen's in Vegas...
ends up on MySpace
XXX
... I am passionate about food, drink and the art of the meal.
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I frequent restaurants and bars.
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Favorite drinks to make when I'm the bartender:
Peartini-
The Peartini is the signature Martini of Grey Goose's newest flavored vodka, La Poire and the Grey Goose people push it hard. I won't drink 'em cause they're too girly but women and hairdressers love them. I tell them it's way better way to go than the Apple Martini which is just ghetto at this point. This super-premium pear-flavored vodka is displayed beautifully in combination with Disarrano Amaretto, the sweetness of simple syrup and a little tart lemon juice. For a refreshingly sweet summer Martini, the Peartini is a perfect choice though most bars can't do it cause they don't stock the Grey Goose, La Poire
INGREDIENTS:
2 parts Grey Goose La Poire
1/4 part Disaronno
1/4 part simple syrup
1/2 part lemon juice
pear slice for garnish
PREPARATION:
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosted and beaded with sweat.
Strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with a pear slice.
Mojito:
The Mojito has risen in the ranks to become of the most popular cocktails. It originated in Cuba, was second to the Daiquiri on Ernest Hemmingway's list of favorite cocktails and, since the 1980's, has become one of the more fashionable tropical cocktails. It's very simple, using mint and lime to accent the rum. Choose a premium rum like Bacardi or Mount Gay for a spectacular Mojito.
INGREDIENTS:
2 tsp sugar
6-8 mint leaves
club soda
1 lime, halved
2 oz light rum
mint sprig for garnish
PREPARATION:
Place the sugar, the mint leaves, and a little club soda into a highball glass. Muddle well to dissolve the sugar and to release the mint flavor. Squeeze the juice from both halves of the lime into the glass. Drop one half of the lime into the glass. Add the rum.
Stir.
Fill the glass with ice cubes.
Add the rest of the club soda.
Garnish with the mint sprig and a fresh stick of Sugar Cane.
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My favorite model to make cry in a music vid...
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She starred in the vid I directed for Syndicate XIIIMusic
Here's the Video I directed for...
Syndicate XIII
Pimp Text Live
No models were harmed in the making of this video.
I like good music. That is, music that is "good". The "good" kind including (but not limited to) Classical, Jazz, Blues,Boogie , Bop, Hip-Hop, Rock, Opera, Rap, Reggae, Rockabilly, Country, Gospel, Funk, Old School, Soul, Showtunes, Do Wop, Bebop, Bluegrass, Metal, Motown, Hardcore, Madrigals and Lutheran Hymns.
Movies
My favorites of THIS year:
Atonement (my pick for Best Picture Oscar), No Country for Old Men, Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (amazing cinematography),
My favorites of last year; The Secret, Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, Dream Girls, Painted Veil, 300, Grindhouse, Mad Hot Ballroom, Hustle and Flow, Lucky You (not cause I'm in it but because I really truly liked it)
Television
California's Hidden Gold (with Huell Howser), Deadwood (HB0), Weeds (Showtime), Extreme Home Make-Over Home Edition (ABC), UFC, History Channel, Sundance Channel, Iron Chef (The Japanese one), Good Day L.A., The Colbert Report, Catching Online Sexual Preditors (MSNBC), John From Cincinnati (HBO), Big love (HBO), Nancy Grace
Watch Ep 101 - Arteries: Crash Full Length Episodes Online | Free on Fancast
http://www.fancast.com/tv/Crash/100028/867823750/E...Watch the first episode of Crash (Starz) co-starring Kelvin Han Yee FREE right now. See the premier of Crash on Starz, October 17 @ 10pm. Tune in every Friday night to watch Kelvin Han Yee playing Chun Soo Park a "benevolent Korea-town community leader" with a dark underbelly.
Books
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell), The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell), Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion), Pimp: The Story of My Life (Iceberg Slim), Winning (Jack and Suzy Welch), The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (Sogyal Rinpoche), Hedda Gabler (Ibsen), 2nd Folio (Shakespeare), Chinese Cooking For Dummies (Martin Yan), The Golden Lotus (Hou Hui), The Art of War (Sun Tzu), The Dao of Jeet Kun Do (Bruce Lee), The Odyssey (Homer) ...Heroes
My father,
President Barak Obama
Todd Beamer (the guy who said, "Are you guys ready? Let's roll!" on flight 93,
Bruce Lee,
Kwai Chang Cain (the Character not David Carradine),
that guy carrying his shopping bags who stopped a column of tanks at Tienanmen Square,
Buddha (the guy inside),
J.C.
Ghengis Khan (though I understand that sometimes he was a real jerk),
and of coarse...my wife
And speaking of heroes...
STILL
still here
still sincere
still haven't lost my hair
still Asian
still brazen
still the Big baller
still the shot caller
still the road not taken
still the foresaken
still willing to take a stand,
still bluffing a losing hand,
still up,
still fucked up,
still put up,
still man up,
still haven't grown up,
still living out my destiny
still ain't seen the best of me
still want to know what's up,
still look at life like a half full cup,
still open (24/7),
still wide open
still polite (but it's KELVIN not kevin),
still proud,
still passionate,
still trashin' it
still too loud,
still impatient,
still draw a crowd
still ain't done yet,
still representing my set,
still don't kow-tow,
still don't know how
still won't bow,
still the token (Asian),
still blazin'
still ain't chokin',
still amazing,
I left my heart in San Francisco
but I let those painted ladies go
"made" as they say
in the city by the bay
not quite, almost famous
land owner, had status
but we must grow
so...
we just had to go
we burned the village down
laid low in the crack
hit the road and got on down
the fault of the San Andreas
landed in the Valley of the Dolls and players.
...still calling for bookings
up there. they been looking
for me. but i been low key
they can’t even find me.
I went away
I'm gone to stay
I'm in L.A.
still an "actor",
still a fool,
still in the "Business",
still in the talent pool,
still hate being late,
still SAG
still getting my day rate,
still living the dream,
still harder than it seems,
still working on my craft
still can hear them laugh
still got more to say,
still finding the way,
still can't find the words,
still just acting out the verbs,
still have a vision,
still spitting game,
still got that ambition,
still making a name,
still have to audition,
still hit the concrete,
still on a mission,
still stand on my own two feet,
still punking the competition,
still life of an artist,
still what's hardest,
(wasted so much time never made a dime.
always down for my Asian brothers
still ain't sold out like all the others.)
still don't get respect,
still get rejected,
still fearless (fools better gimme some room),
still weak,
still sweet,
still a freak (in the bed room),
still fierce (I'm street),
still won't back down,
still put the mack down,
still take you down
still take you downtown
still take you downtown to Chinatown
(when we left chinatown for that white picket fence.
my Dad knew I had to learn selfdefense)
but you can't take Chinatown out of the kid.
growing up in the fog dictated everything I did.
Fantasy in Flesh had me doing security
on the payroll of Al B. the whole street feared me
I was working for the mob but I loved that job.
pimp, baller and shot caller
“talk to a live nude girl for a dollar” that’s what I used to hollar
posting on the corner of turk and taylor
the tenderloin got served the asian flavor
after hours spots in the SoMa
9th and Howard was my corner
fronting the door yeah, I'm soldiering. I'm the bouncer
smackin' fools to the floor
smoking ‘em by by the ounce
the thug all the ladies adore
oh, you want more?
That's it, you're out the door
That was before
Still live with it.
still feel it in my bones,
still fuckin with it,
still feed a jones,
still learning from my mistakes,
still willing to do what it takes,
still could be thinner,
still keeping it real,
still a sinner,
still feel,
still seek revenge to this day,
still want to make them pay ,
still lookin for the payback
still taking care of that
still go back to the same refrains,
still live with the same pains,
still living with the loss,
still paying the cost,
still working harder,
still a martyr
still seeking redemption,
still get divine intervention
(yet in the depths of my greeving, I still stop believing),
still from the old school
still remember cool
still don't suffer fools
still breakin the rules
still work out everyday
still doing it my way
still got a lot to say
still hungry
still angry ,
still suma cum laude allumni of Hard Knocks Preparetory
still never had any schooling
Still learned it from doing...
packing talent I didn't even know before Marc Hayashi told me so. I
still remember "Life in the Fast Lane" (Black Jap raps in my brain).
Still remember all the cokaine
(I never really got high, too young to try. But I scored for M Butterfly) Bart trains in the rain, San Francisco in flames, Miss Burks debutatants tasting some strange.
Live Onstage or out in the alley
changing lanes, Fast frames, Improv games,
The National Theater of the Deranged.
I was still young, almost a minor
The first American feature film in China It was called a Great Wall I played Paul When it broke I was recognized at the mall.
still recall the stage of the Geary
(the first time on it was scary)
the Conservatory
a little bit of glory
Both ACT and Asian American had companies
My career was in front of me
Once upon a time...
backstage in a daze.
I met a girl almost half my age.
After 10 years it was on the real
(I kneel to say how I feel
to be what we can be...
to make you family)
that was six years ago
a love that few are blessed to know
still love blond hair
still doing what used to hang us, (Asian invasian just like Ghengiz),
still getting stares
still doing interracial,
still with a white girl (still the same one),
still making toes curl (still having fun),
still love it
still ain't felt the half of it.
still ain't even seen the rest of it
still saving the best of it
still crazy,
still in love,
still lazy,
still lost (in mi vida loco) ,
still mota
still locomotive,
still on the train,
still insane
still vain,
still undeniable
still viable,
still coming,
still on,
still coming on
still strong,
still long
now I'm branding
and I'm...
still standing...
...up for something.
Still
ain't easy (ain't fair).
Still
ain't there.
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Blurbs
About me:
Recent TV and film acting credits include;"Lie To Me", "Crash" (recurring), "Prison Break" (recurring), "Entourage", "The Mentalist", "Raising The Bar", "Chuck", "Dirt", "Lucky You", "E-Ring", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "The Island", "The Young and the Restless", "24", "The Bold and the Beautiful", "Hawaii", Sweet November, "Nash Bridges", True Crime, Life Tastes Good, Copycat...
San Francisco native, Kelvin Han Yee began his career as a company member at the American Conservatory Theater. A classically trained actor, Kelvin was the first Asian American actor to join Ashland's Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Soon he became a regular fixture in the Bay Area film and T.V. scene. Don Johnson called him, "my favorite bad guy". An ex-bouncer and fan of mixed martial arts, Kelvin's bad guy persona has played out in an array of characters, both lawful and criminal.
"I don't play villians, I play victims..." explains Yee. Armed with this insight, Kelvin has volunteerd with Each One Reach One, a program that mentors incarcerated youth and teaches writing workshops as an alternative to violence.
Not just limited to "tough guys", Kelvin also draws upon his comedy and improv background which is illustrated in roles on NBC's Chuck and the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Kelvin lives with his wife in Southern California
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In 1985 Kelvin Han Yee was cast as the lead in the first American feature film to shoot in the Peoples Republic of China.
Kelvin Han Yee recently made a guest star appearance on on FOX's new hit show Lie To Me
Lie To Me (FOX) - guest star: Kelvin Han Yee
Kelvin Han Yee recently guest starred as AMBASSADOR PARK JUNG-SOO on an episode of FOX's new hit series Lie To Me starring Tim Roth as DR. CAL LIGHTMAN and Kelli Williams as DR. GILLIAN FOSTER.
In episode 4, "Love Always", the team tries to prevent the assassination of a South Korean ambassador at a state wedding; Lightman reveals family secrets and lies while trying to identify the assassin. Lie To Me, episode 4 - Love Always (FOX) - guest star: Kelvin Han Yee
See Kelvin's guest star appearance on Prison Break
Going Under(FOX)
Watch the entire episode click here -----> Prison Break (FOX) - guest star: Kelvin Han Yee
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Now on Starz
You can't look away.
Kelvin Han Yee is Mr. Chun Soo Park on
Crash
Fridays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT),
exclusively on Starz.
Crash on Starz
I play Mr. Chun Soo Park on Crash (Starz). Tom Sizemore introduces my character saying, “ Some call Mr.Chun Soo Park a pillar of the community. Others say he’s some kind of crime boss. The message is clear. You don’t FUCK with anyone under Mr. Chun Soo Parks umbrella”. Brian Tee (from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) plays Eddie Choi, a former gang member trying to go straight and get into medical school when he crosses paths with Mr. Park in the new hit series
Crash, Friday nights @ 10pm
on
Starz
Crash: Eddie Repays a Favor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5mut3MazgA
Mr. Park in lockdown.
See Kelvin Han Yee guest starring on Prison Break (FOX) http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi193725209/
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Check out my profile ....(Kelvin Han Yee) on the AA Risingwebsite
AA means Asian Americans.
(They were nice enough to profile me.
Um...is that racial profiling?)
Enjoy this free sample of professional quality, union sanctioned "acting"...
(Scroll down to the bottom of this page for contact and booking information)
Now on DVD, pay per view and airplanes!!!
Look for me in the Warner Brothers film
Lucky You.
Click on the link below, go to the official Lucky You website
...and then go to the "Game" section where you can play Texas Holdem Poker with me (Chico Banh). This is too cool. Let me break you fool.
Just click on the link below.
Lucky You (Warner Brothers)
official website
Directed by Curtis Hanson (8 mile, LA Confidential)
Starring: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Bebra Messing, Jean Smart, Robert Downey Jr.
In theaters May 4, 2007.
World premier
Tribeca Film Festival, May 1st 2007.
Here's some pics of me having fun...
...on the red carpet at the 6th Annual Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Lucky You (Warner Brothers)
...more shameless posing on the red carpet at Lucky You (Warner Brothers) premiere at the 6th Annual Tribeca Film Festival
...The Paparazzi can't get enough of me at Lucky You (Warner Brothers) premiere at the 6th Annual Tribeca Film Festival...
Here's an article in Asian Week about Lucky You (Warner Bros.).
Asian Week
If you want to see a more complete list of my Television and Film appearances just look me up on the...
Internet Movie Data Base
About me...
(just because this section is called "About me")
Loner / People Person / Husband / Master / Thespian / Patriot / Rebel / Captain / Landlord / Teacher/ Youth Advocate / Mentor/ Bartender / Director / Actor
I'm not famous (but I look familiar),
My background is in theater and improv.
My career in the theater spans over 25 years and I still take the stage from time to time.
I've directed plays and music videos.
I take pride in
preparation,
punctuality,
and propriety
It's called professionalism.
I'm a...
Union Thug
S.A.G., A.F.T.R.A., A.E.A.
"American unions: The people who brought you the weekend."
(except for actors we always work on weekends)
...just an old school union "player"
(ain't no hater)
working his hustles hard up in this Hollywood game.
But back in the day...
I'm an...
...ex-bouncer, ex-male stripper, ex-mob enforcer (Does the name Ruben Sturman ring a bell? Forget about it.)
Theaters like the American Conservatory Theatre and Asian-American Theater Company saved me from a career as a bouncer in some of the grittiest dives and strip clubs on the West Coast. I was a guy not too different from T.C. my character in
Chalk (TAG) directed by Rob Nilsson.
I began my acting career at the
Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco.
I toured with
The San Francisco Mime Troupe
The San Framcisco Mime Troup Website
Berkeley Repertory Theater
Berkeley Reperatory Theater Website
I spent six seasons in the acting company of the...
American Conservatory Theater
Read all about... the history of the American Conservatory Theater
I was the first Asian American actor in the company at Ashland's: Oregon Shakepeare Festival in its 65 year history. Barrier bustin'.
In 1985 I starred in my first movie...
A Great Wall (MGM) . It was the first American feature film shot in the Peoples Republic of China. I played Paul Fang.
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Hobbies...
I can only play three chords on the guitar ok...but I shred 'em.
I love to cook for other people.
My best dish? Maybe my Roast Chicken. Not fancy. Simple. Basic. Soulful. I've tried everything including beer cans up the butt, butter, sauces, herbs, cloves, marinades, stuffing, tying, brining, injecting....but all I really need is:
1 whole chicken + salt 'n pepper. And an oven. That's it. That's all I need. It's all about temperature.
I eat high a protien / low-carb diet most of the time but my weakness is warm tortilla chips and salsa like what comes with your burrito.
...And I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
I recently read an exerpt from The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Moines for Stories On Stage at the Denver center for the Performng Arts.
Savor this delectable meal of a tale about food. A sweet and sour story by Nicole Mones and read by Kelvin Han Yee.
click here-->Stories On Stage
I narrated a history of the Chinese in America's heartland called... Bitter Sweet Roots
Other artists with whom I have collaborated include,
Philip Kan Gotanda
...legendary Asian American playwrite. Check out...Philip Kan Gotanda's website
I originated roles in Fish Head Soup and Yankee Dawg You Die. My pic is on the cover of a collection of Philip Kan gotanda's works. just click on the link below...
Fish Head soup and other plays by Philip Kan Gotanda
Here's an article about Philip Kan Gotanda
Asian Week
David Mura,
http://www.davidmura.com/
Jon Jang
Jon Jang's website
Tony Kelly (Thick Description)
THICK D
Windward Way
Windward Way Website
Octavio Solis,
Octavio on SF Gate
Playwrite Octavio Solis bio
Henry Ong.
Playwrite Henry Ong's website
Art Hirahara
www.arthirahara.com
Back in the day
GOLDEN BOY - "Dirty Dancing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzxbSDvQxOw
Artscene: Lodestone Theater
Have lunch with Elaine Kao, Chil Kong and Kelvin Han Yee
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May i suggest to www.myspace.com/evrimtuzun for
people who wanna listen to HOt & Dynamic musics? ;)
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May 16 2009 5:58 AM
And from what I see you're a good actor, though I think you deserve some bigger parts!
May 19 2009 1:32 AM
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im on row 5 and if you click on my vote and then go to vote then if you jsut vote for me it will give me 10 votes
and you can do it every day until sunday
i would greatly appreciate it if you did vote for me
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Lets work together again soon!
-Armani
Apr 12 2009 7:40 PM
I Love You for Being So Sweet tho, to stand up for me. :)
Hope Your Easter is Happy Sweetie! Love You Always, Mwuah!
Apr 22 2009 4:51 PM
So I need to go get my license changed over. I am fine. Really. I'm just sick of being with someone who doesn't care. That's all. How are you?
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~Risa Maria
Apr 17 2009 8:58 AM
How's my Fav' superstar???