Arnold Chun is an American actor, director, and writer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Korean parents, and graduated from the Humanities Magnet Program at Grover Cleveland High School. Chun holds a B.A. in East Asian/European History from UC Irvine. Arnold's career continues expanded the views of Asian Americans in TV/Film. Playing "James Toriyama" a Japanese American Interment camp victim on "Hawaii 5-0", A U.S. Military Soldier on "Transformers 2", a Texan Love interest on "It's always Sunny in Philadelphia", to a cab driver on "The Big Bang Theory". Arnold's most recent work on the Amazon Series "The Man in The High Castle", is no exception. As "Kotomichi", a Japanese Government Envoy, his character displays a range of humanity throughout the series.
Arnold is also an upcoming filmmaker. Winning the award for Best Short Film at the Harlem Int. Film Fest in 2008 for "Eli's Liquor Store", the short film has continued on to 25 different film festivals and was the opening presenter at the Smithsonian National Martin Luther King Consortium during Black History Month. He also was awarded an Excellence in Film Making at the Honolulu Int. Film Fest in 2009, for his first feature film. Arnold continues to direct films and pushes the boundaries of stereotypes in minority characters through his films.
Arnold is also dedicated to the community and being a Los Angeles native, he works with the homeless community, working to expand a senior center in Koreatown for the mentally ill and homeless, suffering from Alzheimer's. His first opportunity helping the international community was through a project in college where he stayed in India for a month as a short term missionary. He also spent a year in Japan teaching English in countryside of Nagano Prefecture. He also is actively involved in his church teaching 1st and 2nd graders bible study.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, son and their dog, "Daisy the Beagle".
