Archie Kao

Archie Kao
Archie Kao attends Esquire's Man of the Year event, December 13, 2016 in Beijing, China
Born (1969-12-14) December 14, 1969
Washington D.C., U.S.
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s)
Zhou Xun (m. 2014)
Archie Kao
Traditional Chinese 高聖遠
Simplified Chinese 高圣远

Archie David Kao (born December 14, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known to American audiences for series regulars roles on Chicago P.D., Power Rangers Lost Galaxy as well as long-running hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Early life

Born in Washington, D.C., Kao grew up in the suburbs of Alexandria, Virginia.

While attending George Mason University, Kao joined the Sigma Chi fraternity and graduated with a degree in Speech Communication.

As an undergraduate, Kao was elected Student Government President as well as the University's Homecoming King. He initially had plans to attend Law School and work in politics before becoming an actor.[1]

Kao also speaks and understands Mandarin Chinese because he grew up in a bilingual household with two younger sisters but is more comfortable speaking in English, especially in interviews. He also studied French for six years.[1]

He was named one of People's "Hottest Bachelors" in 2006. Kao currently divides his time between Los Angeles and Beijing.

Career

Television

Through the early 2000s, Kao may have been best known for his role as Archie Johnson in the hit television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, as well as the role of Kai Chen, the Blue Ranger, in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. He has also appeared on TV shows such as Desperate Housewives (as Steve), ER (as Yuri), NBC's Heroes, Century City, Huff (as Kane), Power Rangers Wild Force (as General Venjix), Once and Again (as Steven), L.A. Firefighters (as Peter), Maybe This Time (as Takeshi) and more.

In 2013, Kao joined the cast of the NBC TV series Chicago P.D. (a spin-off from Chicago Fire) as a series regular, a character named Detective Sheldon Jin who is in charge of surveillance at the Chicago Police Department Intelligence Unit.[2]

Kao shares his birthday with fellow Power Rangers actress Thuy Trang (1973–2001), who played the original Yellow Ranger, Trini Kwan, in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from 1993 to 1994.

Film

Archie Kao at the 2015 Hong Kong Film Awards

Kao appeared as Sebastian in Wayne Wang's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and starred as the main romantic lead, Jefferson, in Quentin Lee's The People I've Slept With.[3] Kao also played Edwin Luke, the brother of Keye Luke in Timothy Tau's short film bio-pic Keye Luke, which premiered at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and which was Closing Night Film of the inaugural 2013 Seattle Asian American Film Festival.[4] Kao has recently signed on to a thriller film from China entitled The Deathday Party opposite Anita Yuen, which is also being shot in the ancient Chinese Alu Caves of Yunan.[5] Kao played Shum in Michael Mann's film Blackhat (2015). Kao has also had roles in films such as The Hills Have Eyes 2 (as Han), Nomad: The Warrior (as Shangrek), When In Rome (as Nobu), and Jet Li's The One (as Woo).

Kao provided the voice of Kenji in the videogame Need for Speed: Carbon as well as various voices in NARC.

Kao wrote, directed and produced a short film entitled Initiation (2011), which starred Ashley Bell and Kao's CSI co-star Marc Vann. The film is about an assassin trainee (Bell) who struggles with initiation day jitters under her mentor (Vann). Kao also produced and starred in a short film (as Jin) directed by Jerry Chan entitled Fast Money (2006).

Personal life

In May 2014, Chinese actress Zhou Xun posted a picture of Archie and herself on her team's Weibo account, announcing that they were dating.[6]

On July 16, 2014, Kao and Zhou were officially married on stage after a charity event in Hangzhou, China.[7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2018"Dreambreaker"
2017Legend of the Ancient SwordXie Yi
2017Into the RainbowSong
2016Provoking Laughter
2015Ulterior MotiveLing Feng
2015BlackhatShum
2014The Deathday PartyEric
2013Love SpeaksShaodong
2012Keye LukeEdwin Luke
2011Snow Flower and the Secret FanSebastian
2008The People I've Slept WithJefferson
2007The Hills Have Eyes 2Han
2006Nomad: The WarriorShangrek
2006Need for Speed: Carbon (VG)Kenji
2006Fast MoneyJin
2005NARC (VG)Thug/Monk/Bum
2002When In Rome (V)Nobu
2002My Daughter's TearsMinh Van Canh
2002Local BoysDavid Kamelamela
2002PurposeKiko
2001The OneWoo
2001Thank HeavenSam Lee
1998Milk and HoneyPeter
1997The PlayerIntern

Television

YearTitleEpisodeRole
2018Never GoneXu Zhi Heng
2018Love Is in the AirChu Tian Qi
2017My Dear BoyXiao Yeshi
2017Nothing Gold Can StayTu'er Dan
2017Fighter of the DestinyJin Yulü
2014Chicago P.D.Main cast (Season 1)Detective Sheldon Jin
2008Desperate Housewives"Hello, Little Girl" (Guest Appearance)Steve
2006Heroes"Chapter Five 'Hiros'" (Guest Appearance)Doctor
2004Century City"To Know Her" (Guest Appearance)Bartender
2004ER"Abby Normal" and "Just a Touch" (Recurring Role)Yuri
2004Huff"That Fucking Cabin" (Guest Appearance)Kane
2002Power Rangers Wild Force"Forever Red"General Venjix (Voice)
2001CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMain cast (2001–2012) (Also in 1 episode as M.Blaze) (Recurring Role)Archie Johnson
2000Power Rangers Lightspeed RescueTruth Discovered and "Trakeena's Revenge", Part 1 and 2Kai Chen/Blue Galaxy Ranger and Liztwin (Voice)
1999Once and Again"The Past is Prologue" and "A Dream Deferred" (2009) (Recurring Role)Steve/Steven
1999Power Rangers: Lost GalaxyMain cast 45 episodesKai Chen/Blue Galaxy Ranger
1996Maybe This Time"Break a Leg" (Guest Appearance)Takeshi
1996L.A. Firefighters"Fuel and Spark" (Guest Appearance)Peter

References

  1. 1 2 Archie Kao's Alive Not Dead, http://www.alivenotdead.com/archiekao
  2. ↑ NELLIE ANDREEVA, Archie Kao Joins ‘Chicago PD’ As Regular; Genevieve Angelson In ‘House Of Lies’, Deadline Hollywood, http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/archie-kao-joins-chicago-pd-as-regular-genevieve-angelson-in-house-of-lies/
  3. ↑ Archie Kao's Official Website, http://www.archiekao.com/
  4. ↑ Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times, Seattle Asian American Film Gets Under Way, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  5. ↑ James Marsh, Twitch, CSI's Archie Kao Joins THE DEATHDAY PARTY, http://twitchfilm.com/2013/03/csis-archie-kao-joins-the-deathday-party.html
  6. ↑ 周迅凌晨公开与美国华裔演员恋情：请多关照
  7. ↑ 周迅大婚:在今晚举行的ONE NIGHT公益晚会上，周迅 一袭婚纱压轴出场 Archived 2014-07-18 at Archive.is
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