Yila Timothy Kang (born March 16, 1973) is an American actor. He is
known for his role as Kimball Cho in the TV series The Mentalist and
Gordon Katsumoto in the reboot series Magnum P.I..Kang was born in San
Francisco, California, and is the eldest of three brothers. He
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the
University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Fine Arts from
Harvard's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at the American
Repertory Theater and the Moscow Art Theatre.Kang began acting at age
26. He had been working in the finance industry at the Pacific
Exchange when he passed by the American Conservatory Theater and
signed up for night acting classes on a whim. In an interview with the
Korea Society, he stated that he decided to switch to acting full-time
when he realized that he could no longer concentrate on his day job at
the exchange.Kang was a series regular on CBS's The Mentalist as
Special Agent Kimball Cho. He appeared in Rambo (2008) and also on
such TV shows as The Office, Chappelle's Show, The Vampire Diaries and
Monk. He returned to his theater roots for Julia Cho's new play
Aubergine, playing one of the lead characters, Ray. It premiered at
the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in February 2016 before touring to
various theatres.
known for his role as Kimball Cho in the TV series The Mentalist and
Gordon Katsumoto in the reboot series Magnum P.I..Kang was born in San
Francisco, California, and is the eldest of three brothers. He
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the
University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Fine Arts from
Harvard's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at the American
Repertory Theater and the Moscow Art Theatre.Kang began acting at age
26. He had been working in the finance industry at the Pacific
Exchange when he passed by the American Conservatory Theater and
signed up for night acting classes on a whim. In an interview with the
Korea Society, he stated that he decided to switch to acting full-time
when he realized that he could no longer concentrate on his day job at
the exchange.Kang was a series regular on CBS's The Mentalist as
Special Agent Kimball Cho. He appeared in Rambo (2008) and also on
such TV shows as The Office, Chappelle's Show, The Vampire Diaries and
Monk. He returned to his theater roots for Julia Cho's new play
Aubergine, playing one of the lead characters, Ray. It premiered at
the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in February 2016 before touring to
various theatres.
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