1972 - Today
John Cho (born Cho Yo-Han; June 16, 1972) is an American actor known for his roles as Harold Lee in the Harold & Kumar films, and Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek rebooted film series, the Asian-American film Better Luck Tomorrow, the critically acclaimed Columbus and the award-winning Searching, which made him the first Asian American actor in history to headline a mainstream thriller film in Hollywood. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Searching. He also made history in American television in the 21st century as the first Asian-American actor cast as a romantic lead in a romantic comedy series when he starred as Henry Higgs in the 2014 sitcom Selfie. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cho has received more than 7,477,938 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John Cho is the 3,718th most popular actor (up from 4,533rd in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 226th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular South Korean Actor.
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Among actors, John Cho ranks 3,718 out of 9,996. Before him are Isuzu Yamada, Kristofer Hivju, Oleg Vidov, Keenan Wynn, Agnes Ayres, and Tom Ewell. After him are Jessalyn Gilsig, Matt Smith, Michael Cudlitz, Reinhold Schünzel, Lupita Nyong'o, and Johanne Luise Heiberg.
1917 - 2012
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,712
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,713
1943 - 2017
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,714
1916 - 1986
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,715
1898 - 1940
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,716
1909 - 1994
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 3,717
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 3,718
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 3,719
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 3,720
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,721
1886 - 1954
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,722
1983 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,723
1812 - 1890
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,724
Among people born in 1972, John Cho ranks 113. Before him are Ari Behn, Trine Dyrholm, Jason O'Mara, Christophe Dugarry, Sandra Kim, and Alain Berset. After him are Timbaland, Esther Duflo, Arayik Harutyunyan, Abel Xavier, Facundo Arana, and Claudia Pechstein.
1972 - 2019
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 107
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 108
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 109
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 110
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 111
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 112
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 113
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 114
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 115
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 116
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 117
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 118
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 119
Among people born in South Korea, John Cho ranks 195 out of 944. Before him are Choi Ji-woo (1975), Yunjin Kim (1973), Jennie (1996), Yi San-hae (1539), Kim Seon-ho (1986), and J. Y. Park (1971). After him are Sulli (1994), Lee Jae-yong (1969), Suga (1993), Kang Kyung-wha (1955), V (1995), and Kim Ki-young (1919).
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 189
1973 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 190
1996 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 191
1539 - 1609
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 192
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 193
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 194
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 195
1994 - 2019
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 196
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 197
1993 - Present
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 198
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 199
1995 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 200
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 201
Among actors born in South Korea, John Cho ranks 42. Before him are Ji Chang-wook (1987), Ji Sung (1977), Choi Ji-woo (1975), Yunjin Kim (1973), Kim Seon-ho (1986), and J. Y. Park (1971). After him are Sulli (1994), Ji Jin-hee (1971), Cha Seung-won (1970), Kim So-yeon (1980), Gong Hyo-jin (1980), and Jang Hyuk (1976).
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 36
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 37
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 38
1973 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 39
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 40
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 41
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 42
1994 - 2019
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 43
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 44
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 45
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 46
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 47
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 48