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James Kyson
Kyson at the opening of the Animal Museum in December 2016
Born	Lee Ji-hoon^[1] (1975-12-13) December 13, 1975 (age 48) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Jamee Mae Berg (m. 2015)
Children	2

Korean name
Hangul	이재혁
Hanja	李諸赫
Revised Romanization	Lee Jaehyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Lee Chaehyŏk
Birth name
Hangul	이지훈
Revised Romanization	Lee Jihun
McCune–Reischauer	Lee Chihun

James Kyson^[2] is an American actor best known for his television work. Best known for his role as Ando Masahashi on the NBC television series Heroes, his guest appearances on television series include Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: Los Angeles, Sleepy Hollow, Elementary, and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. Earlier in his career, Kyson was credited as James Kyson Lee or James Kyson-Lee.

Early life and education

Kyson was born Lee Ji-hoon (although his given name was later changed to Jae-hyeok)^[1] in Seoul, South Korea. His father was an electrical engineer. He moved with his family to New York City at age 10, where he later attended The Bronx High School of Science.^[3] His English name, James, is derived from James Bond.^[1] He studied communications at Boston University with the intent of being a sports broadcaster before later transferring to the New England Institute of Art.^[2]^[1]

In summer of 2001, Kyson sold his car and bought a one-way ticket to Los Angeles with the intent of entering the acting industry. He enrolled in performing arts classes at a community college while auditioning for roles and working as a SAT tutor to pay the bills.^[4]

Acting career

After three years in Los Angeles, Kyson landed his first acting role on the military legal television drama JAG in 2003.^[4]^[5]

He landed guest roles in hit network television series The West Wing and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation amongst others before being cast as one of his more widely known roles, Ando Masahashi in the sci-fi series Heroes. The role required him to speak Japanese.^[4]^[6] He later stated that he had taken a semester of Japanese in college and did not find learning the language difficult as it was grammatically similar to Korean, in which he is fluent.^[7]^[6]

Since Heroes ended, he also guest-starred on Hawaii Five-0, Justified, Animals., Sleepy Hollow, Elementary, and more recently Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

His feature films work includes the romantic comedy Another Time, the thriller The Livingston Gardener – and as a mixed martial arts fighter in the action feature Banana Season.

Kyson was a celebrity judge at the Miss Universe 2007 beauty pageant.^[8]

Personal life

Kyson has been married to singer and neuroscientist Jamee Kyson (née Berg) since 2015.^[9]

He is fluent in Korean and learned Japanese to play Ando Masahashi in Heroes.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Asian Stories	Jim Lee
2006	Big Dreams Little Tokyo	Murakami
2007	Doberman	Johnny the Bartender	Direct-to-video
2008	Shutter	Ritsuo
2008	Akira's Hip Hop Shop	Akira
2009	White on Rice	Tim Kim
	Hard Breakers	Evan
	Necrosis	Jerry
	How to Make Love to a Woman	Aaron
	Star Runners	Lei Chen
	WWII in HD	Jimmie Kanaya	Voice
	Why Am I Doing This?	Eric
2010	Despicable Me	Additional Voices	Voice
2013	Plush	Coat, Tie Fan
2014	Ragamuffin	Matt Gast
2015	Fourth World	Legion
2015	The Livingston Gardener	Pierce Lawrence
2016	Convenience Store Diet	Jacked Bro	Voice
2017	Boone: the Bounty Hunter	Cameo
	No Trace	Detective Phil Chung
	The High Life	Chevy Lee
2018	Another Time	Kal
	Breaking & Exiting	Peter
	Banana Season	Sun
2019	Walk to Vegas	Wing
2023	Godzilla Minus One	Yōji Akitsu	2024 Netflix English dub
2024	Werewolves	Miles Chen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	JAG	Lieutenant Pak	Episode: "Close Quarters"
2003	All About the Andersons	Josh	Episode: "Joe's Big Break"
2004	Threat Matrix	Vargas Killer	Episode: "PPX"
	Unsolved History	Mysterious Man	Episode: "Flight KAL-007"
	The West Wing	Chinese Translator Zheng	Episode: "Impact Winter"
2005	Xtreme Fakeovers	James Parker	Episode: "Xtreme Fakeover"
2005–2006	Untold Stories of the E.R.	X-Ray Doctor, Reenactments, Resident Park	3 episodes
2006	Stranger Adventures	Mysterious Man	Episode: "Helen Beaumont"
2006	Heist	Universal Studio Guide	Episode: "Ladies and Gentlemen... Sweaty Dynamite"
2006–2010	Heroes	Ando Masahashi	61 episodes
2007	Las Vegas	Joon Ho Park	Episode: "Wagers of Sin"
2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Officer Kwan	Episode: "Say Uncle"
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Sean Leung	Episode: "Ma Ke Kahakai (Shore)"
2012	Chasing the Hill	Curt Barboa	Episode: "Send in the Dancing Chihuahuas"
	Daybreak	Gregg Harding	Episode: "Chapter 1"
	Have You Met Miss Jones?	Jacob	3 episodes
2012; 2016	Adventure Time	Trami, Big Destiny (voices)	3 episodes
2013	Very Smart Brothers	Marcus	Television film
	Armed Response	Charlie Scortino
	Non-Stop	Kevin	Television
	Between Bullets	Johnny Parker	3 episodes
2014	Justified	Yoon	2 episodes
2015	The Startup	Mikio	Episode: "Welcome to LA"
2016	Animals	Floor Manager (voice)	Episode: "Rats"
	NCIS: Los Angeles	James Kang	Episode: "Seoul Man"
	School of Rock	David Kwon	Episode: "We're Not Gonna Take It"
2017	Blade of Honor	John 'Hoss' O'Tekjac	Episode: "Frying Pan"
	Sleepy Hollow	Mark Wong	Episode: "Columbia"
	Elementary	Joey Ng	Episode: "Rekt in Real Life"
	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	Detective Joon-Ho Kim	Episode: "Pretty Like Me"
	Preacher	The Technician	Episode: "Sokoasha"
2017; 2019	We Bare Bears	Additional Voices (voices)	2 episodes
2018	Glimpse	Scientist Schulze	Episode: "Sebastian Moller"
2018–2019	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Bam Ui Pati Actor, Additional Voices (voices)	2 episodes
2020	Film Lab Presents	Theodore	2 episodes
	Lovecraft Country	Byung-Ho	Episode: "Meet Me in Daegu"
	Next	Bill Zhai	Episode: "FILE #7"
2023	Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake	Big Destiny, Handbag Helmet (voices)	Episode: "Destiny"
2023	Scavengers Reign	John	Episode: "The Mountain"
2024	BMF	Officer Kang	5 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2004	Shellshock: Nam '67	Monty, Vietnamese Soldiers, Prisoners and Civilians #4
2006	Family Guy Video Game!	Train Conductor
2007	The Darkness	Cop, Peter Chen
2008	Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe	Shang Tsung
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	The Local Population
2014	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	Additional Voices
2015	Battlefield Hardline	Additional Voices
2019	Anthem	Dr. Harken

Other activities

Kyson plays basketball for charity celebrity team The Hollywood Knights ^[10] and participated in Robbie Williams' Soccer Aid for UNICEF at Manchester United's Old Trafford in England.^{[citation needed]} He is also an Ambassador for the International Organization Good Neighbors and their Water for Life campaign.^{[citation needed]}

Kyson represented the Rest of the World team in 2010 Soccer Aid, a British charity soccer match in aid of UNICEF.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Actor James Kyson". Seoul Journal. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Vanni, Olivia (November 24, 2008). "TV Hero James Kyson Lee was once hometown student". Boston Herald. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^ Nuytens, Gilles (April 5, 2007). "James Kyson Lee interview - Heroes". The Scifi World. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leung, Julie (Fall 2008). "James Kyson Lee: The Sidekick's Story". Mochi.
^ "Ten Questions with Heroes Actor James Kyson Lee". TV.com. February 3, 2010. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Wolley, Leann (March 2, 2010). "Cross-cultural Acting: an interview with James Kyson Lee and Eriko Tamura". Asia Pacific Arts. University of Southern California. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017.
^ Cohn, Angel (January 22, 2007). "Heroes Preview: Is Ando More Than Just a Trusty Sidekick?". TV Guide.
^ "Miss Japan wins Miss Universe 2007". Kokomo Tribune. Associated Press. May 28, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^ Kantor, Jonathan H. (August 26, 2017). "Heroes: Where Are They Now?". CBR. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
^ Ordona, Michael (September 10, 2009). "James Kyson Lee is mortal again and loving it". Los Angeles Times.
^ "Soccer Aid - Rest of the World team". itv.com. ITV Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010.

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