Justin Chon

Actor, Producer, Director

Birthdate: May 29, 1981

Birthplace: Irvine, California, USA

Justin Chon was born in Garden Grove, Orange County, California, and was raised in Irvine, California. He is the son of Kyung, a pianist, and Sang Chon, a former child actor. Justin is of Korean descent.

Justin Chon is a writer, director, and actor known for his '90s LA Riots drama Gook (2017), which won the NEXT category of the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win him the Independent Spirit award for "someone to watch" in 2018. He followed up with a contemporary Koreatown sibling drama MS. PURPLE (2019), which also premiered at Sundance. He wrote, produced, and directed his latest deportation drama Blue Bayou (2020), where he also plays the lead role opposite Alicia Vikander.

Justin Chon Movies

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2023 |
Jamojaya
2021 |
Blue Bayou
Blue Bayou
2021
R
1h 57m
Drama
7.1
As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.
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asAntonio LeBlanc
2019 |
Coming Home Againas Changrae
2018 |
High Resolutionas Paul
2017 |
Dead Triggeras Daniel Chen
2017 |
Heartbeatsas Jae Juarez
2017 |
Gook
Gook
2017
Other
1h 34m
Drama
7
Two Korean-American brothers run a shoe store in L.A. county. Their friend, black eleven-year-old Kamilla, drops in and helps. On this day, the Rodney King verdict ignites the 1992 L.A. riots.
asEli
2016 |
Like Lambsas Jasper Cho
2016 |
Satanic
Satanic
2016
R
1h 25m
Horror
3.7
Four friends on their way to Coachella stop off in Los Angeles to tour true-crime occult sites, only to encounter a mysterious young runaway who puts them on a terrifying path to ultimate horror.
asSeth
2016 |
Seoul Searching
Seoul Searching
2016
TV-MA
1h 45m
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
6.9
In 1986, a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers attend a summer camp in South Korea.
asSid Park
2015 |
Man Upas Randall
2015 |
Twinsters
2014 |
Revenge of the Green Dragonsas Sonny
2013 |
From the Roughas Ji-Kyung
2013 |
Innocent Bloodas Brad Lee
2012 |
Detention of the Deadas Ash
2013 |
21 & Over
21 & Over
2013
R
1h 33m
Comedy
5.8
The night before his big medical school interview, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends.
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asJeff Chang
2012 |
Hang Looseas BJ
2012 |
Rock Jocksas Seth
2010 |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipseas Eric
2010 |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010
PG-13
2h 4m
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
5.1
As a string of mysterious killings grips Seattle, Bella, whose high school graduation is fast approaching, is forced to choose between her love for vampire Edward and her friendship with werewolf Jacob.
asEric
2009 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moonas Eric
2009 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
PG-13
2h 10m
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
4.8
After Edward leaves because of an incident involving Bella, Jacob Black becomes her best friend. But what Bella doesn't realize is that Jacob also has a secret that will change their lives suddenly.
asEric
2009 |
Crossing Overas Yong Kim
2008 |
Twilightas Eric
2008 |
Twilight
Twilight
2008
PG-13
2h 2m
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
5.3
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
asEric
2007 |
Hack!as Ricky
2006 |
Fleetwoodas Rong

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2019 |
Ms. Purple
Ms. Purple
2019
1h 27m
Drama
6.3
A young woman who works as a karaoke hostess in Koreatown reconnects with her estranged brother in the final days of their father's life.
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Justin Chon

Known For

Blue Bayou

Twilight

Gook

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Justin Chon Movies

actor

Blue Bayou

Gook

Satanic

Seoul Searching

21 & Over

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Twilight

director

Ms. Purple